Star Sports Hindi

Synopsis

Star Sports is a group of South Asian pay television sports channels operated by Disney Star a subsidiary of Disney India.

The networks were initially formed in 1991 as Star Hospital a joint venture between Star TV and Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) known as Prime Sports, taking their name from TCI’s U.S. regional sports networks of the same name. In 1996, Star agreed to merge its sports networks in Asia with those of its rival ESPN, forming ESPN Star Sports. In June 2012, News Corporation acquired ESPN’s stake in the joint venture; its corporate successor 21st Century Fox was, in turn, acquired by ESPN’s majority-owner The Walt Disney Company in 2019.

Star Sports is a major broadcaster of cricket in India, holding the pay television rights to domestic national team matches, the Indian Premier League, and International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments. Streaming rights to many Star Sports properties are held in India by sister streaming service Disney+ Hotstar.