News Corp. has completed the acquisition of ESPN Star Sports, an equal joint venture company that it had formed 16 years back with Walt Disney's ESPN to rule sports broadcasting in Asia, reports
Indian TV. Now, ESS becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corp. News Corp. announced this summer it would buyout ESPN's 50% stake in ESS to become the sole owner of the sports network. ESS has a
footprint across 24 countries in Asia, via 25 television networks and three broadband networks.