Star Sports



1991-1993	1993–1996	1996–1999	1999–2001


2001–2009	2009–2013	2013–2017	2017–present

Star Sports is a sports TV broadcaster in India, owned by The Walt Disney Company . It operated under the Star Sports, Star Cricket and ESPN brands before being rebranded with a single Star Sports brand in 2013. It operates several television channels, including many in Indian regional languages (which are branded as Star Sports 1).

Its main competitor is Sony Pictures Sports Network, and to a lesser extent Eurosport and DD Sports.

Prime Sports Asia[]

1991–1993[]

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1993–1996[]

Star Sports[]

1996–1999[]

1999–2001[]

2001–2009[]

2009–2013[]

2013–2017[]

Designer:

venturethree

Typography:

Nobel

Launched:

6 November 2013

Star Sports underwent a major rebrand on 6 November 2013. The rebrand was commissioned by London-based creative agency venturethree, which had previously rebranded the Star TV network, Star Plus, Life OK and Star Jalsha. Star Cricket and ESPN were renamed to Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 4, respectively. Further, the online portal StarSports.com was rebranded (it has since been merged into Hotstar).

The graphics package used across all channels consists of flying shafts of colour. Nobel is the on-screen typeface. (In 2017, Fox Movies in Southeast Asia adopted this font.)

2017–present[]

Designer:

Unknown

Typography:

Nobel

Launched:

28 May 2017

The Star Sports network underwent a minor rebrand on 28 May 2017, as several channels were renamed. The words Star Sports are now written in a single line.

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JioStar

Joint venture of Reliance Industries Limited and Disney India

Predecessors: Disney Star (UTV Software Communications) | Viacom18

Content and studios:
Hotstar Specials | Star Studio18 | Tipping Point Viacom18 | Viacom18 Motion Pictures | Viacom18 Studios

Streaming platform:
JioHotstar

Regional networks:
Bengali: Colors Bangla (Cinema) · Star Jalsha (Movies) | Gujarati: Colors Gujarati (Cinema) | Kannada: Colors Kannada (Cinema) · Colors Super · Star Suvarna (Plus) | Malayalam: Asianet (Plus · Movies) | Marathi: Colors Marathi · Star Pravah (Picture) | Odia: Star Kiran | Tamil: Colors Tamil · Star Vijay (Super · Takkar) | Telugu: Star Maa (Gold · Movies · Music)

Other assets:
Viacom18 Consumer Products | Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions

Notes

¹	Under license from Paramount Skydance, former shareholder of its predecessor Viacom18.
²	Formerly direct unit of The Walt Disney Company India before the merger with Star India.
³	Formerly part of the larger Star TV Network before the split.
⁴	Unlaunched channels.

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The Walt Disney Company

Predecessors:

Laugh-O-Gram Studios | 21st Century Fox | Capital Cities/ABC Inc. | News Corporation

U.S. television networks:
Disney Branded Television: Disney Channel (Saturday Morning) | Disney XD | Disney Jr. (Mickey Mornings)
ABC Entertainment: ABC (News (Live))
ABC Family Worldwide: Freeform
FX Networks: FX | FXM | FXX
National Geographic Global Networks:⁵ National Geographic | National Geographic Wild | Nat Geo Mundo

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American Broadcasting Company

Part of The Walt Disney Company

Predecessor companies
American Broadcasting Companies | Capital Cities/ABC

United States broadcast television
ABC | ABC News | ESPN on ABC | Localish

Radio networks
ABC Audio | ABC News Now | ABC News Radio

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ABC Audio

Note: All stations listed by market size -- largest to smallest -- with call letters at the time they were sold.

Notes

¹	WFDF was originally in the Flint radio market before moving to Farmington Hills in the Detroit radio market in 2006. As a result of the station's move to Detroit, WFRO in the Toledo market as well as another station in Northern Michigan (also on 900) were taken off the air to allow WFDF to increase its broadcast power.
²	Disney/ABC never owned the station, but operated it under a Local Marketing Agreement. Birach Broadcasting has since taken complete, outright control of the station.
³	These stations are either silent or completely off the air at this time.
⁴	WGVX also simulcasts on 105.3 and 105.7.

Television production
ABC News Studios | 20th Television

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ABC News

Part of ABC (The Walt Disney Company)

Special programming
ABC News Special Report

Television production
ABC News Studios

Affiliate news-sharing video service
ABC News One

Live-streaming networks
ABC News Live

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ESPN on ABC

Current programming:

Australian Open on ESPN | Bundesliga on ESPN | ESPN College Football on ABC (Saturday Night Football/SEC on ABC) | College World Series on ESPN | ESPY Awards | Formula One on ESPN | La Liga on ESPN | Little League World Series on ESPN | Monday Night Football (NFL Draft/ NFL Pro Bowl on ESPN) | NBA on ESPN | NHL on ABC | NWSL on ESPN | Professional Pickleball Association on ESPN | Soccer on ABC | Supercopa de España on ESPN | Tennis on ESPN | Tournament of Roses Parade | UFC on ABC | UFL on ESPN | US Open | Wimbledon on ESPN | WNBA on ESPN | Women's College World Series on ESPN | X Games

Radio networks:
ABC Audio | ABC News Radio | ABC News Now | ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra

Broadcasting assets:
Radio stations
Radio Disney stations: Rádio Disney Brasil⁸ | Radio Disney Peru

Disney XD
Poland

Other assets:
A+E Global Media⁴ (assets) | Disney Advertising Sales | Disney Educational Productions

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The Walt Disney Company India

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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JioStar

Joint venture of Reliance Industries Limited and Disney India

Predecessors: Disney Star (UTV Software Communications) | Viacom18

Content and studios:
Hotstar Specials | Star Studio18 | Tipping Point Viacom18 | Viacom18 Motion Pictures | Viacom18 Studios

Streaming platform:
JioHotstar

Other assets:
Viacom18 Consumer Products | Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions

Notes

¹	Under license from Paramount Skydance, former shareholder of its predecessor Viacom18.
²	Formerly direct unit of The Walt Disney Company India before the merger with Star India.
³	Formerly part of the larger Star TV Network before the split.
⁴	Unlaunched channels.

Other assets:
Disney+ Hotstar

Defunct assets:
UTV Indiagames | UTV Ignition Games | UTV Software Communications | UTV Motion Pictures

Signature Experiences: Disney Cruise Line | Disney Vacation Club | Adventures by Disney | Storyliving by Disney | National Geographic Expeditions

Other assets: Walt Disney Imagineering | Disney Live Entertainment | The Muppets Studio

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ESPN

Owners: The Walt Disney Company (80%) | Hearst Communications (20%)

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ESPN on ABC

Current programming:

U.S. radio stations
ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra | ESPNU Radio | ESPN All Access

International:
Australia (2) | Brazil (2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6) | Caribbean | Latin America (2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · Extra (Argentina · Ecuador) · Premium (Argentina · Chile)) | Africa (2) | Netherlands (2 · 3 · 4 · Ultra HD)
Canada⁶: The Sports Network (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 4K) | Réseau des sports (2 · Info)
Japan: J Sports (1 · 2 · 3 · 4)

Notes

¹	Operated by BT under license.
²	Also airs on MLB Network.
³	Partnership with TV5 Network Inc. Now known as One Sports.
⁴	Partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India.
⁵	Joint-venture with University of Texas at Austin and Learfield.
⁶	Joint-venture with Bell Media.

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Marvel

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Created by Marvel Studios

Part of The Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)

Animated series:
Phase Four: What If...? Season 1 | I Am Groot Season 1
Phase Five: I Am Groot Season 2 | What If...? Season 2 | What If...? Season 3
Phase Six: Eyes of Wakanda
Marvel Zombies

Special presentations:
Phase Four: Werewolf by Night | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Upcoming: Untitled Punisher special

Original Marvel Television series⁶:
ABC: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Agent Carter | Inhumans
Netflix⁷: Daredevil | Jessica Jones | Luke Cage | Iron Fist | The Defenders | The Punisher
Hulu/Star: Runaways | Helstrom
Freeform: Cloak & Dagger

Marvel One-Shots⁷:
The Consultant | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer | Item 47 | Agent Carter | All Hail the King

Entities
Stark Industries | Time Variance Authority

Notes

¹	Distributed by Paramount Pictures.
²	Distributed by Universal Pictures.
³	Distributed by Sony Pictures.
⁴	Released on Hulu for a limited time along with release on Disney+.
⁵	Released under the Marvel Spotlight label.
⁶	Produced by the original Marvel Television company, which went defunct in 2019.
⁷	Content migrated to Disney+ in 2022.

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Sony's Spider-Man Universe

Created by Sony Pictures Entertainment (Sony)
in association with Marvel

Computer-animated films:²
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Upcoming productions:
Films: Spider-Man: Brand New Day¹ | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse² | Untitled Miles Morales live-action film
Television series: Silk: Spider Society | Spider-Noir

Notes

¹	Produced by Marvel Studios, as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
²	Produced by Sony Pictures Animation.

Other
Marvel Stadium⁶

Notes

¹	Distributed by 20th Century Fox.
²	Distributed by Sony Pictures.
³	Distributed by Universal Pictures.
⁴	Distributed by Netflix.
⁵	Produced by Toei.
⁶	Sponsorship with Australian Football League.

Notes

¹	Disney manages film catalog created for ABC; remainder of library controlled by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
²	Disney manages certain film and television rights, rest of the Saban catalog is currently owned by Hasbro with several titles licensed in Japan to Toei Company.
³	Joint venture with Paramount Pictures.
⁴	Joint venture with Hearst Communications, which owns 20% of ESPN and 50% of A+E Global Media.
⁵	Co-owned with Westinghouse Broadcasting (aka Group W)
⁶	Joint venture with Rádio Holding Participações Ltda.
⁷	Joint venture with Electronic Arts.
⁸	Joint venture with Sky Limited.
⁹	Joint venture with Telefónica.
¹⁰	Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
¹¹	Joint venture with Sky Network Television.
¹²	Joint venture with Global Group.
¹³	Joint venture with Apollo Global Management.
¹⁴	Joint venture with GMA Network Inc.
¹⁵	Joint venture with CJ ENM.
¹⁶	Owned by Televisión Nacional de Chile, but distributed by Disney in Latin America.
¹⁷	Co-owned with NBCUniversal
¹⁸	Co-owned with Paramount Global.
¹⁹	Co-owned with Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (RTL Group)
²⁰	Joint venture with TV Globo.
²¹	Sold to Paramount International Networks.
²²	Co-owned with TDC Group.
²³	Acquired by its subsidiary Disney Interactive.
²⁴	Sold to Nordic Entertainment Group.
²⁵	Owned by the Oriental Land Company under license from Disney.
²⁶	Co-owned with Arnon Milchan.
²⁷	Owned by WildBrain.
²⁸	Co-owned with Moby Group.
²⁹	Owned by Banijay Entertainment.
³⁰	Owned by Lantern Entertainment.
³¹	Owned by Miral under license from Disney.
³²	Joint venture with TelevisaUnivision