indian television receiver channels focusing on sports broadcasting
Star Sports ( Formerly ESPN Star Sports ) is a group of indian multinational pay television sports channels owned by Star India, a auxiliary of The Walt Disney Company India. previously a part of ESPN Star Sports with its operations based in Singapore, Star India took over the indian business and relaunched channels under the unify Star Sports brand in 2013. Star Sports is the official broadcaster of amerind cricket. It won the circulate rights from BCCI from 2018 to 2023 for 6138.10 crore rupees. [ 1 ]
history [edit ]
Hong Kong -based Star TV launched Prime Sports ( late renamed Star Sports ) in partnership with american english party TCI, which owned Prime-branded regional sports channels. The transmit was broadcast across Asia, including India, as with the footprint of AsiaSat 7. Star television has since regionalized the groove with respective versions. former, ESPN joined the region as a rival to Star Sports.
ESPN and Star Sports were competing against each other across Asia. [ 2 ] But in October 1996, both channels have agreed to combine their operations in the region. [ 3 ] As a result, a joint venture named ESPN Star Sports was formed, to be headquartered in Singapore. [ 4 ] The joint speculation ‘s commercial enterprise in India was managed by its subsidiary company, ESPN Software India Private Limited. In June 2012, it was announced that News Corporation would buy ESPN International ‘s partake in ESPN Star Sports. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 2013, Star India acquired ESPN Software India from ESPN Star Sports, [ 7 ] but kept ESPN brand for a while. [ 8 ] ESPN International late established a partnership with what is now Sony Pictures Networks India in October 2015, and relaunched Sony Kix as Sony ESPN in January 2016. Sony ESPN was shut down in March 2020. On 11 March 2013, Star Sports 2, a Hindi lyric sports transmit, was launched as a baby channel to Star Sports, Star Cricket and ESPN. [ 9 ] On 6 November 2013, Star India relaunched its sports channels under Star Sports post : Star Sports became Star Sports 1 ; Star Cricket became Star Sports 3, a Hindi linguistic process transmit ; ESPN became Star Sports 4, a Tamil linguistic process distribution channel ; Star Cricket HD and ESPN HD became Star Sports HD1 and HD2 respectively. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] ( Star Sports 3 and 4 were late 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, [ 12 ] [ 13 ] and rebranded Star Sports as Fox Sports 2 on 15 August 2014. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Star India planned to replace the trouble Channel V India with Star Sports 1 Kannada on 16 November 2017, but the delay in regulative blessing meant the design was postponed. Later, Star India replaced Channel V into Star Sports 3 on 15 September 2018, [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] and establish Star Sports 1 Telugu and Star Sports 1 Kannada as new channels on 7 and 29 December 2018, respectively. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] In the meanwhile, the Kannada comment of Star Sports ‘ coverage of indian Premier League was broadcast on Star Suvarna. [ 22 ] Sanjog Gupta is the chief executive officer of Star Sports. [ 23 ]
Channels [edit ]
| Channel
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Language
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SD/HD Availability
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Notes
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| Star Sports 1
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English
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SD+HD
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| Star Sports 2
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| Star Sports 3
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English, Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam
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SD
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| Star Sports Select 1
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English
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SD+HD
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| Star Sports Select 2
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| Star Sports First
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English, Hindi
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SD
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| Star Sports 1 Hindi
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Hindi
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SD+HD
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| Star Sports 1 Tamil
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Tamil
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SD
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HD Version Launching Soon
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| Star Sports 1 Telugu
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Telugu
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| Star Sports 1 Kannada
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Kannada
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Defunct Channels [edit ]
| Channel
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Language
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SD/HD Availability
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Notes
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| Star Sports 1 Bangla
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Bangla
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SD
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To be replaced by Star Jalsha Josh
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| Star Sports 1 Marathi
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Marathi
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To be replaced by Star Pravah Picture
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Programming [edit ]
Sports Events Rights Acquired By Star Sports And Star Sports Select : –
International Badminton [edit ]
| Events
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Channels
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Streaming
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| Badminton World Federation
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Star Sports Select 1Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English)Star Sports Select 2 (In English)Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)
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Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)
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Country Professional Badminton Leagues [edit ]
| Events
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Host
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Channels
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Streaming
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| Premier Badminton League (2021–2025)
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 India
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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)
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Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)
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domestic cricket [edit ]
International Cricket [edit ]
nation Cricket T20 Leagues [edit ]
| Events
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Channels
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Source
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| Global T20 Canada (2021)
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Star Sports 2 (In English)Star Sports 2 HD (In English)
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[24]
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field hockey [edit ]
Motorsport [edit ]
| Events
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Channels
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Source
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| Formula 1
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Star Sports Select 2 (In English)Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)Star Sports 3
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[25]
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| Formula E
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Star Sports Select 2 (In English)Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)
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[26]
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domestic Kabaddi [edit ]
| Events
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Host
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Channels
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Streaming
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| Pro Kabaddi
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India
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Star Sports First (In Hindi) Star Sports 2 (In English)Star Sports 2 HD (In English)Star Sports 1 HindiStar Sports 1 Hindi HDStar Sports 1 Kannada HDStar Sports 1 Tamil HDStar Sports 1 Telugu HD
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Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)
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mix Martial Arts [edit ]
| Events
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Host
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Channels
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Streaming
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| ONE Championship
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 Singapore
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Star Sports Select 2 (In English)Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)
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Hotstar (India Only)
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Country Grand Slam Tennis [edit ]
| Events
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Channels
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Streaming
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Source
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| French Open
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Rights Expired
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Rights Expired
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| Wimbledon (2022)
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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)
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Hotstar (India Only)
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[27]
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| US Open (2022)
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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)
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Hotstar (India Only)
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[28]
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Country Professional Baseball [edit ]
| Events
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Host
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Channels
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Streaming
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| Major League Baseball
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 Canada
 United States
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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)
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Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)
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Extra Shows [edit ]
Extra Shows for entertainment of fans atmosphere on this distribution channel which showcase highlights of the matches and information of certain teams. They include-Star Sports Cricket Live, Football United Live, KBD live, Matchday Live, Cricket Countdown, Close Encounters, Epic Comebacks, Game Plan, Follow The Blues, Knight Club, MI television, The Super Kings Show, Inside RCB, Yeh Hain Nayi Dilli, Total KBD Raid On, sum KBD Heroes, ISL Countdown. [ original research? ]
See besides [edit ]
- Fox Sports Asia (formerly ESPN Star Sports)
References [edit ]
