Geo Super

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Geo Super (Geo Sports Pakistan)
Geo Super logo.png
Country Pakistan
Network Geo Television Network
Headquarters Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Programming
Language(s) Urdu
English
Picture format 720p (16:9, HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Jang Media Group
Sister channels Geo News
Geo Entertainment
Geo Kahani
Geo Tez
History
LaunchedSeptember 2006;17 years ago (2006-09)
Links
Website geosuper.tv
Availability
Streaming media
Live streaming Geo Super live

Geo Super is the first 24-hour Karachi-based Pakistani Television channel dedicated to the world of Sports. It is owned by the Jang Group of Newspapers. Geo Super was launched in September 2006. It has broadcasting rights for many sporting events such as Badminton, Cricket, Football, Hockey, and others.

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Launch

In late September 2006, Geo Television Network launched Geo Super. Geo Super broadcasts sports events, focusing mainly on cricket, with secondary focuses on football and field hockey. Shortly after its launch, Geo Super managed to secure the television rights of the ICC tournaments for the next five years covering all major cricketing events like ICC Cricket World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy, Twenty20 World Cup, Faysal Bank T20 Cup and ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[ citation needed ]

Subscription

Geo Super is an encrypted channel and is only available in Pakistan (legally) free for cable operators. The whole Geo Network uses Conax encryption with KAON set-top boxes.

Coverage

Currently, Geo Super has broadcasting rights for Cricket, Football, And Tennis. In Cricket Geo Super has rights for Afghanistan Cricket till 2023. It also has cricket leagues rights including Emirates D10 until 2021. Kashmir Premier League, Legends League Cricket until 2022 [1] Mzansi Super League and Oman D10 [2] until 2022. In Football Geo Super Has Rights For La Liga [3] Until 2022. In Tennis Geo Super Has Rights For World TeamTennis Until 2021.

Country Cricket

CountryHostPeriod
1) International Cricket In Afghanistan:- Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
2022–present
2) International Cricket In Oman:- Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 2022–present

Country Professional Cricket Leagues

LeaguesHost
Kashmir Premier League

2022

Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Bangladesh Premier League:-
(2023 – present)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
International League T20:-
(2023 – present)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates

Country Professional Football Leagues

LeaguesCountrySeasons

Hockey

Kabaddi

Country Professional Tennis Leagues

LeaguesCountrySeasons

Wrestling

Score

Score is the most popular show of Geo Super which is hosted by Yahya Hussaini. Sometimes, Sikandar Bakht and Shoaib Akhtar accompany him in the show. The show also got famous become the Yahya Hussaini curse. The curse was that which ever cricketer Yahya Hussaini took a photo with, he or his team played really bad in the upcoming matches. The show mainly covers cricket news but sometimes also covers other sports.

Sports Lounge

Sports Lounge is the second most popular show of Geo Super. It is hosted by Haider Azhar. [4]

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References

  1. "Watch the first edition of the Legend League Cricket tonight at 7:30pm only on Geo Super #GeoSuper #LegendsLeagueCricket". Facebook.com. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. @TheOmanCricket (11 March 2022). "Watch the #FanCodeOmanD10 Live and Exclusive on FanCode in India GeoSuper in Pakistan Willow TV in the West and CricTracker (YouTube) and MySportsEye (Facebook) in Rest of the World #OmanCricket #OmanD10 #GameOn #LivetheGame #Live https://t.co/cFSP23JkKs" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 March 2022 via Twitter.
  3. "‏اسپینش فٹبال لیگ لالیگا کے سنسنی خیز مقابلے جیو سوپر پر". Twitter.com. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. "Tonight menu Pakistan vs West Indies Series Who will be the next PCB Chairman and La Liga". Facebook.com. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.