STAR Cricket
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Part of the ESPN-STAR
ESPN Star Sports
ESPN Star Sports is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and News Corporation...

 network, STAR Cricket is a 24-hour cricket channel targeting India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n audiences owned by STAR TV
STAR TV
Satellite Television Asia Region is an Asian TV service owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. It is headquartered in Hong Kong, with regional offices in mainland China, Taiwan....

. A channel showcasing first-class cricket action from around the globe, it broadcasts live and prerecorded international and regional cricket events as well as programming customised for the Indian audience, including cricket news update, magazine and reality shows. It is the spin-off cricket sports channel of STAR Sports
STAR Sports
STAR Sports is a cable sports network owned by STAR TV and ESPN. It shows sports programs. In partnership with ESPN, its corporate name is ESPN STAR Sports. They are the official Asian station of the Barclays Premier League...

.

India

  • STAR Cricket now available in Tata Sky
    Tata Sky
    TATA Sky is a direct broadcast satellite television provider in India, using MPEG-2 digital compression technology, transmitting using INSAT 4A at 83.0°E....

    , Reliance Big Tv, Sun Direct TV
    Sun Direct DTH
    Sun Direct is an Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider. Its satellite service, launched on 2005, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in India. Sun Direct uses MPEG-4 digital compression technology, transmitting on INSAT 4B at 93.5°E. and MEASAT-3 at 91.5°E...

    , Dish TV
    Dish TV
    Dish TV India Limited is an Indian company engaged in the business of providing direct-to-home satellite television service, which includes teleport service, customer support and transponder space leasing. Dishtv is a division of Zee Network Enterprise . It uses MPEG-2 digital compression...

     and Airtel Digital TV
    Airtel digital TV
    Airtel digital TV is an Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider owned and operated by Bharti Airtel. Its satellite service, launched on 2008, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in India. It uses MPEG-4 digital compression with DVB-S2 technology, transmitting...

    , DTH
    DTH
    DTH may refer to:* The Daily Tar Heel, a student newspaper at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill* Dance Theatre of Harlem, New York City* Danmarks Tekniske Højskole, a previous name for the Technical University of Denmark...

     platforms.
  • Local cable operators all over India.


ESPN Star Sports
ESPN Star Sports
ESPN Star Sports is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and News Corporation...

 (ESS) via its STAR Cricket channel was the The official broadcaster of the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final
2011 Cricket World Cup Final
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Final was played between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 2 April 2011. This was the 10th ICC Cricket World Cup. India won the match by six wickets, its second World Cup victory, having previously won in 1983. India became the third nation to...

 experienced all-time high TRPs, and had raised ad rates for 10 second slots during the finals to , prior to the finals. A 24 hour HD simulcast of Star Cricket launched on 19th July and is available on Videocon D2h and Tata Sky.

Bangladesh

  • STAR Cricket now available in Dhaka
    Dhaka
    Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

     & Chittagong
    Chittagong
    Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...

     by local operators and is available most part of Division of Bangladesh in cities or towns in local cable.

Broadcast

International Cricket
International Cricket
International Cricket is a cricket video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that was only released in Australia in 1992. Developed by Melbourne-based Beam Software, it was the only cricket game released for the NES. There were no attempts to release a cricket video game to the North...

  • ICC
    International Cricket Council
    The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...

     events from 2007 - 2015
  • Twenty20 Champions League
    Twenty20 Champions League
    The Champions League Twenty20 is an international Twenty20 cricket competition between club teams from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies...



Cricket in Australia
Cricket in Australia
Cricket is one of the most popular sports in Australia, at international, domestic and local levels. Unlike most other sports played in Australia, cricket generates equal interest in all states of the nation. In 2007, a survey by Sweeney Sports found that 52% of the Australian public have an...

  • International Cricket In Australia
  • KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
    KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
    The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition was organised by Cricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC. The competition was replaced by the Big Bash League as Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition after the 2010–11...

  • Ryobi One Day Cup
  • Sheffield Shield


Cricket in England
Cricket in England
Cricket is known to have been played in England since the 16th century. The Marylebone Cricket Club, based at Lords, came up with the modern rules of play and conduct.-History:* History of English cricket to 1696* 1697 to 1725 English cricket seasons...

  • International Cricket In England
  • Liverpool Victoria County Championship
    County Championship
    The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...

  • Friends Provident t20
  • Clydesdale Bank 40
    Clydesdale Bank 40
    The ECB40, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank 40 for sponsorship reasons, is a forty-over limited overs cricket competition for the English first-class counties. It began in the 2010 English cricket season as a replacement for the Pro40 and Friends Provident Trophy competitions...



  • Caribbean Twenty20
    Caribbean Twenty20
    The Caribbean Twenty20 is an annual tournament Twenty20 cricket tournament in the West Indies. The inaugural series was held in 2010. The top performing domestic team qualifies for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament.- History :...


See also

  • STAR Sports
    STAR Sports
    STAR Sports is a cable sports network owned by STAR TV and ESPN. It shows sports programs. In partnership with ESPN, its corporate name is ESPN STAR Sports. They are the official Asian station of the Barclays Premier League...

  • ESPN Star Sports
    ESPN Star Sports
    ESPN Star Sports is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and News Corporation...

  • NEO Cricket
    NEO Cricket
    NEO Cricket is a channel dedicated to cricket entertainment. Launched on April 2, 2008. It is a part of Nimbus Communications Ltd and is headquartered in Mumbai, India and broadcasts to 30 countries....

  • Sports Channels
    Sports channel
    Sports channels are television specialty channels broadcast sporting events, usually live, and when not broadcasting events, sports news and other related programming....


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