Star Sports (Indian TV network)
| Star Sports | |
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| Owned by | Star India |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) 2160i (UHDTV) |
| Slogan | Believe |
| Country | India |
| Language | English Hindi Tamil Telugu Kannada Bengali |
| Broadcast area | India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka |
| Headquarters | Star House, Urmi Estate, 95 Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai-400 013, India |
| Formerly called |
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| Website | www.hotstar.com/sports |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| TV Lanka Digital TV (Sri Lanka) | Channel 37 (1 HD) Channel 38 (2 HD) |
| Satellite | |
Videocon d2h (India) | Channel 401 (1) Channel 923 (1 HD) Channel 403 (2) Channel 924 (2 HD) Channel 405 (Hindi 1) Channel 925 (Hindi 1 HD) Channel 409 (Tamil 1) Channel 929 (Select 1 HD) Channel 930 (Select 2 HD) Channel 431 (First) |
Dish TV (India) | Channel 607 (Hindi 1) Channel 603 (1) Channel 605 (2) Channel 650 (3) Channel 602 (1 HD) Channel 604 (2 HD) Channel 606 (Hindi 1 HD) Channel 645 (Select 1 HD) Channel 646 (Select 2 HD) Channel 2410 (First) |
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) | Channel 73 (1) Channel 74 (2) Channel 75 (Select 1) Channel 130 (1 HD) Channel 132 (Select 1 HD) Channel 133 (Select 2 HD) |
Tata Sky (India) | Channel 454 (1 HD) Channel 455 (1) Channel 456 (2 HD) Channel 457 (2) Channel 458 (3) Channel 459 (1 Hindi HD) Channel 460 (1 Hindi) Channel 463 (Select 1 HD) Channel 464 (Select 1) Channel 465 (Select 2 HD) Channel 466 (Select 2) Channel 497 (First) Channel 1421 (1 Telugu) Channel 1516 (1 Tamil) Channel 1638 (1 Kannada) |
Independent TV (India) | Channel 516 (3) Channel 502 (2) Channel 501 (1) Channel 501 (1 Tamil) Channel 515 (Select 1) Channel 521 (1 HD) Channel 522 (2 HD) Channel 525 (Select 1 HD) Channel 526 (Select 2 HD) |
DD Free Dish (India) | Channel 77 (First) |
UCS (Bangladesh) | Channel 3 |
Siti Networks (India) | Channel 473 (1) Channel 474 (2) Channel 475 (1 Hindi) Channel 476 (Select 1) Channel 485 (Select 2) Channel 973 (1 HD) Channel 974 (2 HD) Channel 975 (Hindi 1 HD) Channel 978 (Select 1 HD) Channel 979 (Select 2 HD) |
Sun Direct TV (India) | Channel 513 (1 Kannada) Channel 511 (1 Telugu) Channel 504 (1 Tamil) Channel 503 (1 Hindi) Channel 500 (1) Channel 502 (2) Channel 972 (1 HD) Channel 974 (2 HD) Channel 987 (Select 1 HD) |
Airtel Digital TV (India) | Channel 277 (1) Channel 278 (1 HD) Channel 279 (2) Channel 280 (2 HD) Channel 281 (1 Hindi) Channel 282 (1 Hindi HD) Channel 283 (Select 1) Channel 284 (Select 2) Channel 306 (3) Channel 803 (1 Tamil) Channel 300 (Select 1 HD) Channel 301 (Select 2 HD) |
Dish Home (Nepal) | Channel 600 (1) Channel 940 (1 HD) Channel 941 (2 HD) Channel 944 (Select 1 HD) Channel 945 (Select 2 HD) |
| Cable | |
Southern Networks (Pakistan) | Channel 34 |
Hathway Digital Cable (India) | Channel 367 (1) Channel 368 (2) Channel 567 (HD1) Channel 568 (HD2) Channel 544 (Select 1 HD) Channel 545 (Select 2 HD) |
Asianet Digital TV (India) | Channel 301 (1) Channel 302 (2) Channel 310 (1 Hindi) Channel 311 (1 Tamil) Channel 809 (1 HD) Channel 810 (2 HD) Channel 811 (1 Hindi HD) Channel 303 (Select 1) Channel 304 (Select 2) Channel 813 (Select 1 HD) Channel 814 (Select 2 HD) Channel 315 (First) |
MediaNet (Maldives) | Channel 304 (1) Channel 300 (2) Channel 301 (Premier League) |
| IPTV | |
PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) | Channel 6 |
PEO TV (Sri Lanka) | Channel 41 (1) Channel 40 (2) Channel 39 (Select 1) |
| Streaming media | |
| Hotstar | (India only) |
Star Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) is a group of Indian television sports channels owned by Star India, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. Previously a part of ESPN Star Sports operations based in Singapore, Star India took over the Indian business and relaunched channels under the unified Star Sports banner in 2013.
Contents
1 History
2 Channels
3 Programming
3.1 Cricket
3.2 Football
3.3 Hockey
3.4 Kabaddi
3.5 Motor Racing
3.6 Tennis
4 References
5 See also
6 External links
History
Hong Kong-based Star TV launched Prime Sports (later renamed Star Sports) in partnership with American company TCI, which owned Prime-branded regional sports channels. The channel was broadcast across Asia, including India, as with the footprint of AsiaSat 1. Star TV have since regionalised the channel with a number of versions. Later, ESPN have joined in the region as a competitor to Star Sports.
ESPN and Star Sports were competing each other across Asia.[1] But in October 1996, both channels have agreed to combine their operations in the region.[2] As a result, a joint venture named ESPN Star Sports was formed, to be headquartered in Singapore.[3] The joint venture's business in India was managed by its subsidiary, ESPN Software India Private Limited.
In June 2012, it was announced that News Corporation would buy ESPN International's share in ESPN Star Sports.[4][5] In 2013, Star India acquired ESPN Software India from ESPN Star Sports,[6] but kept ESPN brand for a while.[7] (ESPN International later established a partnership with what is now Sony Pictures Networks India in October 2015, and relaunched Sony Kix as Sony ESPN in January 2016.)
On 11 March 2013, Star Sports 2 was launched as a sister channel to Star Sports, Star Cricket and ESPN.[8]
On 6 November 2013, Star India relaunched its sports channels under Star Sports brand: Star Sports became Star Sports 1; Star Cricket became Star Sports 3, a Hindi language channel; ESPN became Star Sports 4, a Tamil language channel; Star Cricket HD and ESPN HD became Star Sports HD1 and HD2 respectively.[9][10] (Star Sports 3 and 4 were later renamed Star Sports 1 Hindi and 1 Tamil, respectively.) This was in contrast to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, where Fox International Channels Asia Pacific relaunched ESPN as Fox Sports on 28 January 2013,[11][12] and rebranded Star Sports as Fox Sports 2 on 15 August 2014.[13][14]
Star India planned to replace the troubled Channel V India with Star Sports 1 Kannada on 16 November 2017, but the delay in regulatory approval meant the plan was postponed. Later, Star India replaced Channel V with the new Star Sports 3 on 15 September 2018,[15][16][17][18] and launched Star Sports 1 Telugu and Star Sports 1 Kannada as new channels on 7 and 29 December 2018, respectively.[19][20] In the meantime, the Kannada commentary of Star Sports' coverage of 2018 Indian Premier League was broadcast on Star Suvarna.[21]
Channels
- English basic
- Star Sports 1
- Star Sports 2
- Star Sports 3
- Star Sports 1 HD
- Star Sports 2 HD
- English premium
- Star Sports Select 1
- Star Sports Select 2
- Star Sports Select 1 HD
- Star Sports Select 2 HD
- Other languages basic
- Star Sports 1 Hindi
- Star Sports 1 Hindi HD
- Star Sports 1 Tamil
- Star Sports 1 Telugu
- Star Sports 1 Kannada
- Star Sports 1 Bangla
- Star Sports First (Hindi)
- Upcoming
- Star Sports 1 Malayalam
- Star Sports 1 Marathi
- Star Sports 1 Gujarati
Programming
Sporting events covered by Star Sports include:
Cricket
| Event | Channel(s) |
|---|---|
ICC Events (2015-2023)
| Star Sports 1 (In English) Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi Star Sports 1 HD Hindi Star Sports 1 Tamil Star Sports 1 Telugu Star Sports 1 Kannada Star Sports 1 Bangla |
Indian Premier League (2018-2022)[22][23][24] | Star Sports 1 (In English) Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 1 (In English) Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi Star Sports 1 HD Hindi Star Sports 1 Tamil Star Sports 1 Telugu Star Sports 1 Kannada />Star Sports 1 bangla |
International cricket in India (2018-2023)[25] | Star Sports 1 (In English) Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi Star Sports 1 HD Hindi Star Sports 1 Tamil Star Sports 1 Telugu Star Sports 1 Kannada |
Asia Cup (2016-2023) | Star Sports 1 (In English) Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi Star Sports 1 HD Hindi Star Sports 1 Tamil Star Sports 1 Telugu Star Sports 1 Kannada Star Sports 1 Bangla |
International cricket in Bangladesh (2014-2020) | Star Sports 1 (In English) Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi Star Sports 1 HD Hindi Star Sports 1 Tamil Non-Indian matches Star Sports Select 1 (In English) Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 2 (In English) Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English) |
International cricket in New Zealand (2017-2020)[26][27] | Star Sports 1 (In English) Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi Star Sports 1 HD Hindi Star Sports 1 Tamil Non-Indian matches Star Sports Select 1 (In English) Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 2 (In English) Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English) |
Ranji Trophy (2018-2023) | Star Sports First (in English and Hindi) Final Star Sports 2 (in English and Hindi) |
Tamil Nadu Premier League (2016-2020) | Star Sports 1 (In English) Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Tamil |
Karnataka Premier League (2017-2019) | Star Sports 2 (In English) Star Sports 2 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Kannada |
Global T20 Canada (2018)[28] | Star Sports 2 (In English) Star Sports 2 HD (In English) |
Caribbean Premier League (2018)[29] | Star Sports 2 (In English) Star Sports 2 HD (In English) |
Football
| Event | Channel(s) |
|---|---|
International Football in India | Star Sports 3 (In English) |
Indian Super League | Star Sports 2 (In English) Star Sports 3 (In Hindi) Star Sports 1 Tamil Star Sports 1 Hindi Star Sports 1 Telugu Star Sports 1 Kannada Star Sports 2 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi HD (In Hindi) |
Premier League | Star Sports Select 1 (In English) Star Sports Select 2 (In English) |
Bundesliga | Star Sports Select 1 (In English) Star Sports Select 2 (In English) |
I-League | Star Sports 3 (In English) |
Super Cup (India) | Star Sports 3 (In English) |
Hockey
- Hockey India League
- Hockey World League
- World Cup
- Women's World Cup
- Hockey Asia Cup
- Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- Champions Trophy
Kabaddi
| Promotion | Channel(s) |
|---|---|
Pro Kabaddi | Star Sports 2 (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi Star Sports First (In Hindi) Star Sports 1 Tamil Star Sports 1 Kannada |
Kabaddi World Cup | Star Sports 2 (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi |
2018 Dubai Kabaddi Masters | Star Sports 1 Star Sports Hindi 1 |
Motor Racing
| Event | Channel(s) |
|---|---|
Formula One | Star Sports Select 1 (In English) Star Sports Select 2 (In English) |
Tennis
| Event | Channel(s) |
|---|---|
French Open | Star Sports Select 1 (In English) Star Sports Select 2 (In English) |
Wimbledon | Star Sports Select 1 (In English) Star Sports Select 2 (In English) |
US Open | Star Sports Select 1 (In English) Star Sports Select 2 (In English) |
References
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^ Szalai, Georg (6 June 2012). "News Corp. to Buy Out ESPN's Stake in Asian TV Venture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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^ Chan, U-Gene (24 January 2013). "ESPN network to be renamed FOX Sports in Singapore, Asia". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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^ Bansal, Shuchi (16 November 2017). "Star India tuning out of Channel V". Mint. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ Bhagia, Raushni (23 August 2018). "Star India to replace Channel V with Star Sports 3". Best Media Info. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Star to launch Star Sports 3, continue sports investments: Gautam Thakar". Indian Television. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Star India to launch multi-lingual channel Star Sports 3 on 15 Sep". Television Post. August 24, 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Star Sports 1 Kannada to launch on 29 Dec". Television Post. December 21, 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ Sharma, Harsh (21 December 2018). "Star Sports Kannada all set for December 29 launch". InsideSport. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ Sharma, Rajender (16 March 2018). "Star Sports Kannada licence awaits clearance; IPL live on Survana". InsideSport. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ Reuters (2017-09-04). "IPL television and broadcast rights sold for massive £1.97bn to Star India". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
^ "Star India wins IPL rights for US $2.55 billion". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
^ "Five stand-out numbers from the IPL media rights sale". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
^ "Star Sports India bag BCCI media rights for INR 6138.1 Crore". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
^ "A key new partnership". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
^ "Star Sports bag telecast rights for International matches in New Zealand". CricTracker. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
^ "Global T20 Canada broadcast rights bagged by Star Sports". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Hero CPL to broadcast on Star Sports in India". CPLT20. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
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See also
Fox Sports Asia (formerly ESPN Star Sports)
External links
Sports at Hotstar
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