Ten Sports
Launched	April 1, 2002
Owned by	Taj Television Ltd. (50%) Zee Telefilms (50%)
Sister channel(s)	Zee Sports
Website	www.tensports.com
Availability
Satellite
PAS-10	3808 MHz
Nilesat 101	11958 MHz
NSS 6	12647 MHz
Insat 4A	11670 MHz
Tata Sky	Channel 407

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TEN Sports is the short name of Taj Entertainment Network Sports. They regularly broadcast Test cricket, one-day international cricket, field hockey and professional wrestling, a staple of the channel's programming. Recently, TEN Sports has been in legal struggles with DoorDarshan over the rights to usually broadcast Test and ODI cricket when Pakistan tours in India. TEN Sports is the dominant sports channel in Pakistan. It currently has the exclusive rights to the UEFA Champions League for the next three seasons in India. A Test match in progress. ... A One-day International (ODI) cricket match is a one-day cricket match played between two international teams each representing a particular country. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world; it is the second most popular team sport after football (soccer)[]. Its official name and the one by which it is usually known is hockey [1][2... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... nikatdarshan () is a Public broadcast Terrestrial television channel run by Prasar Bharati, a board nominated by the Government of India. ... UEFA Champions League (which used to be named and is often called the European Cup) is an annual club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ...

 With this the channel hopes to increase its viewership in the country over its rival ESPN Star Sports, which had previously held the rights for the tournament. 

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On the 12th of November 2006, Zee Telefilms acquired 50% control of Taj Television Ltd. for $57 million. The channel had only launched in April 2002 and had originally been owned wholly by Emirati Abdul Rahman Bukhatir, the founder of the Sharjah cricket stadium. The channel acquired rights to broadcast the 2002 football world cup as a means of becoming visible in the sub-continent, and became the most viewed sports channel in India within a year of its launch.

The management team are CEO Chris McDonald, Head of Programming Peter Hutton and Head of Production Steve Norris

Beams/Feed

Ten Sports has three dedicated feeds

• Ten Sports Pakistan & Bangladesh
• Ten Sports India & Sri Lanka
• Ten Sports Hong Kong & Middle East

External links

• Official site
• "Pressure on Ten Sports", from The Hindu, 12 March 2004
• "Ten Sports to share feed with DD for telecast of ODIs", from The Hindu, 31 January 2006