Star Sports (Indian TV network)

Star Sports
	File:Star Sports India logo1.png
Country	India
Broadcast area	South Asia
Network	Disney Star
Headquarters	Star House, Urmi Estate, 95 Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai-400 013, India and Sector 16A, Film City, Noida, India
Programming
Language(s)	Hindi; Bengali; English; Kannada; Malayalam; Marathi; Tamil; Telugu
Picture format	1080p HDTV, (downscaled to letterboxed 720p for the SDTV feeds)
Ownership
Owner	The Walt Disney Company India
History
Launched	21 August 1991; 32 years ago
Links
Website	Official website; TV Schedule
Availability
Streaming media
Disney+ Hotstar	(India, Canada, United States, United Kingdom and parts of Southeast Asia)

Star Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) is a group of Indian multinational pay television sports channels owned by Disney Star (formerly Star India), a subsidiary 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 unified Star Sports brand in 2013.

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 7. Star TV has since regionalized the channel with several versions. Later, ESPN joined the region as a competitor to Star Sports.

ESPN and Star Sports were competing against each other across Asia.^[1] But in October 1996, both channels 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. Sony ESPN was shut down in March 2020.

On 11 March 2013, Star Sports 2, a Hindi language sports channel, 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;^[9] 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.^[10]^[11] (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,^[12]^[13] and rebranded Star Sports as Fox Sports 2 on 15 August 2014.^[14]^[15]

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 into the current iteration of Star Sports 3 on 15 September 2018,^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19] and launched Star Sports 1 Telugu and Star Sports 1 Kannada as new channels on 7 and 29 December 2018, respectively.^[20]^[21] In the meantime, the Kannada commentary of Star Sports' coverage of Indian Premier League was broadcast on Star Suvarna.^[22]

Channels

On-Air Channels

Channels	Languages	SD/HD Availability	Notes
Star Sports 1	English	SD+HD
Star Sports 2	English	SD+HD
Star Sports 3	Hindi Bengali English Malayalam	SD
Star Sports Select 1	English	SD+HD
Star Sports Select 2	English
Star Sports 1 Hindi	Hindi
Star Sports 1 Kannada	Kannada	SD	HD Version Launching Soon
Star Sports 1 Tamil	Tamil
Star Sports 1 Telugu	Telugu
Star Sports 1 Bangla	Bengali		Discontinued Soon
Star Sports 1 Marathi	Marathi		Discontinued Soon
Star Sports First	Hindi, English

Off-Air Channels

Channels	Languages	SD/HD Availability	Notes
Star Cricket	Hindi, English	SD+HD	Replaced by Star Sports 3
ESPN	English		Replaced by Star Sports 4
Star Sports 4	English		Replaced by Star Sports 1 Tamil

Programming

Sports events rights acquired by Star Sports and Star Sports Select:-

Professional Badminton Leagues

Events	Host	Channels	Streaming
Premier Badminton League:- (2022–2025)	India	Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)

Indian Domestic Cricket

Events	Host	Channels	Streaming
1) Ranji Trophy:- 2022–23	India	Star Sports 1 HD (In English and Hindi Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Final Star Sports 2 HD (In English and Hindi)	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)
2) Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy:-2022–23	India	Star Sports 1 HD (In English And Hindi)	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)

Other Domestic Cricket

Events	Host	Channels	Streaming
1) CSA T20 Challenge:- (2022–2024) 2022–23 2023–24	South Africa	Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)

Domestic Cricket Leagues

Events	Host	Channels	Streaming
Men's:- Andhra Premier League 2022	India	Star Sports 1 Telugu HD	Only TV Rights
Maharaja T20 Trophy 2022	India	Star Sports 2 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Kannada HD	Only TV Rights
Saurashtra Premier League:- 2023	India	Star Sports 1 HD (English) Star Sports 2 HD (English)	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)
Tamil Nadu Premier League:- 2023	India	Star Sports 2 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Tamil HD	Only TV Rights

International Cricket

Events	Channels	Streaming
International Cricket Council:- (2022–2023) (2024–2027) 2023 ICC World Test Championship Final 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2023 Cricket World Cup 2027 Cricket World Cup 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup	Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 2 HD (In English) Star Sports 3 HD (In Hindi) Star Sports 1 Hindi HD Star Sports 1 Kannada HD Star Sports 1 Tamil HD Star Sports 1 Telugu HD Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English) HD\| star sports 1 Malayalam	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)

Continental Cricket

Events	Channels	Streaming
Asian Cricket Council:- (2022–2023) Asia Cup:- 2023 Women's Asia Cup:- 2022 ACC Under-19 Cup:- 2021	Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi HD Star Sports 1 Kannada HD Star Sports 1 Tamil HD Star Sports 1 Telugu HD star sports 1 Malayalam	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)

Country Cricket

Events	Channels	Streaming
International Cricket In India:- (2022–2023) Australian cricket team in India in 2022–23	Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi HD Star Sports 1 Kannada HD Star Sports 1 Tamil HD Star Sports 1 Telugu HD	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)
International Cricket In Australia:- (2024–2031)	Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi HD Star Sports 1 Kannada HD Star Sports 1 Tamil HD Star Sports 1 Telugu HD Non-Indian Matches:- Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)
International Cricket In South Africa:- (2022–2024)	Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi HD Star Sports 1 Kannada HD Star Sports 1 Tamil HD Star Sports 1 Telugu HD Non-Indian Matches:- Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)

Professional Cricket Leagues

Events	Channels	Streaming
Men's:- 1) Indian Premier League:- (2023–2027) 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027	Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 2 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi HD (In Hindi, Tamil, Telugu) Star Sports 1 Kannada HD Star Sports 1 Tamil HD Star Sports 1 Telugu HD Star Gold HD (In Hindi) Star Gold 2 HD (In Hindi) star sports 1 Malayalam	Only TV Rights
2 ) Caribbean Premier League:- (2022–2023) 2022	Star Sports 2 HD (In English)	Only TV Rights
Women's:- 1) Women's T20 Challenge:- (2023–2027) 2023	Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 2 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi HD (In Hindi, Tamil, Telugu) Star Sports 1 Kannada HD Star Sports 1 Tamil HD Star Sports 1 Telugu HD star sports 1 Malayalam	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)
Legends League Cricket Season 2^[23](2022)

Continental Football

Events	Channels	Streaming
1) Asian Football Confederation:- 1) AFC Cup:- (Matches of Indian Clubs) 2022	Star Sports 1 Malayalam star sports 3HD (in Malayalam, InBangla English)	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)

Professional Football Leagues

Events	Host	Channels	Streaming
Indian Super League:- (2022–2023) 2022–23 2023–24	India	Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi HD Star Sports 2 HD (In English) Star Sports 3 (In Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu) Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star sports 1 Malayalam	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)
Premier League:- (2022–2025) 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25	England	Star Sports 2 HD (In English) Star Sports 3 (In Bengali, English, Kannada, Malayalam) Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English) star sports 1 Malayalam	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)

International Hockey

Events	Channels	Streaming
International Hockey Federation:- (2022–2023) 1) Men's FIH Pro League:- 2022–23 2) Women's FIH Pro League:- 2022–23	Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi HD Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)

MotorSport Racing

Events	Channels
Formula One (2022–2023) 2022 Formula One World Championship	Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)
Formula Two (2022–2023) 2022 Formula 2 Championship	Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)
Formula E	Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 2 HD

Professional Kabaddi Leagues

Events	Host	Channels	Streaming
Men's:- Pro Kabaddi League:- (2022–2023) 2022–23	India	Star Sports 1 HD (In English) Star Sports 2 HD (In English) Star Sports 1 Hindi HD Star Sports 1 Kannada HD Star Sports 1 Tamil HD Star Sports 1 Telugu HD	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)

Mixed Martial Arts


Events	Host	Channels	Streaming
ONE Championship:- 29 September 2022 30 September 2022	Thailand Singapore	Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)

Grand Slam Tennis

Events	Host	Channels	Streaming
Wimbledon:- 2023	United Kingdom	Star Sports Select 1 HD (In English) Star Sports Select 2 HD (In English)	Disney+ Hotstar (India Only)

References

^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (4 March 1996). "Broadcasters Bet on Sports As First Step In New Markets". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Rival sport channels ESPN, Star TV team up together". Advertising Age. 9 October 1996. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ Sullivan, Maureen (15 January 1997). "Asian TV team christens venture ESPN Star Sports". Variety. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ Szalai, Georg (6 June 2012). "News Corp. to Buy Out ESPN's Stake in Asian TV Venture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Steel, Emily (7 June 2012). "News Corp to take over ESPN Star Sports". Financial Times. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ "ESPN STAR Sports to be under STAR in India". Business Standard. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Engineer, Tariq (31 January 2013). "As ESPN turns to Fox, expect more local Indian sports programming". Firstpost. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ "ESPN Star Sports launches new channel". Press Trust of India. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2019 – via Mint.
^ "STAR SPORTS 1 LIVE - STAR SPORTS 1 HINDI TV". Retrieved 24 February 2022.
^ "Star Sports: A new logo, packaging & brand identity". Indian Television. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Star junks ESPN brand, launches Star Sports with 6 channels and website". MxM. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ Terrado, Reuben (9 January 2013). "ESPN fades off in Asia as Fox takes over". Spin.ph. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Chan, U-Gene (24 January 2013). "ESPN network to be renamed FOX Sports in Singapore, Asia". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Christensen, Nic (4 July 2014). "Fox to reorganises its sports channels". Mumbrella Asia. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Valisno, Jeffrey O. (26 August 2014). "Fox completes rebranding of sports channels". BusinessWorld. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ 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. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Star Sports 1 Kannada to launch on 29 Dec". Television Post. 21 December 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.
^ "Star Sports India announced as the Official Broadcast Partner for Legends League Cricket". Legends League Cricket. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

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[1] Fabrikant, Geraldine (4 March 1996). "Broadcasters Bet on Sports As First Step In New Markets". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[2] "Rival sport channels ESPN, Star TV team up together". Advertising Age. 9 October 1996. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[3] Sullivan, Maureen (15 January 1997). "Asian TV team christens venture ESPN Star Sports". Variety. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[4] Szalai, Georg (6 June 2012). "News Corp. to Buy Out ESPN's Stake in Asian TV Venture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[5] Steel, Emily (7 June 2012). "News Corp to take over ESPN Star Sports". Financial Times. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[6] "ESPN STAR Sports to be under STAR in India". Business Standard. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[7] Engineer, Tariq (31 January 2013). "As ESPN turns to Fox, expect more local Indian sports programming". Firstpost. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[8] "ESPN Star Sports launches new channel". Press Trust of India. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2019 – via Mint.

[9] "STAR SPORTS 1 LIVE - STAR SPORTS 1 HINDI TV". Retrieved 24 February 2022.

[10] "Star Sports: A new logo, packaging & brand identity". Indian Television. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[11] "Star junks ESPN brand, launches Star Sports with 6 channels and website". MxM. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[12] Terrado, Reuben (9 January 2013). "ESPN fades off in Asia as Fox takes over". Spin.ph. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[13] Chan, U-Gene (24 January 2013). "ESPN network to be renamed FOX Sports in Singapore, Asia". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[14] Christensen, Nic (4 July 2014). "Fox to reorganises its sports channels". Mumbrella Asia. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[15] Valisno, Jeffrey O. (26 August 2014). "Fox completes rebranding of sports channels". BusinessWorld. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[16] Bansal, Shuchi (16 November 2017). "Star India tuning out of Channel V". Mint. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[17] Bhagia, Raushni (23 August 2018). "Star India to replace Channel V with Star Sports 3". Best Media Info. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[18] "Star to launch Star Sports 3, continue sports investments: Gautam Thakar". Indian Television. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[19] "Star India to launch multi-lingual channel Star Sports 3 on 15 Sep". Television Post. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[20] "Star Sports 1 Kannada to launch on 29 Dec". Television Post. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[21] Sharma, Harsh (21 December 2018). "Star Sports Kannada all set for December 29 launch". InsideSport. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[22] Sharma, Rajender (16 March 2018). "Star Sports Kannada licence awaits clearance; IPL live on Survana". InsideSport. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[23] "Star Sports India announced as the Official Broadcast Partner for Legends League Cricket". Legends League Cricket. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

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Indian networks	Star Sports 1 Star Sports 2 Star Sports 3 Star Sports Select 1 Star Sports Select 2 Star Sports 1 Hindi Star Sports 1 Tamil Star Sports 1 Telugu Star Sports 1 Kannada Star Sports 1 Bangla Star Sports First
Ventures	Disney+ Hotstar
Defunct ventures	ESPN Star Sports (equity stake, 1996–2012; incl. ESPN Asia [1995-2013]) Star Sports East Asia
Sports broadcasting rights	ICC Indian Premier League Asia Cup Tamil Nadu Premier League Ranji Trophy Karnataka Premier League Formula One Hockey India League Hockey World League Hockey Asia Cup Pro Kabaddi Premier Badminton League
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