Star Sports unleashes June summer bonanza

Announces acquisition of TV rights of FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013, and live coverage of Wimbledon 2013 through a dual feed on Star Sports 2 and ESPN. This is in addition to the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy Cricket 2013

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | June 11, 2013

The heat is well and truly on for all sports fans this summer as Star Sports has lined up a glittering array of topnotch sporting events across its network of SD and HD channels all through June. With the biggest event in the ICC calendar, the ICC Champions Trophy 2013, already underway in England, the network has also announced the acquisition of the TV rights for the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 which kicks off from June 15 in Brazil.

The third week of the month will also see the Championships at Wimbledon live and exclusive on the network. The sports broadcaster will showcase thrilling motor-racing action from the British and Canadian Formula One Grand Prix races and the Moto GP.

The month will be rounded off with live action from the FIFA Asian Football Qualifiers and the much awaited golf major – the 2013 US Open Golf Championship.

The acquisition of broadcast rights of FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 brings to soccer fans live action from the world's second-most important men's global football competition. The event, to be played from June 15-30, will bring together the strongest international teams in world football to play in Brazil, one year ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. All the 16 matches of this marquee tournament will be broadcast live on Star Sports and ESPN.

The line-up of countries includes hosts Brazil, FIFA World Cup Champion; Champion of UEFA region Spain; Mexico, Champion of CONCACAF region; Uruguay, Champion of CONMEBOL region; Japan, Champion of AFC region; Nigeria, Champion of CAF region; Italy, runner-up of UEFA region; and Tahiti, Champion of OFC region.

Star Sports further announced live and exclusive coverage of The Championships at Wimbledon 2013 on ESPN and Star Sports 2, starting June 24. This coverage is going to be unprecedented as for the first time in Indian television, tennis fans will get to see the largest number of matches across two channels. Through this dual offering the network will showcase almost 150 hours of live coverage this year. With a star-studded expert panel featuring Vijay Amritraj and Alan Wilkins, the coverage of Wimbledon 2013 is poised to usher in a new viewing experience.

Vijay Rajput, Chief Operating Officer, ESPN Software India, said, “We are incredibly proud and happy to present this mouth-watering array of premium sporting content in June which will keep sports fans glued to their TV sets. With such premium sporting action across sporting genres, our aim is to take the viewership of sports to a whole new level – be it through our quality of talent, look and feel of the presentation or through innovative production led enhancements which help in creating an immersive experience for sports fans.”

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