TEN Action+ is a 24-hour sports channel

Television channel

A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...

 dedicated to Football. The channel is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises owned Taj Television India which is part of the Essel Group

Essel Group

Essel Group is a media conglomerate company headed by Subhash Chandra based in Mumbai, Maharashtra .The companies under the group are:*Media** Zee Entertainment Enterprises** Zee News** DNA *Technology** Dish TV...

. Ten Action+ is the third channel launched by the network after TEN Sports

TEN Sports

TEN SPORTS is a sports channel, widely broadcast in Asia. Its key programming includes Cricket, Football and sports-entertainment shows viz. WWE. Ten Sports was launched on April 1, 2002, and became the world's premier sports channel for South Asians, reaching over 55 million homes across the Arab...

 and TEN Cricket

TEN Cricket

TEN Cricket is a 24-hour sports channel dedicated to cricket. The channel is part of Taj Television India, owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises which is part of the Essel Group. TEN Cricket was launched on August 10, 2010. TEN Cricket is one of the three channels broadcast by the network, the...

. An international version of the channel was launched in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 for the South Asian population, it is called "Zee Sports Americas" and is available through Dish Network

Dish Network

Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...

. On April 13, 2011 Zee Sports Americas ceased operations and was replaced by TEN Cricket

TEN Cricket

TEN Cricket is a 24-hour sports channel dedicated to cricket. The channel is part of Taj Television India, owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises which is part of the Essel Group. TEN Cricket was launched on August 10, 2010. TEN Cricket is one of the three channels broadcast by the network, the...

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In September 2010, Zee Sports was renamed to Ten Action+. The channel exclusively broadcasts UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

, Europa League, Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...

, Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 and the Spanish La Liga

La Liga

The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

 to South Asia, though La Liga will revert to ESPN-Star from the 2012-13 season onwards.

It also has rights to broadcast the Carling Cup, the Coca-Cola Championship and the Dutch League Eredivisie

Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

 in India. It also had the right to broadcast the 2010 Asian Games

2010 Asian Games

The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990...

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TEN Action+'s promo is the song "Let Me Hear You Scream" by Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...

. TEN Action+ has a show name C2K (Countdown 2 Kickoff) before every match. It is hosted by Joe Morrison. They also have shows for the La Liga

La Liga

The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

 and Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 named La Liga show and Serie A show in which they talk about the matches of the coming week or past week. They also discuss about players, stadiums or clubs.

Ten Action broadcasts Real Madrid TV

Real Madrid TV

Real Madrid TV is an encrypted Digital television channel, operated by Real Madrid specialising in the Spanish football team. The channel is available in Spanish and English...

, Barca TV, Chelsea TV

Chelsea TV

Chelsea TV is a British subscription based sports television channel, dedicated to the fans of the English Premier League football club, Chelsea. The channel first launched in August 2001 on Sky Digital. The station is registered with Ofcom as Chelsea Digital Media Ltd. It broadcasts daily from...

, LFC TV

LFC TV

LFC TV is the dedicated official channel for English football club Liverpool Football Club which launched on 20 September 2007...

 and FCB TV. Real Madrid TV and Barca TV are shown early in the morning. FCB TV is shown every Wednesday evening. While Chelsea TV and LFC TV are shown a few days after a match played by that team.

Events

Football

• Spanish La Liga (till 2012)
• Italian Serie A
• Dutch League Eredivisie
  Eredivisie
  The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
  
  
• Scottish Premier League
  Scottish Premier League
  The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
  
  
• Carling Cup
• N-power Championship
• I-League
  I-League
  The I-League is an Indian football league for association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation of two teams each year with the I-League 2nd Division...
  
  

International

• UEFA Champions League
  UEFA Champions League
  The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
  
   (till 2015)
• UEFA Europa League (till 2015)
• UEFA Super Cup (till 2015)
• FIFA Club World Cup
  FIFA Club World Cup
  The FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000...