ESPN STAR Sports is a 50:50 joint venture between two of the world’s leading cable and satellite broadcasters, ESPN Inc. and STAR. Combining the strengths and resources of its parent companies, Walt Disney (ESPN, Inc.) and News Corporation Limited (STAR), ESS is Asia’s leading sports programming provider. ESS offers 14 channels of television programming to Asian viewers from the company’s 60,000 square-foot state-of-the-art production facilities and earth station in Singapore.