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Star India Private Limited
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Formerly	STAR TV India Private Limited
Company type	Subsidiary of 21st Century Fox
Industry	Mass media
Founded	1 August 1991; 33 years ago
Founders	Hutchison Whampoa; Li Ka-shing;
Headquarters	Star House, Urmi Estate, 95, Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served	South Asia
Key people	Uday Shankar (Chairman and CEO); Sanjay Gupta (Managing Director);
Products	Broadcasting; Film; Entertainment; Web portals
Parent	21st Century Fox
Website	www.startv.com

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Star India Private Limited, formerly STAR TV India is an Indian media and entertainment company, owned by 21st Century Fox. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. STAR India's portfolio includes 58 channels in eight languages.^[1] The network reaches around 650 million viewers in India per month.^[2]

History

Before 1993

Star TV was a joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa and Li Ka-Shing and was established to launch such a service. Li Ka-Shing's son, Richard, was CEO. It was launched in 1991. In early 90s, Star India included Star Plus (then an English-language entertainment channel), Prime Sports (later became Star Sports), MTV (through a tie up with Viacom), Star Movies and Zee TV (belonging to Subhash Chandra). Star TV was beamed out of Asiasat satellite.

In 1993, Rupert Murdoch bought a 64 percent stake in Star TV for $525 million. Star was originally broadcasting content from Rupert Murdoch's Fox Broadcasting and thus a synergy was envisioned. In 1993 News Corporation purchased 63.6% of STAR for over $500 million, followed by the purchase of the remaining 36.4% on 1 January 1993.^[3]^[4] Murdoch declared that:^[5]

"(telecommunications) have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere ... satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels"

After 1993

In 1995, Zee TV and Star signed an agreement to promote each other's content on their respective networks. Thus, ads for Star programs began to appear on Zee and vice versa. An agreement with Subhash Chandra, prohibited Star from creating Hindi-language programming, so Star relied mainly on English-language imported programming. Star was third in Indian market share (3%) behind Zee TV (12%) and Sony (11%). This agreement was however short-lived as Star's English-language entertainment channel Star Plus started broadcasting Hindi content. By 1997, Star Plus became a 100% Hindi-language entertainment channel and Star TV launched Star World a separate channel that broadcast content formerly shown by Star Plus. For four years until 1999, Star had losses of nearly US$500 million. Consequently, Murdoch revamped Star management; programming chief Sameer Nair decided to start creating Hindi-language programming to target "mass instead of class."^[6] Peter Mukerjea was Chief Executive Officer of STAR India from 1999 to 2007.^[7]

In August 2009, STAR Broadcasting Corporation revealed a restructure to its Asian broadcast businesses into three units – STAR India, STAR, and Fox International Channels Asia.^[8]

STAR India also manages News Corporation's interests in seven ventures including DTH operator Tata Sky; cable system Hathway, channel distributor Media Pro Enterprise, south Indian broadcast business of STAR Vijay, the film producer and distributor Fox Star Studios India and STAR CJ Alive Home Shopping.

STAR India entered into High Definition broadcasting on 15 April 2011 with the launch of the HD versions of its channels, including Star Plus HD, Star Movies HD, Star World HD, Star Gold HD and National Geographic Channel India HD.

Star CJ Alive (now ShopCJ)

Star CJ Alive (now ShopCJ) is an Indian television shopping channel which was started between Star India and CJ Group of South Korea in 2009.^[9] It is a 24/7 shopping channel which in its starting stage used STAR Utsav for hosting the television marketing programs in six-hour slots.^[10] In its initial years, the programs were aired in Hindi. Star CJ Alive and depends mainly on infomercials. On 14 November 2012 Star CJ Alive appointed Kenny Shin as CEO for India.^[11]^[12]

Business results

In August 2012, Business Line of The Hindu group reported that Star CJ Alive is claiming an average sales of products worth Rs. 9.5 million on week days and Rs. 12 million on weekends.^[13] Approximately 65% of the sales come from electronics segment while household segment stands second in the race. In December 2012, some sections of the media reported that Rupert Murdoch run News Corp may exit Star CJ by selling its entire stake to Providence Equity Partners.^[14] This share transfer reportedly ran into trouble when the Department of Revenue discovered that funds from other jurisdictions were being channelised to exploit Indo Mauritius double taxation avoidance agreement.^[15]

STAR India Entertainment provides 52 channels while STAR India Sports provides 12 channels

Star India media channels

Star India does not contain any news channels. Star India sold Star News and other news channels to ABP News Network . STAR News was helmed by CEO Ashok Venkatramani ^[16] and COO Avinash Pandey. ^[17]

National Sports Network in India

STAR sports group has planned to build a national sports network in India. The plan includes broadcasting in Indian languages. Starting from regional language Hindi to expansion for South Indian languages Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada. ESPN was renamed Star Sports 4, STAR Cricket was renamed Star Sports 3, Star Sports was renamed to Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 2 kept its name. STAR Cricket HD and ESPN HD renamed to Star Sports HD1 and Star Sports HD2 respectively. Star Sports 3 will be predominantly a Hindi-only channel. STAR plans to start with cricket, field hockey and football (soccer) initially. Domestic cricket of India like Deodhar Trophy and Ranji Trophy are considered. Besides, this two non-professional leagues like the University Cricket and University Field Hockey are also planned to be launched by STAR. In football, Barclays Premier League is also considered for regional broadcasting by STAR.^[18]

Broadcasting Rights

STAR India has acquired media rights for BCCI Domestic and International Cricket Series matches in India through 2018, International Cricket Council matches through 2023, the England and Wales Cricket Board matches through 2017, Cricket Australia matches through 2017, Federation International De Hockey through 2022, Wimbledon through 2022 and Bundesliga through 2020. In addition, STAR India has acquired digital rights for Indian Premier League through 2017. In September 2014, STAR India acquired a 35% minority stake in Football Sports Development Limited, a joint venture with IMG-Reliance to launch the Indian Super League, a professional soccer league. In March 2015, STAR India, in association with its affiliate, acquired a 74% majority stake in Mashal Sports Private Limited in March 2015, for the operation of the Pro Kabaddi League In January 2015, STAR India, launched Hotstar, a new mobile and online entertainment destination for television shows, movies and sports content. In February 2015, STAR India entered into an agreement to acquire the broadcast business of MAA Television Network Limited, an entity in India that broadcasts and operates Telugu language entertainment channels. In December 2015, STAR India announced it has successfully completed the integration of the broadcast business of MAA TV in a deal estimated to be between Rs 2,000 to 2,500 crore.^[19]

References

^ "Management of Star India". Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "Star India-We Are Star". www.startv.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^ Palmer, Rhonda. (26 July 1993) Murdoch catches rising Star – Entertainment News, Business News, Media. Variety. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^ THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Star TV Extends Murdoch's Reach. New York Times (23 August 1993). Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/22/chinathemedia.rupertmurdoch. Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^ Flegg, Michael (10 September 2001). "India's Star TV Leaps to Top Spot Due to Game Shows, Soap Operas". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 19 September 2001.
^ "Peter Mukerjea - Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Business. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ "News Corporation Announces Intent to Pursue Separation of Businesses to Enhance Strategic Alignment and Increase Operational Flexibility - News Corp". Retrieved 10 November 2016.
^ "Star CJ Alive braces for challenges of home shopping". 7 July 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
^ "STAR CJ Network launches "STAR CJ Alive"". Retrieved 10 November 2016.
^ www.exchange4media.com. "Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News ? Exchange4media". Retrieved 10 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Bureau, Our (9 November 2012). "Kenny Shin is CEO, STAR CJ Alive". Retrieved 10 November 2016. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Krishnamurthy, Gokul (13 August 2011). "Star CJ looks to coming 'alive' this festival season". Retrieved 10 November 2016.
^ &, Aminah Sheikh. "Companies". Retrieved 10 November 2016. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
^ "News Corp entity plans to exit Star CJ run into FIPB hurdle". Retrieved 10 November 2016.
^ "STAR Brands exits Indian News TV".
^ "Avinash Pandey".
^ Choudhary, Vidhi. "Star plans to build national sports network in India". Retrieved 10 November 2016.
^ "Star India completes its integration with MAA Television Network - The Economic Times". Retrieved 10 November 2016.

External links

Official Site (STAR TV US)

[1] "Management of Star India". Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[2] "Star India-We Are Star". www.startv.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

[3] Palmer, Rhonda. (26 July 1993) Murdoch catches rising Star – Entertainment News, Business News, Media. Variety. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

[4] THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Star TV Extends Murdoch's Reach. New York Times (23 August 1993). Retrieved 20 May 2012.

[guardian.co.uk-5] ttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/22/chinathemedia.rupertmurdoch. Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

[WSJ_2001-6] Flegg, Michael (10 September 2001). "India's Star TV Leaps to Top Spot Due to Game Shows, Soap Operas". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 19 September 2001.

[mukerjea_bloomberg-7] "Peter Mukerjea - Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Business. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

[8] "News Corporation Announces Intent to Pursue Separation of Businesses to Enhance Strategic Alignment and Increase Operational Flexibility - News Corp". Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[9] "Star CJ Alive braces for challenges of home shopping". 7 July 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[10] "STAR CJ Network launches "STAR CJ Alive"". Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[11] www.exchange4media.com. "Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News ? Exchange4media". Retrieved 10 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[12] Bureau, Our (9 November 2012). "Kenny Shin is CEO, STAR CJ Alive". Retrieved 10 November 2016. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[13] Krishnamurthy, Gokul (13 August 2011). "Star CJ looks to coming 'alive' this festival season". Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[14] &, Aminah Sheikh. "Companies". Retrieved 10 November 2016. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)

[15] "News Corp entity plans to exit Star CJ run into FIPB hurdle". Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[16] "STAR Brands exits Indian News TV".

[17] "Avinash Pandey".

[18] Choudhary, Vidhi. "Star plans to build national sports network in India". Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[19] "Star India completes its integration with MAA Television Network - The Economic Times". Retrieved 10 November 2016.

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 Star TV was a joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa and Li Ka-Shing and was established to launch such a service. Li Ka-Shing's son, Richard, was CEO. It was launched in 1991. In early 90s, Star India included Star Plus (then an English-language entertainment channel), Prime Sports (later became Star Sports), MTV (through a tie up with Viacom), Star Movies and Zee TV (belonging to Subhash Chandra). Star TV was beamed out of Asiasat satellite.
-In 1993, Rupert Murdoch bought a 64 percent stake in Star TV for  $525 million. Star was originally broadcasting content from Rupert Murdoch's Fox Broadcasting and thus a synergy was envisioned. In 1993 [[News Corporation]] purchased 63.6% of STAR for over $500 million, followed by the purchase of the remaining 36.4% on 1 January 1993.<ref>Palmer, Rhonda. (26 July 1993) [http://www.variety.com/article/VR108977.html?categoryid=18&cs=1 Murdoch catches rising Star – Entertainment News, Business News, Media]. Variety. Retrieved 20 May 2012.</ref><ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DA153EF930A1575BC0A965958260 THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Star TV Extends Murdoch's Reach]. New York Times (23 August 1993). Retrieved 20 May 2012.</ref> Murdoch declared that:<ref name="guardian.co.uk">[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/22/chinathemedia.rupertmurdoch http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/22/chinathemedia.rupertmurdoch]. Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2012.</ref> {{quote|"(telecommunications) have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere ... satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels"}}
+In 1993, Rupert Murdoch bought a 64 percent stake in Star TV for $525 million. Star was originally broadcasting content from Rupert Murdoch's Fox Broadcasting and thus a synergy was envisioned. In 1993 [[News Corporation]] purchased 63.6% of STAR for over $500 million, followed by the purchase of the remaining 36.4% on 1 January 1993.<ref>Palmer, Rhonda. (26 July 1993) [http://www.variety.com/article/VR108977.html?categoryid=18&cs=1 Murdoch catches rising Star – Entertainment News, Business News, Media]. Variety. Retrieved 20 May 2012.</ref><ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DA153EF930A1575BC0A965958260 THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Star TV Extends Murdoch's Reach]. New York Times (23 August 1993). Retrieved 20 May 2012.</ref> Murdoch declared that:<ref name="guardian.co.uk">[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/22/chinathemedia.rupertmurdoch http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/22/chinathemedia.rupertmurdoch]. Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2012.</ref> {{quote|"(telecommunications) have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere ... satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels"}}
 ===After 1993===
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 In August 2012, [[Business Line]] of [[The Hindu]] group reported that Star CJ Alive is claiming an average sales of products worth Rs. 9.5&nbsp;million on week days and Rs. 12&nbsp;million on weekends.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-marketing/star-cj-looks-to-coming-alive-this-festival-season/article2351821.ece|title=Star CJ looks to coming ‘alive' this festival season|first=Gokul|last=Krishnamurthy|date=13 August 2011|publisher=|accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref> Approximately 65% of the sales come from electronics segment while household segment stands second in the race. In December 2012, some sections of the media reported that [[Rupert Murdoch]] run [[News Corp]] may exit Star CJ by selling its entire stake to Providence Equity Partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/NblXoNxrWhQGOIzEuTIVjI/Star-may-be-close-to-home-shopping-channel-exit.html|title=Companies|first=Aminah Sheikh|last=&|publisher=|accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref> This share transfer reportedly ran into trouble when the Department of Revenue discovered that funds from other jurisdictions were being channelised to exploit Indo Mauritius double taxation avoidance agreement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/news-corp-entity-plans-to-exit-star-cj-run-into-fipb-hurdle/1100534|title=News Corp entity plans to exit Star CJ run into FIPB hurdle|publisher=|accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref>
-==STAR India Entertainment (52 Channels)==
+STAR India Entertainment provides 52 channels while STAR India Sports provides 12 channels
-Star India currently provides the following entertainment channels.
-{|class="wikitable sortable"
-|+
-|-
-! Channel !! Details
-|-
-| [[Star Plus]] || Hindi General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Plus|Star Plus HD]] || HD Hindi General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Life OK]] (going to rebrand as [[Star Bharat]] in August) || Hindi General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Life OK|Life OK HD]] || HD Hindi General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Channel V|V]] || Hindi Songs and Youth Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Utsav]] || Broadcast old shows of Star Plus, Life OK & also other shows
-|-
-| [[STAR Utsav Movies|Star Utsav Movies]] || Free-To-Air Hindi Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Gold]] || Hindi Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Gold|Star Gold HD]] || HD Hindi Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Gold|Star Gold Select]] || Hindi Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Gold|Star Gold Select HD]] || HD Hindi Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Movies OK]] || Hindi Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Jalsha]] || Bengali Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Jalsha|Star Jalsha HD]] || HD Bengali Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Jalsha Movies|Star Jalsha Movies]] || Bengali Language Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Jalsha Movies|Star Jalsha Movies HD]] || HD Bengali Language Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Pravah]] || Marathi Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Pravah|Star Pravah HD]] || HD Marathi Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Asianet]] || Malayalam Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Asianet|Asianet HD]] || HD Malayalam Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Asianet Plus]] || Malayalam Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Asianet Movies]] || Malyalam Language Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Suvarna TV|Star Suvarna]]|| Kannada Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-|[[Suvarna TV|Star Suvarna HD]]
-|HD Kannada Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Suvarna Plus|Star Suvarna Plus]] || Kannada Language Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Vijay]] || Tamil Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Vijay|Star Vijay HD]] || HD Tamil Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Vijay Super|Star Vijay Super]] || Tamil Language Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[MAA TV|Star Maa]] || Telugu Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[MAA TV|Star Maa HD]] || HD Version of Star Maa
-|-
-| [[MAA TV|Star Maa Gold]] || Telugu Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[MAA Movies|Star Maa Movies]] || Telugu Language Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[MAA Movies|Star Maa Movies HD]] || HD Version of Star Maa Movies
-|-
-| [[Maa Music|Star Maa Music]] || Telugu Language Music Channel
-|-
-| [[Star World India|Star World]] || English Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Star World India|Star World HD]] || HD English Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Star World Premiere |Star World Premiere HD]] || HD English Language General Entertainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Movies]] || English Language Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Movies|Star Movies HD]] || HD English Language Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Movies Select HD]] || HD English Language Movie Channel
-|-
-| [[Fox Life India|Fox Life]] || Food and Lifestyle Channel
-|-
-| [[Fox Life India|Fox Life HD]] || HD Food and Lifestyle Channel
-|-
-| [[National Geographic Channel (India)|National Geographic Channel]] || Infotainment Channel
-|-
-| [[National Geographic Channel (India)|National Geographic Channel HD]] || HD Infotainment Channel
-|-
-| [[Nat Geo People]] || Travel and Lifestyle Channel
-|-
-|[[Nat Geo People|Nat Geo People HD]]
-|HD Travel and Lifestyle Channel
-|-
-| [[Nat Geo Wild]] || Wildlife Channel
-|-
-| [[Nat Geo Wild|Nat Geo Wild HD]] || HD Wildlife Channel
-|-
-| [[Nat Geo Music]] || English Language Music Channel
-|-
-|[[Nat Geo Music|Nat Geo Music HD]]
-|HD English Language Music Channel
-|-
-| [[Baby TV]] || English Language Kids Channel
-|-
-| [[Baby TV|Baby TV HD]] || HD English Language Kids Channel
-|}
-==STAR India Sports (12 Channels)==
-Star India currently provides the following sports channels.
-{| class="wikitable"
-|+
-|-
-! Channel !! Details
-|-
-| [[Star Sports |Star Sports 1]] || Standard-Definition Sports Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Sports |Star Sports 2]] || Standard-Definition Sports Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Sports|Star Sports 1 Hindi]] || Standard-Definition Sports Channel in Hindi
-|-
-|[[Star Sports|Star Sports 1 Tamil]]
-|Standard-Definition Sports Channel in Tamil
-|-
-| [[Star Sports |Star Sports Select 1]] || Standard-Definition Sports Channel
-|-
-|[[Star Sports|Star Sports Select 2]]
-|Standard-Definition Sports Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Sports |Star Sports 1 HD]] || High-Definition Sports Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Sports |Star Sports 2 HD]] || High-Definition Sports Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Sports|Star Sports 1 Hindi HD]]
-| High-Definition Sports Channel in Hindi
-|-
-| [[Star Sports |Star Sports Select 1 HD]] || High-Definition Sports Channel
-|-
-| [[Star Sports |Star Sports Select 2 HD]] || High-Definition Sports Channel
-|-
-|[[Star Sports|Star Sports First]]
-|Free-To-Air Hindi Sports Channel
-|}
-==Star India Digital Online App==
-{| class="wikitable sortable"
-|-
-! Name !! Details
-|-
-| [[Hotstar]] || Online streaming service to watch all Star India's Channel shows and many more by using app or website. Many shows can be download in mobile by using Hotstar app.
-|}
 == Star India media channels ==
 Star India does not contain any news channels. Star India sold Star News and other news channels to [[ABP News|ABP News Network]] . STAR News was helmed by CEO Ashok Venkatramani <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/report/murdochs-star-brand-exits-indian-news-tv/20120417.htm|title=STAR Brands exits Indian News TV}}</ref> and COO Avinash Pandey. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abpnewsnetwork.com/avinash-pandey.html|title=Avinash Pandey}}</ref>
-==Availability==
-Apart from India, many of '''Star TV''' channels are also available in Pakistan, Bangladesh, [[Sri Lanka]], Nepal, [[Bhutan]] and Maldives.
 ==National Sports Network in India==
-STAR sports group has planned to build a national sports network in India. The plan includes broadcasting in Indian languages. Starting from regional language [[Hindi]] to expansion for [[South India]]n languages [[Malayalam]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], and [[Kannada]]. [[ESPN India|ESPN]] was renamed [[STAR Sports 4|Star Sports 4]], [[STAR Cricket]] was renamed Star Sports 3, Star Sports was renamed to [[STAR Sports 1|Star Sports 1]] and [[STAR Sports 2|Star Sports 2]] kept its name. STAR Cricket HD and ESPN HD renamed to [[STAR Sports HD1|Star Sports HD1]] and [[STAR Sports HD2|Star Sports HD2]] respectively. [[STAR Sports 3|Star Sports 3]] will be predominantly a Hindi-only channel. STAR plans to start with cricket, field hockey and football (soccer) initially. Domestic cricket of India like Deodhar Trophy and Ranji Trophy are considered. Besides, this two non-professional leagues like the University Cricket and University Field Hockey are also planned
+STAR sports group has planned to build a national sports network in India. The plan includes broadcasting in Indian languages. Starting from regional language [[Hindi]] to expansion for [[South India]]n languages [[Malayalam]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], and [[Kannada]]. [[ESPN India|ESPN]] was renamed [[STAR Sports 4|Star Sports 4]], [[STAR Cricket]] was renamed Star Sports 3, Star Sports was renamed to [[STAR Sports 1|Star Sports 1]] and [[STAR Sports 2|Star Sports 2]] kept its name. STAR Cricket HD and ESPN HD renamed to [[STAR Sports HD1|Star Sports HD1]] and [[STAR Sports HD2|Star Sports HD2]] respectively. [[STAR Sports 3|Star Sports 3]] will be predominantly a Hindi-only channel. STAR plans to start with cricket, field hockey and football (soccer) initially. Domestic cricket of India like Deodhar Trophy and Ranji Trophy are considered. Besides, this two non-professional leagues like the University Cricket and University Field Hockey are also planned to be launched by STAR. In football, [[Premier League|Barclays Premier League]] is also considered for regional broadcasting by STAR.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/H4HG9qej1sTUS6Z9xIMraI/Star-plans-to-build-national-sports-network-in-India.html|title=Star plans to build national sports network in India|first=Vidhi|last=Choudhary|publisher=|accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref>
-to be launched by STAR. In football, [[Premier League|Barclays Premier League]] is also considered for regional broadcasting by STAR.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/H4HG9qej1sTUS6Z9xIMraI/Star-plans-to-build-national-sports-network-in-India.html|title=Star plans to build national sports network in India|first=Vidhi|last=Choudhary|publisher=|accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref>
 ==Broadcasting Rights==
-STAR India has acquired media rights for [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] Domestic and International Cricket Series matches in India
+STAR India has acquired media rights for [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] Domestic and International Cricket Series matches in India through 2018, [[International Cricket Council]] matches through 2023, the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] matches
+through 2017, [[Cricket Australia]] matches through 2017, Federation International De Hockey through 2022, [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] through 2022 and [[Bundesliga]] through 2020. In addition, STAR India has acquired digital rights for
-through 2018, [[International Cricket Council]] matches through 2023, the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] matches
+[[Indian Premier League]] through 2017. In September 2014, STAR India acquired a 35% minority stake in Football Sports Development Limited, a joint venture with IMG-Reliance to launch the [[Indian Super League]], a professional
-through 2017, [[Cricket Australia]] matches through 2017, Federation International De Hockey through 2022,
-[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] through 2022 and [[Bundesliga]] through 2020. In addition, STAR India has acquired digital rights for
-[[Indian Premier League]] through 2017. In September 2014, STAR India acquired a 35% minority stake in Football
-Sports Development Limited, a joint venture with IMG-Reliance to launch the [[Indian Super League]], a professional
 soccer league. In March 2015, STAR India, in association with its affiliate, acquired a 74% majority stake in Mashal
 Sports Private Limited in March 2015, for the operation of the [[Pro Kabaddi League]]

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