TEN Cricket

TEN Cricket
Launched 10 August 2010 (2010-08-10)
Owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Picture format 4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Slogan "Life is Cricket"
Country India
Language English
Broadcast area Mumbai
Sister channel(s) TEN Action
TEN Sports
TEN Golf
Website TEN Cricket
Availability
Satellite
Tata Sky
(India)
Channel 415
Big TV
(India)
Channel 509
Videocon d2h
(India)
Channel 419
Dialog TV
(Sri Lanka)
Channel 13
OSN (Middle East
& North Africa)
Channel 613
Cable
Hathway Channel 156
Asianet Digital TV(India) Channel 300
Rogers Cable
(Canada)
Channel 671
StarHub TV
(Singapore)
Channel 235
Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Channel 167
IPTV
Bell Fibe TV
(Canada)
Channel 847
mio TV
(Singapore)
Channel 122

TEN Cricket is a 24-hour sports channel dedicated to cricket. The channel is owned by Zee Network India. TEN Cricket was launched on 10 August 2010. Reaching over 55 million homes across the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Arab world. TEN Cricket is one of the three channels broadcast by the network, the others being TEN Golf, TEN Sports and TEN Action.[1] The channel has live broadcast rights of all international cricket held in Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies.

An international version of the channel was launched in the United States for the South Asian population, it is called "Zee Sports Americas" and was available through Dish Network. However, on 13 April 2011 Zee Sports Americas ceased operations and was replaced by TEN Cricket. On 30 May 2013 TEN Cricket was removed due to a carriage dispute. Most of the network's live coverage migrated to Willow.

On 15 August 2013, TEN Cricket launched in Canada on Rogers Cable via an agreement with Canadian broadcaster Ethnic Channels Group. On 22 August 2013, the channel launched on Bell Fibe TV.

Transmission

The TAJ TV Network transmits three localized beams via the Intelsat 10 Satellite targeting subcontinent (including Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, South-East Asia (including Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea) and Arab World. Each beam is customized in terms of programming, scheduling, graphics, music, on-air promotions and marketing.

Events

Cricket Tours

Shows

References

  1. "Shumail launches dedicated Ten Cricket channel". Sports Business. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

External links

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