Pro Kabaddi season 2 to kick off on July 18

Pro Kabaddi League, which was a success in 2014, will be back with its second season on 18 July, 2015 with the opening leg to be held at National Sports Club of India (NSCI) in Mumbai.

The opening game will pit the two finalists of last year, U Mumba take on reigning Champions Jaipur Pink Panthers.

The league promoted by Mashal Sports and Star India with the backing of the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India and International Kabaddi Federation, will feature 60 games played across 37 days in 8 cities.

Ten Sports to broadcast Junior Hockey World Cup

Ten Sports will broadcast Junior Hockey World Cup  from 6-15 December, sixteen of the finest junior international teams in the world will fight it out for the title in the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, with hockey giants such as Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Korea, Pakistan and host nation India among the challengers.

A former sports channel head used to say, ‘There is no doubt, cricket is huge. But it does not mean there is no space for any other sports. Given emotional touch, hockey could be No.2.’ Thanks to cut-throat competition in buying cricket properties & digitalization; finally sports broadcasters have started recognizing commercial potential of Indian hockey. So much so that commercially viable Junior International tournaments are also being aired. Indian Junior team recently won Sultan Johor Cup & they are in top form. This tournament is being held just before FIH World Cup. It will be junior players big chance to display their talent in front of home support & get selected in Indian Senior team. 

Alvida Sachin Series will be the costliest Test series in the history

Alvida Sachin Series will be the
costliest test series in the history

Sachin’s farewell series will be shown live on Star Cricket in Hindi & on Star Sports, Star Cricket HD in English. And on other platforms starsports.com will live stream Alvida Series online & All India Radio will air running commentary.

Public broadcaster Prasar Bharti’s CEO Jawahar Sircar has also tweeted that ''We will see if we can negotiate'' with Star-BCCI' to air Sachin’s last match on DD National so that terrestrial TV viewers can also watch the legend playing last time.

It's Star Sports Cup now : Star's bid to be cricket's synonym

Star TV has so far forked out over $2.9 billion (Rs 17,800 crore) in buying cricket broadcasting rights, which has made it the undisputed leader in the segment. Now, it wants to go one step forward by grabbing sponsorship rights of cricket tournaments. The reason is simple but elegant: it wants to position the Star brand in such a way that it becomes synonymous with cricket in India. Last week, Star TV just did that when it won the title sponsorship rights for all the 13 international cricket matches to be held in India between October 2013 and March 2014 by agreeing to pay Rs 2 crore a match. It was a steal; Star TV was the only bidder and paid 39 per cent lower than what Bharti Airtel had forked out to win the rights last year. It will be the sponsor as well as the broadcaster of these matches.

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.

ESPN to telecast Duleep Trophy

One semi-final and the final of India's zonal domestic competition Duleep Trophy will be aired live on ESPN. Final and one of the two semi-finals will be played at Kochi from where the ESPN will air two matches – one semi-final and the final.

Share feed with Doordarshan : Delhi High Court to Sports Channels

Upholding Prasar Bharati’s view, the Delhi High Court on Thursday held that whosoever airs a live television broadcast of sporting events of national importance must share the same with national broadcaster Prasar Bharati, which runs Doordarshan & All India Radio, without any commercials.

A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog made the observations while dismissing a TV channel’s plea seeking a direction to Prasar Bharati not to insist on the live signal of international cricket matches of India without any commercial.

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 :)

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

Star Sports Champions League T20 coverage plan

Opening & knock out matches
will also be shown on Star Gold

This edition of Champion League T20 has something special for Indian fans as Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid will be seen playing their last official T20 matches and four Indian teams - Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad will be taking on best of Australia, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

As Star Sports Network is betting big on Hindi, CLT20 will also have bilingual presentation (graphics+commentary) in both Hindi and English. Star Cricket will have it in Hindi while Star Sports and Star Cricket HD will be in English. 

Ten Sports' big shift : from Dubai to Noida

Ten Sports Network ( TSN ) has some prime cricket properties which can be considered hot viewing options for Indian sports TV viewers. This includes the exclusive India rights to telecast action on the field for five cricket boards - South Africa, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. As compared to this, rival ESPN Star Sports has the rights to domestic Indian cricket, which it pocketed after committing close to $770 million dollars to the BCCI.  Neo Sports - another sportscaster in India - has the rights to New Zealand cricket, while Sony Entertainment boasts of the highly popular and profitable though controversial Indian Premier League. This apart, TSN has also signed up other sporting properties such as WWE, US Open, ATP Tournaments, WTA, Ryder Cup, Moto GP, Euro league, PGA Championship, Asian Tour, European Tour and Tour De France.

This weekend it’s raining football : pick your match on TV

UEFA champions League first leg is over and teams are back to face their well known domestic rivals. Indian sports channels will air some of the best action across the European League and for desi football fans, we will get to know if East Bengal become the second Indian club to enter AFC cup semi-final when they face Semen Padang in AFC Cup quterfinal second leg on Tueday. Manchester City vs Manchester United is the marquee clash of the weekend. All the clashes, timings and channels are to keep yourself up-to-date so that you don’t miss any of the action.

Missed UCL action : Ten Sports' UEFA Champions League delayed broadcast timings

Europe's premier football competition is being aired on three Ten Sports Network channels - Ten Action, Ten HD and Ten Sports. As there are 8 matches kicking off at the same time ( 12:15 AM IST ), it is impossible to air all the 8 matches on three channels ! Neither it is possible for fans to watch 8 matches simultaneously :). Add to it, most of the fans have standard definition cable or DTH connections, they are bound to miss UCL action on Ten HD.  So here is the delayed broadcast schedule of the first leg of UEFA Champions League on Ten Sports Network for standard definition channels i.e. Ten Action and Ten HD. Enjoy the beautiful game :)

Ten Sports Network's UEFA Champions League coverage plan

European football’s crème de la crème are all set to kick off  2013–14 UEFA Champions League. 

It is the 59th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organized by UEFA, and the 22nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.

The 2014 Champions League Final will be played at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. Bayern Munich are the defending champions.

Here is the coverage plan of the opening leg of UEFA Champions League. All matches will be shown across the Ten Sports Network on Ten Action, Ten Sports and Ten HD (except Ten Golf and Ten Cricket). 

ESPN will telecast Sultan Johor Cup Hockey from September 22

Gone are the days when hockey fans would rarely get to watch live action. Indian young guns will be seen live taking on England, Korea, Malaysia, Argentina and Pakistan in 3rd Sultan of Johor Cup. 


ESPN will telecast 3rd Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey tournament live which begins at Johor Bahru in Malaysia from September 22-29 with Hindi commentary. Olympian Jagbir Singh & Sunil Taneja will be calling the games for viewers back home. 

Sports channels are trying to reduce their dependence on expensive and limited cricket properties and betting big on other sports, hockey is one such sport. 

Sept 14 is Super Soccer Saturday: A dozen football matches live on TV

Transfer season is over and we are back on the pitch. Indian sports channels have 12 big matches live on this Saturday. All the clashes, timings and channels are here.

Ten Sports to broadcast Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will be aired in India and neighboring countries on Ten Sports Network. The CWG Organizing Committee has sold Indian subcontinent broadcast rights to Taj TV - the Dubai-based broadcaster owned by Zee, which runs Ten Sports, Ten Cricket, Ten Action, Ten HD and Ten Golf.
  

Glasgow 2014 games will also be aired on pubcaster DD Sports and DD National in Hindi and English as it is mandatory to share live sports feeds of national importance with public broadcaster.

Star Sports 2 to air NKP Salve Challenger Trophy

2013 edition of the one day cricket tournament NKP Salve Challenger Trophy will be aired live on Star Sports 2 & ESPN HD starting September 26. The tournament is played just before the start of Ranji Trophy season, with the purpose of showcasing the talent that the country has, as well as providing opportunities for younger players to make an impression.

The venues and teams for the four day tournament are yet to be announced. Earlier all matches were to be played day-night. But thanks to timings clash with ongoing Champions League T20, all matches will now be played in day.