IPL Live broadcast: Star Sports will field a massive broadcast team for IPL live. The media conglomerate is the official broadcaster for IPL 2021, and has put up a production team of 700-plus personnel and 90 commentators who will operate under Covid-19 related standard operating procedures (SOPs) for 60-75 days. The team is based out in all the six host cities which are Chennai, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi and Kolkata. IPL live will kick off from April 9 when defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lock horns in the season opener at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Besides being the hosts broadcasters, Star Sports are also producing IPL 2021 on behalf of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
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Star Sports has formulated a formidable broadcast plan and has lined up a slew of tech innovations that are aimed at engaging the fans. IPL LiVE broadcast will be will available on 24-25 channels in various languages. As per the information available with InsideSport broadcaster is making arrangement to live broadcast the IPL 2021 in 8 different languages. Other than English & Hindi, the T20 league will be broadcasted in 6 regional languages.
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IPL LIVE Hindi feed is confirmed on Star Sports 1 Hindi HD and SD channels and Star Sports First
IPL LIVE English feed– English broadcast will be on all other Star Sports pay channels.
IPL Live: IPL 2021 will also be broadcasted LIVE in 6-7 regional languages
Furthermore, IPL Live broadcast will be available on Star’s regional language sports channels – Star Sports Tamil, Star Sports Telugu, Star Sports Kannada and Star Sports Bangla.
MI vs RCB LIVE: Star India has dedicated the following channels for the regional language broadcast:
Tamil: Star Sports Tamil (All match days); and Vijay Super SD for the live matches on all Sundays.
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Telugu: Star Sports Telugu (All match days); and Maa Movies SD and HD for the live matches on all Sundays.
Kannada: Star Sports Kannada (All match days); and Star Suvarna SD and HD for live matches on all Sundays.
Bengali: Star Sports Bangla (All match days); and Jalsha Movies SD and HD live matches on all Sundays.
Marathi: Star Pravah SD and HD for the live matches on all Sundays.
Malayalam: Asianet Plus SD for the live matches on all Sundays.
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The tournament will also be streamed on Disney+ Hotstar in five languages – English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil and will be exclusively available to subscribers of Disney+ Hotstar VIP (Rs 399 for 12 months) and Disney+ Hotstar Premium (Rs 1499 for 12 months).