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  • Premier League broadcast to be supported by Bangla and Malayalam feeds

    Premier League broadcast to be supported by Bangla and Malayalam feeds

    Mumbai: The English broadcast of the Premier League will be supported by regional feeds of Bangla and Malayalam on Star Sports network. The new season of the international football tournament begins on 14 August.

    The tournament is scheduled to be broadcast on Star Sports Select, Star Sports 1 Bangla, Star Sports 3 and streamed on the OTT platform, Disney+ Hotstar behind the paywall.

    Apart from the English broadcast on Star Sports Select, regional feeds for key weekend matches of the tournament will be aired on Star Sports 3 (geo-tagged for West Bengal and Kerala) and Star Sports 1 Bangla.

    The Bangla commentary panel will consist of Sanjeeb Mukherjee, RR Varun Kaushik, Rajat Ghoshdastidar, and Soumitra Chakraborty, while Malayalam commentators include Vishnu Hariharan, Shiyas Mohammed, Shyjumon D, Jiju Jacob, and Jo Paul Anchery.   

    “Our mission has been to grow following viewership and fandom for sports. Customising our broadcasts for regional audiences has been a pivotal lever in growing affinity for properties such as IPL, PKL & ISL,” said Star and Disney India, head – sports, Sanjog Gupta. “We believe the time is right to extend this effort to the biggest football league in the world. We piloted this approach last year with ‘Sunday Night Football’, which powered a 3x growth in television reach for the Premier League and now expect a tremendous response to the expanded coverage of weekend matches in Bangla and Malayalam.”

  • Star India expenses up, profit plunged in FY18

    Star India expenses up, profit plunged in FY18

    MUMBAI: Star India witnessed a nosedive of 93 per cent in profit at Rs 287 crore during FY18 as compared to Rs 554 crore during FY17. This was apparently due to higher programming costs, which went up from Rs 4,121.6 crore in FY17 to Rs 4,887.3 crore during FY18, according to a report by Economic Times quoting business intelligence platform, Tofler.

    As per the financial data accessed by Tofler, the company’s advertising promotional expenses fell 6.8 per cent at Rs 691 crore from Rs 738 crore in the corresponding period. The company saw a rise of 7.8 per cent in employees benefit expenses to Rs 895 crore.

    The company’s total expenses grew by 12.2 per cent from Rs 7,992 crore in FY17 to Rs 8,974 crore in FY18. Revenue from operations saw a slight increase of 3.6 per cent to Rs 9,148 crore from Rs 8,827 crore in FY17.

    The broadcaster is planning to launch another regional channel to cater to the Bengali audience i.e. Star Sports 1 Bangla on 5 March 2019. 

    The broadcaster recently released its rate card after amendments on 21 February 2019 and added the channels in several bouquets. The company has now added new sports and English movies channels in existing packages.

    The company has also decided to broadcast IPL Season 12 live in eight languages, including Hindi and English, across nearly twenty Star India Network screens. The other languages are Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi and Malayalam.

  • Star Sports 1 Bangla to launch on 5 March

    Star Sports 1 Bangla to launch on 5 March

    MUMBAI: Star India is all set to launch its fifth (including Hindi) regional sports channel to cater the Bengali audience i.e. Star Sports 1 Bangla on 5 March, a source close to the development informed Indiantelevision.com. The soft launch of the channel is in the process and it is being tested on Asiasat-7 satellite.

    In the last six months, the broadcaster has launched three channels apart from Star Sports 1 Bangla. The three channels are Star Sports 3, Star Sports 1 Telugu and Star Sports 1 Kannada.

    It is to be seen whether the Bengali audience gets to watch the second ODI match between India and Australia as it is on the same day of channel launch.

    Recently, the broadcaster released its rate card after amendments on 21 February 2019 and added the channel in several bouquets. Star Sports 1 Bangla has been added in Bengali Value pack priced at Rs 49, Bengali Premium pack for Rs 79, Bengali HD Value pack at Rs 85, Bengali HD Premium priced at Rs 120.

    Star has also revealed that Star Sports 1 Bangla will be available for Rs 19 on a-la-carte.

    To cater to the diverse consumer segments based on the consumption, Star India has launched two more packs Bengali-Hindi Premium pack for Rs 85 and Bengali-Hindi HD Premium for Rs 130. Both the pack have Bengali, Hindi, English entertainment and movie channels apart from sports and infotainment channels.

    With the launch of Star Sports 1 Bangla, the broadcaster will have 37 SD channels including 11 SD sports channels. It also owns 27 HD channels including five sports HD channels.

  • Star Sports 1 Bangla to be launched by 31 March

    Star Sports 1 Bangla to be launched by 31 March

    MUMBAI: Star India is all set to cater to the Bengali audience's craving for sports action. Star Sports 1 Bangla will launch or before 31 March 2019.

    The broadcaster released its rate card after amendments on 21 February 2019 and added the regional sports channel in several bouquets. Star Sports 1 Bangla has been added in the Bengali Value pack priced at Rs 49, Bengali Premium pack for Rs 79, Bengali HD Value pack at Rs 85, Bengali HD Premium priced at Rs 120.

    To cater to the diverse consumer segments based on the consumption, Star India has launched two more packs Bengali-Hindi Premium pack for Rs 85 and Bengali-Hindi HD Premium for Rs 130. Both the pack have Bengali, Hindi, English entertainment and movie channels apart from sports and infotainment channels.

    If a consumer opts for Star Sports 1 Bangla before its launch, the charges will be applicable from the date of launch.

    Star has also revealed that Star Sports 1 Bangla will be available for Rs 19 on a-la-carte basis.

    With the launch of Star Sports 1 Bangla, the broadcaster will have 37 SD channels including 11 SD sports channels. It also owns 27 HD channels including five sports HD channels.