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Tuesday, February 08 2022 - 20:26
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Eclat Media Group selects Tata Communications to bring global sports to pan-Asian viewers
MUMBAI, India and SINGAPORE, February 8, 2022, /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Eclat's new sports channels, SPOTV and SPOTV2 will now remotely produce and 
distribute language-customised commentary with Tata Communications Media 
Ecosystem

Tata Communications [https://www.tatacommunications.com/ ], a global digital 
ecosystem enabler, and Eclat Media Group [http://www.eclatnt.com/ ], a premier 
broadcaster of global sports content, today announce the expansion of Eclat's 
sports content broadcasting to viewers across Asian countries, including 
Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. This new agreement 
powers Eclat Media Group's newly launched channels, SPOTV and SPOTV2 to 
broadcast 4000+ hours of content annually.

Tata Communications Media Ecosystem, coupled with Video Connect and Satellite 
Uplink services, will allow commentators of SPOTV and SPOTV2 to overlay 
commentary in their local language, which is added to the viewers' video feeds 
for relevant regions. Fans across Asia will now be able to watch their 
favourite global sports in their preferred language commentary, thereby 
expanding the reach of content to millions of new potential viewers.

"It is our pleasure to have Tata Communications, a global digital ecosystem 
enabler, as our valuable network partner. As we expand the distribution of our 
content pan-region, we aim to focus on growing localised and relevant content 
for the individual markets. With this exciting partnership, SPOTV and SPOTV2 
can achieve seamless localisation and delivery of our premium sports contents 
to fans across Asia," said Lee Choong Khay (CK), CEO of SPOTV.

Dhaval Ponda, Global Head of Media & Entertainment Services, Tata 
Communications, said, "Sports viewership has dramatically shifted over the 
years with technology playing a key role in evolving the at-home viewing 
experience." He adds, "By joining forces with Eclat Media Group, we aim to give 
sports fans across Asia an enhanced experience to enjoy their favourite global 
and local sports – be it motorsports, tennis, baseball or volleyball. Our world 
class media infrastructure coupled with Eclat's ambition to be the pioneer in 
providing language-customised sports content to fans in each country is driving 
the transformation of sports consumption pan-Asia."

Eclat Media Group has recently launched two new channels – SPOTV and SPOTV2 – 
across multiple Southeast Asia and select East Asia territories such as 
Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Macau, Mongolia, and the Philippines. 
The channels broadcast content such as tennis Grand Slam tournaments Wimbledon 
and US Open, motorsport championships MotoGP and WorldSBK, World Table Tennis 
and Badminton World Federation events, as well as popular Asian sports 
including the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) League, Korean Basketball 
League (KBL), V-League (volleyball) and V.League (Japan) competition.

Tata Communications Media & Entertainment Services offer a comprehensive suite 
of solutions for global media value chain workflow including contribution, 
processing and distribution. With an infrastructure spanning the world that 
allows end-to-end content delivery at scale, the company enables over 9,000 
live events, 700 TV channels and 60,000 hours of live content, reaching over 2 
billion sports fans globally. To learn further about Tata Communications Media 
& Entertainment Services, please visit 
https://www.tatacommunications.com/media-entertainment/.

About Eclat Media Group

Eclat Media Group is the leader in sports media in South Korea. Formed in 2004, 
Eclat Media Group services Premier League, UEFA Champions League, LA Liga, 
Serie A, MLB, NBA, UFC, and other premier global sports properties in South 
Korea through its seven sports channels under the "SPOTV" name, and South 
Korea's first subscription-based OTT platform, "SPOTV NOW." Additionally, Eclat 
also publishes the print magazine, Golf Digest Korea, e-newspaper SPOTV NEWS, 
operates an advertising media rep company, SPOTV Connect, and the PR company, 
Konnectivity, among other businesses.

About SPOTV

SPOTV is a subsidiary of Eclat Media Group from South Korea. As its Southeast 
Asia subsidiary, it is registered and based in Singapore from October 2021. The 
group runs the Number One sports network in South Korea, SPOTV, and has other 
lines of businesses, such as print, advertising and PR. SPOTV runs two regional 
sports channels, SPOTV and SPOTV2, and is currently distributed across 
territories in Southeast Asia and select East Asia territories such as 
Indonesia (MNV Vision Networks,Telkom Group), Thailand (Truevisions), Singapore 
(Singtel, StarHub), Malaysia (Astro, Unifi TV), Macau (Macau Cable TV), 
Mongolia (Univision), and the Philippines (SkyCable). It's streaming platform, 
SPOTV NOW, is scheduled to be launched in 2022. It broadcasts globally renowned 
sports properties such as MotoGP, Wimbledon, US Open (tennis), The Open 
Championships, World Table Tennis and Badminton World Federation Events.

SPOTV seeks to be an inclusive and dynamic platform that deeply engages the 
Asian sports fan.

About Tata Communications

A part of the Tata Group, Tata Communications (NSE: TATACOMM; BSE: 500483) is a 
global digital ecosystem enabler powering today's fast-growing digital economy 
in more than 190 countries and territories. Leading with trust, it enables 
digital transformation of enterprises globally with collaboration and connected 
solutions, core and next gen connectivity, cloud hosting and security solutions 
and media services. 300 of the Fortune 500 companies are its customers and the 
company connects businesses to 80% of the world's cloud giants. For more 
information, please visit www.tatacommunications.com

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Communications' expected financial position, business strategy, the future 
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that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ 
materially from such forward-looking statements include, among others, failure 
to increase the volume of traffic on Tata Communications' network; failure to 
develop new products and services that meet customer demands and generate 
acceptable margins; failure to successfully complete commercial testing of new 
technology and information systems to support new products and services, 
including voice transmission services; failure to stabilize or reduce the rate 
of price compression on certain of the company's communications services; 
failure to integrate strategic acquisitions and changes in government policies 
or regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating to the 
administration of Tata Communications' industry; and, in general, the economic, 
business and credit conditions in India. Additional factors that could cause 
actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such 
forward-looking statements, many of which are not in Tata Communications' 
control, include, but are not limited to, those risk factors discussed in Tata 
Communications Limited's Annual Reports.

The Annual Reports of Tata Communications Limited are available at 
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expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking 
statements.

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SOURCE: Tata Communications
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