Star to air Hero ISL in 5 languages

The upcoming Hero Indian Super League (ISL) is all set for a mega start as Star India will broadcast it live across eight television channels in five languages. It will also have a multi screen experience on starsports.com.

 

With this move, Star India will have a potential to reach around 85 per cent of India’s television audience says the channel.

 

The league will be televised on Star Sports 2 (English), Star Sports 3 (Hindi), Star Sports HD 2 (English), Star Gold (Hindi), Star Utsav (Hindi), Asianet Movies (Malayalam), Jalsha Movies (Bengali) and Suvarna Plus (Kannada) while there will be live streaming on www.starsports.com. Asianet Network runs channels in Kerala and Karnataka and is fully under Star India.

Hero ISL to kick off on Oct 12, Live on Star Sports

Arsenal legend Freddie Ljungberg and Spanish World Cupper Luis Garcia will be the centre of attention when Mumbai City FC kick off the inaugural Indian Super League on October 12, Sunday, 7pm at Atletico de Kolkata, in a tournament that will feature 61 games spread across 70 days.

The opening match will be played at the historic Salt Lake Stadium.

 

The league stage will witness 56 games on home and away format, followed by a two-legged semi-finals and the final scheduled for December 20.

59 matches will be see kick off at 7pm and 2 matches on  December 9 and 10 will start at 5pm.

All the action will be live on Star Sports 3 in Hindi, Jalsha Movies in Bangla, Star Sports 1, HD1 in English and live streaming on starsports.com.

FIFA World Cup schedule in IST & DDNational, Sony Six coverage plan for Brazil 2014

Hindi commentary fans DD1 will air 

opening match, semis & final in Hindi

Here is the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 schedule with timings in Indian Standard Time. 24 matches will be aired in 9:30pm slot, 13 matches in 12:30 am slot, 16 matches in 1:30 am slot, 10 matches in 3:30 am slot & a match at 6:30 am.

Sony Six & Sony Six HD will air all 64 matches in English, 56 matches will be aired on Sony Aath in Bangla. Sony has also launched LivSports.in to live stream FIFA World cup.

There will be no Hindi commentary despite rating & research showing huge success of soccer Hindi commentary. However pubcaster DD National will air opening match, 2 semis & final in Hindi with Novy Kapadia & Ghaus Mohammed calling the game.

Sony launches LIV sports to stream Sony Six’s content, FIFA World Cup

Multi Screen Media has launched 'LIV Sports', a digital sports site –www.LIVSports.in. This site will give access to sports properties owned by Sony.

LIV Sports is the official mobile and Internet broadcaster for the 2014 FIFA World CupTM starting June 12. LIV Sports will show both live and video-on-demand match content with statistics and analysis.

Liv sports features content for football, cricket and basketball, with plans to add tennis, motor sports and wrestling (TNA) sections shortly. The focus is however currently on FIFA World Cup.

This is what you can watch on Sports TV in 2014

Ten Sports air Asian Games & CWG
& Hockey World Cup

Every next year promises more than the previous year but 2014 is really big. Indian Cricket team will be on two of the toughest & longest tours : England tour with 5 tests & as many ODIs and later in December to Australia which is going to be acid test for 2015 Cricket World Cup. For Indian Football fans IPL-style Indian Super Football league could become a reality; though not all are in favour of ISL.

2014 will also see two quadrennial multi sports events: Commonwealth Games & Asian Games both on Ten Sports in Hindi & English and Hockey World Cup will also be on Ten Sports Network. For these 3 events feeds of selected Indian matches will be shared with Doordarshan.

Star will continue its experiment with Hindi & Indian languages.
Neo Sports is left with Bundesliga only.
Sony Six will be banking on IPL & action sports.

But the event of the year will be FIFA World Cup in June. If reports are to be believed Star Sports has sealed the deal for FIFA World Cup & will air it in Hindi & English.

Wimbledon will be up for grabs so it has not been decided which channel will air it. Hockey India League, Indian Badminton League will be shown on Star Sports & I-League on Ten Sports. This year could see some more leagues coming up, possibly a basketball league & Kabaddi league. EPL, LaLiga, SerieA, UEFA & other big properties haven’t changed hands, so will be on regular channels. Pakistan cricket board rights will be up for sale in next few weeks.  Here is a list of most awaited sporting events of 2014 with their channels & kick off dates. Wishing you a very happy new year !

Happy sporty 2014 on TV:

1.    Australian Open on Star Sports from Jan 13

2.    India tour of NewZealand on Sony Six from Jan 19

3.    Sochi Winter Olympics on Star Sports from Feb 6

4.    Asia Cup Cricket on Star Sports from Feb 24

5.    Formula One season on Star Sports from March 16

6.    ICC T20 World Cup on Star Sports from March 16 (Hindi + English)

7.    Hockey World Cup on TenSports from May 31 (Hindi+English)

8.    FIFA World Cup on Sony Six from June 12 (Hindi+English)

9.    India tour of England on Star Sports from July 9 (Hindi+English)

10. Commonwealth Games on Ten Sports from July 23(Hindi+English)

11.  Asian Games on Ten Sports from September 19 (Hindi+English)

12.India tour of England on Star Sports from December 5 (Hindi+English)

*Star Sports & Ten Sports refers to their network, some of the events will see multi channel broadcast. 

Ten Sports Network’s coverage plan for UEFA Champions League Matchday 6

This year’s UEFA Champions League First Phase will be over with Match day 6 action & then UEFA Champions League action will be back with Round of 16 in February. First Leg of Pre-quarterfinals will be played between Feb 18-26 & Second Leg between March 11-19.

As for match day 6 there will be 6 matches live across the Ten Sports Network. Countdown To Kick Off - Ten Sports' pre match show kicking off at 12:30 am & kick off at 1:15 am. Here I have also compiled repeat telecasts on standard definition channels. Please leave a reply with your permutations & combinations of last 8. Enjoy J

UEFA Champions League coverage plan for Ten Sports Network

The Champions League makes its comeback this week in the penultimate round of group-stage fixtures, with many qualifying participants yet to find out their fate but so close to making it into the knockout phases.

As usual there will be 16 matches, this time 8 matches will be aired live other matches will be aired delayed on Ten Sports network. Live coverage will start at 12:30 am & kick off at 1:15 am. Enjoy J

Missed any UEFA Champions League match? Here are delayed & repeat broadcast timings

As usual there will be 16 matches among 32 teams in 4^th leg UEFA Champions League action. Out of 16 matches 7 matches will be shown live on three Ten Sports Network channels – Ten Action, Ten HD & Ten Sports and others will be aired delayed. Most of footie fans have only SD (standard definition) connections, they are bound to miss matches which will be aired on Ten HD, especially Barcelona vs AC Milan on Nov 7 at 12:15 am. So here are delayed & repeat broadcast timings of UEFA Champions League 4^th leg on Ten Sports Network. Enjoy the beautiful game & leave a reply if possible!

Ten Sports Network’s UEFA Champions League 4th leg coverage plan

As usual there will be 16 matches among 32 teams in 4^th leg UEFA Champions League action. Out of 16 matches 7 matches will be shown live and others will be aired delayed. Live coverage of UCL matches starts at 12:30 am with Countdown 2 Kick Off except Zenit St Petersburg vs. FC Porto match which will be live at 10:25 pm on Thursday. Also Ten Sports has no plans to broadcast UCL matches on Ten Cricket as of now, as it is busy with Pakistan vs South Africa ODI series. So pick your match and enjoy the beautiful game. 

Ten Sports Network’s Capital One Cup Round 4 coverage plan

Ten Sports Network has live and exclusive rights to broadcast The Football League and The League Cup from  2012-13 to 2014-15  for South Asia market. As part of the agreement with MP & Silva, a leading international sports rights agency, TEN Network will be showcasing approximately 145 matches live and exclusive throughout the year.

Star Sports & IMG-Reliance all set to launch IPL style football Super League

Reliance Industries, Star India and IMG are set to launch the `Indian Super League,’ a football championship that will foster local talent and feature international stars with the aim of making the game one of the country’s flagship sports and India a name to reckon with in the global arena.

Football: India’s Super League all set to kick off

Here is the big news for Indian football fans-the three month football extravaganza, Indian Super League (ISL) is expected to kick off in January 2014 & it will have a total of 8 teams from the cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati, Chennai, Bangalore, Kochi, Goa, Pune in its 1st season. The teams will have 22 players including one marquee player, international stars and leading Indian footballers.

Uefa Champions League : 3rd leg delayed & repeat broadcast timings for Ten Sports Network

There will be 16 matches in 3rd leg of Uefa Champions League, but as always, Ten Sports Network will air live action on three channels : Ten Sports, Ten Action and Ten HD. So there will be only 7 live matches, 3 on Tuesday, Oct 22 and 4 on Wednesday, Oct 23.

And most of the viewers have standard definition connection, they are bound to miss UCL action on Ten HD. Here are delayed and repeat broadcast timings of UCL 3rd leg action on Ten Sports Network.

Uefa Champions League : Ten Sports Network's 3rd leg coverage plan

Ten Sports Network will air 7 UCL matches live out of 16 matches in 3rd leg of group stage. Three matches on October 22, Tuesday & four matches on October 23, Wednesday.

They are still not using Ten Cricket for UCL. So here are details of 3rd leg Uefa Champions League action. Remember UCL group stage will be half through after the completion of this leg. Though not final, but a more clearer picture will emerge on who will be through to next round.

Your EPL TV guide for October : 21 matches live on Star Sports Network

Weather is getting cooler and football is getting hotter! For this busy month Star Sports Network has lined up 21 English Premier League matches live, starsports.com might stream more than 21 matches.­­­­

Remember India will be playing against Australia in ODI cricket series on Star Cricket and Star Sports, despite tight prime time schedule on Star Sports Network, EPL has managed to get considerable airtime.

Star Sports Network will air 3 matches each of Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham and Crystal Palace. Most of the action will be on ESPN and Star Sports 2.

As Hindi commentary has almost doubled the viewership of EPL in India, more and more matches will be aired with Hindi commentary, for this month 15 out of 21 live matches will have dual feed. Despite this schedule being confirmed, last minute changes in timings and channels are possible. Folks pick your match and enjoy the beautiful game :)

Missed action : Ten Sports Network Uefa Champions Legue 2nd leg delayed broadcast & repeat timings

Ten Sports Network airs only three matches live at the same time on its three channels Ten Sports, Ten Action & Ten HD. 2nd leg  UCL matches in Russia will be played at 9:30 pm IST and other matches will kick off at 12:15 am. So three 12:15 am matches and one 9:30 pm match will be aired every match day out of 8 matches in 2^nd leg.  For those who dont have Ten HD or missed any of the matches here are details of delayed broadcast timings and channels of 2nd leg action on 2nd October and 3rd October.

UEFA Champions League : Ten Sports Network 2nd leg coverage plan

Ten Sports Network will air more matches live this time than 1^st leg as UCL matches in Russia will be played at 9:30 pm IST and other matches will kick off at 12:15 am. As Ten Sports Network airs only three matches live at the same time on its three channels Ten Sports, Ten Action & Ten HD. So we will have three 12:15 am matches and one 9:30 pm match every match day, in total 8 matches live out of 16 matches in 2^nd leg. So keep yourself up to date with all the timings & channels !

Which football match are you watching this weekend ?

Weekend means sports channels busy with football action from domestic leagues across the world. However, owing to live Champions League T20 cricket action we will not get to watch that many matches this weekend, as two of Star Sports Network channels are busy with cricket. But the big sports TV news of this weekend is that i-League is back on Ten Action. Ten Action has also created two promos for India’s premier football competition. In the first i-League match of this season on TV on Saturday, Asia’s oldest football club Mohan Bagan will face i-League holders & Goan giants Churchill Brothers. And on Sunday, it’s India’s most successful club East Bengal versus Durand Cup holders Mohammedan Sporting. All the clashes, timings and channels are to keep yourself up-to-date so that you don’t miss any of the action.

Desi football fans finally get ready to watch some i-League action

It is India’s oldest sports league, established way back in 1997 as National Football League & it is world’s most popular game – football.  Thanks to commercial failures, despite all these ingredients desi football fans don’t even get to watch India’s very own i-League regularly.  

India’s first private sports channel Zee Sports (now Ten Action) has been the broadcaster of i-League since 2004. Zee Sports had attempted to popularize domestic football in India with Hindi, Tamil & Bangla commentaries. This season Ten Action will air 75 i-League matches & 15 Federation cup matches.

Ten Sports Network Capital One Cup coverage plan

Five matches of round 3 of Football League Cup or Capital One Cup of England will be aired live across the Ten Sports Network on 3 channels Ten Sports, Ten Action & Ten HD.

Tuesday, September 24 night at 12:10 am (Wednesday)

Aston Villa vs Tottenham Hotspur live at 12:10 am on Ten Sports

Swindon vs Chelsea live at 12:10 am on Ten Action

Manchester City  vs  Wigan  live at 12:10 am on Ten HD

Wednesday, September 25 night at 12:10 am (Thursday)

West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal live at 12:10 am on Ten Sports

Manchester United v Liverpool live at 12:10 am on Ten Action