Great news is in store for sports fans across India. One of the leading broadcasters of sports in the country, Star Network, is expanding in a major way, bringing smiles on plenty of us sports enthusiasts.
Witness the good old Premier League football, the plethora of Indian cricket matches, the Indian Super League and also Indian football team matches, on a variety of platforms now.
Star TV are introducing the first-ever Tamil language sports channel -- Star Sports Tamil, as well as introducing the Standard Definition (SD) versions of the Premier League-dominated Star Sports HD1 and Star Sports HD2. Can it even get better than this?
The launch date of the new channels has been announced as well and we only feel that the introduction of Star Sports Tamil is a perfect marketing strategy following the introduction of Team Tamil Nadu in the Pro Kabaddi League 2017 competition, starting July 28.
India's cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar is one of the owners of the team.
Here are the massive plans Star India have lined up
| Channels coming in | Channels being replaced |
| Star Sports Tamil | Star Sports 4 |
| Star Sports Select SD 1 | Star Sports HD 4 |
| Star Sports Select SD 2 | FX, FX HD, Star Movies Action |
The list of sports channels to be offered by Star India now:
Star Sports Tamil, Star Sports Select 1, Star Sports Select HD 1, Star Sports Select 2, Star Sports Select HD 2, Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 2 HD, Star Sports 3, Star Sports 3 HD
Key dates
May 28: Star Sports 4, Star Sports HD 4 getting discontinued.
Star Sports Tamil, Star Sports Select 1 are launching.
June 15: FX, FX HD, Star Movies Action getting discontinued.
Star Sports Select 2 is launching.
