Football broadcast in India

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Football broadcast in India is dominated by branded sports networks Star India and Sony India on television and OTT platforms.[1][2] Indian sports rights market was worth around $1.1 billion in 2019 (with the digital videos accounting for around 20% share).[2] However, non-cricket (football, kabaddi, tennis, badminton, and wrestling) events only represent 13% of the value of sports rights.[1][2] Football usually takes a distant second spot in Indian on-ground sponsorship revenue (around $20 million in 2019).[3] Television audience figures remain highly important in India (though branded sports networks are pay-television broadcasters, they generate a large portion of their revenue from advertising).[4]

“Star Sports had bagged the English Premier League rights in 2013 for $145 million over three years, or just over $48 million per year, before renewing the deal in 2016 until the 2018-19 season at an undisclosed amount. Assuming the rights value doubles for the next cycle to around $100 million per year, it’s still less than half of what the IPL [cricket] media rights are expected to go for.

Jaideep Vaidya, Scroll[1]

“Sony has great global properties, but they are very niche for the Indian market...Those properties don’t have the kind of numbers that will make an impact for the channel...FIFA tournaments don’t happen too frequently. The Champions League gets interest only towards the latter stages, and the matches take place late at night in India.”

Indranil D. Blah (Kwan), Scroll[1]

Sports channels[]

List of major sports channels in India:

Conglomerate Channel(s) Commentary Language OTT Platform
Star India Star Sports 1 (SD & HD) English Disney+ Hotstar
Star Sports 2 (SD & HD) English
Star Sports 3 (SD) English, Bangla, Hindi and Malayalam
Star Sports Select 1 (SD & HD) English
Star Sports Select 2 (SD & HD) English
Star Sports First (SD) Hindi
Sony India Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD) English SonyLIV
Sony Ten 2 (SD & HD) English
Sony Ten 3 (SD & HD) Hindi
Sony Ten 4 (SD & HD) Tamil and Telegu
Sony Six (SD & HD) English, Bangla and Malayalam
Discovery India Eurosport (SD & HD) English Discovery+
Lex Sportel 1Sports (SD) English 1Sports Facebook Page
Prasar Bharati DD Sports (SD) English and Hindi None

List of non-sports channels that are currently broadcasting sports in India:

Conglomerate Channel(s) Commentary Language OTT Platform
Viacom18 MTV (SD & HD) English Voot
VH1 (SD & HD)
Colors Infinity (SD & HD)
Network18 News18 Bangla (SD) Bengali
CNN-News18 (SD) English

List of other OTT platforms broadcasting sports in India:

Conglomerate OTT Platform
Dream Sports FanCode
Addatimes Media Addatimes
Reliance Jio TV

Indian competitions[]

List of current broadcasters:

Competition Television Rights Streaming Rights Ref.
Conglomerate Channel(s) Conglomerate Platform
Indian Super League Star India Star Sports Star India Disney+ Hotstar [5]
Reliance Jio TV
I-League Lex Sportel 1Sports I-League/1Sports Facebook page [6]
I-League 2nd Division Lex Sportel 1Sports Lex Sportel 1Sports Facebook Page [7]
Santosh Trophy None Indian Football Team YouTube channel and Facebook page
Senior Women's National Football Championship
Durand Cup Sony India Sony Ten 2[a] Addatimes Media Addatimes [8][9]
Super Cup Star India Star Sports Star India Disney+Hotstar
Calcutta Football League Rahul Foundation R Plus Aajkaal and Sister Nivedita University Facebook page [10]
IFA Shield R.P. Techvision India Kolkata TV None [11]
Kanyashree Cup None Aajkaal Facebook page
  1. ^ Sony Ten 2 only showed semi-finals and final of 2021 season

International Club Football Leagues/Cups[]

List of current broadcasters:

Country
(or)
Confederation 		Competition Television Rights Streaming Rights Ref.
Conglomerate Channel(s) Conglomerate Platform
England Premier League Star India Star Sports Select 1/2 Star India Disney+ Hotstar [12]
EFL Championship Viacom18 Colors Infinity Viacom18 Voot [13]
EFL Cup MTV Reliance Jio TV [14]
FA Cup Sony India Sony Ten 1/2 Sony India SonyLIV [15]
FA Community Shield
Spain La Liga Viacom18 MTV Viacom18 Voot [16]
Network18 News18 Bangla & CNN-News18 Reliance Jio TV
Copa del Rey None
Supercopa de España
Germany Bundesliga Sony India Sony Ten 2 Sony India SonyLIV [17]
DFB-Pokal None German Football YouTube Channel
DFL-Supercup Sony India Sony Ten 1 Sony India SonyLIV [18][19]
Italy Serie A Viacom18 VH1 Viacom18 Voot [20]
Reliance Jio TV
Coppa Italia None Serie A YouTube channel
Supercoppa Italiana None
UEFA UEFA Champions League Sony India Sony Six and Sony Ten 1/2/3 Sony India SonyLIV [21]
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa Conference League
UEFA Super Cup
FIFA FIFA Club World Cup None FIFA YouTube channel
France Ligue 1 Viacom18 VH1 Viacom18 Voot [22][23]
TV5Monde TV5Monde Asie[a] Reliance Jio TV
United States Major League Soccer Discovery Asia-Pacific Eurosport India Discovery Asia-Pacific Discovery+ [24]
AFC AFC Champions League Star India Star Sports 3[b] Star India Disney+Hotstar[b] [25]
Reliance Jio TV
AFC Cup Star India Star Sports[c] Star India Disney+Hotstar[c] [26][27]
Reliance Jio TV
TV9 Network TV9 Bangla[d] TV9 Bangla YouTube channel[d] [28][29]
Netherlands Eredivisie Discovery Asia-Pacific Eurosport India Discovery Asia-Pacific Discovery+ [30][31]
Japan J1 League Sony India Sony Ten 2 Sony India SonyLIV [32]
Scotland Scottish Premiership None Viacom 18 Voot [33]
Scottish Championship
Scottish League Cup
  1. ^ TV5Monde Asie will show select matches (mainly PSG ones) with French commentary
  2. ^ a b Star Sports 3 and Disney+Hotstar only telecasted FC Goa's group stage matches in the 2021 season
  3. ^ a b Star Sports and Disney+Hotstar only telecasted Group D matches and ATK Mohun Bagan's knockout stage matches in the 2021 season
  4. ^ a b TV9 Bangla and its YouTube channel only telecasted ATK Mohun Bagan's matches in the 2021 season

International Football[]

List of current broadcasters:

Federation
(or)
Confederation 		Competition Television Rights Streaming Rights Ref.
Conglomerate Channel(s) Conglomerate Platform
FIFA FIFA World Cup Viacom18 TBD Viacom18 Voot [34]
Reliance Jio TV
UEFA UEFA Euro Sony India Sony Ten 2/3/4 & Sony Six Sony India SonyLIV [35]
UEFA Nations League Sony Ten 2/3 [36]
UEFA Euro Qualifiers Sony Ten 1/2 [37]
FIFA World Cup - European Qualifiers Sony Ten 1/2 [38]
CONMEBOL Copa América Sony India Sony Ten 2 & Sony Six Sony India SonyLIV [39]
CAF Africa Cup of Nations None CAF TV YouTube channel[a]
FIFA World Cup - CAF Qualifiers None Dream Sports FanCode [40]
AFC AFC Asian Cup FSDL None FSDL None [41]
AFC Asian Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup - Asian Qualifiers Reliance Jio TV
AFC Women's Asian Cup Discovery Asia-Pacific Eurosport Discovery Asia-Pacific Discovery+ [42]
Reliance Jio TV
CONCACAF FIFA World Cup - CONCACAF Qualifiers None Dream Sports FanCode
SAFF SAFF Championship Discovery Asia-Pacific Eurosport[b] Discovery Asia-Pacific Discovery+ [43]
  1. ^ Only knockout stage matches of AFCON 2021
  2. ^ Only Indian matches of 2021 Edition

See also[]

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