Watch LIVE Premier League 2022 In India: TV Channel, Stream, Online

Sally Polly July 13, 2021 | 10:10

If you are living in India and do not know how to watch and live stream Premier League 2021/22 season, this article will help you with that.

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Watch LIVE Premier League from India on Star Sports

The Star Sports network (Star Sports and Star Sports Select) has the rights to show Premier League matches in India.

Star Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) is a group of Indian multinational pay television sports channels owned by Star India, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. Previously a part of ESPN Star Sports operations based in Singapore, Star India took over the Indian business and relaunched channels under the unified Star Sports brand in 2013. Gautam Thakar is the CEO of Star Sports.

Star Sports is a very popular channel that broadcasts most of the Asian sports. However, the channel is only accessible in India. If you live in the US, you will be unable to access the live stream for this channel on any website, as it is not available for access in your region.

To be able to access it, you need to connect to PureVPN and select India as your preferred location. This will change your virtual location to India and make all Indian services accessible to you.

Sign up for PureVPN

Signing up for PureVPN is quick and easy. It takes just a few clicks to subscribe to the best streaming VPN service using which you can access your favorite sports matches such as English Premier League, Kabbadi, F1, and Tennis on Star Sports.

Download PureVPN

Once you have subscribed to PureVPN, download the PureVPN app for your streaming device. You can get an app for your iOS or Android smartphone, or get a VPN client for your Mac or Windows PC. You can also download a browser extension for Chrome or Firefox.

Watch Star Sports

Connect to PureVPN and select India as your preferred location. This is because Start Sports is only available in India. When you change your location to India by connecting to an Indian VPN server, all channels which are only accessible in India, such as Star Sports, will become instantly accessible.

*To broadcast EPL on Star Sports, click here to access to the link!

Watch LIVE Premier League from India on Disney+ Hotstar VIP

Hotstar (co-branded as Disney+ Hotstar) is an Indian subscription video on-demand streaming service operated by Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, a division of The Walt Disney Company. The brand was first introduced and owned by Star India, as a streaming service carrying content from its local networks, including films, television series, live sports, and original programming, as well as featuring content licensed from third-parties in India such as HBO and Showtime among others. Amid the significant growth of mobile broadband in India, Hotstar quickly became the dominant streaming service in the country.

Hotstar is India’s most popular streaming service that has a dedicated section for live TV. Many popular sports TV channels such as Star Sports are included in the Hotstar live TV section. Outside India, it is only available in the US, UK, and Canada, and that too as a monthly subscription.

Outside of India, the Disney+ Hotstar service also operates in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, which similarly combines entertainment content licensed from local, third-party studios, with the larger Disney+ library. Disney+ Hotstar is also expected to launch in the Philippines in 2021. In Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Hotstar operates as a streaming service targeting overseas Indians, focusing on Star India's domestic entertainment and sports content (Disney+ operates as a standalone service in these markets).

How to sign up to Hotstar from anywhere

The best way to sign up for a Hotstar account is to use a reputable VPN to connect to an Indian server. Not only will this get you access to a lot more content than the international version, but it also works out a lot cheaper.

You can actually sign up for a Hotstar India account for free. Or, if you want even more content, you can subscribe to a Disney+ Hotstar Premium or VIP Plan for a lower price than you will find anywhere else.

Hotstar prices depending on where you are in the world:

India: ₹299 a month

US: $9.99 a month

Canada: $12.99 CAD a month

UK: £5.99 a month

To put this into perspective, ₹299 converts to $3.99. This means that if you use a VPN to connect to Indian Hotstar, not only can you access a lot more content, it will also work out to be $6 cheaper a month.

How to download and watch Disney+ Hotstar on your device

The good news is, as long as you can use a VPN on your phone, laptop, or TV, you can use it to watch Disney+ Hotstar. Here’s how to set it up on your device:

How to watch Hotstar on Windows

Choose a VPN that has a lot of Indian servers. For this, We recommend NordVPN.

Download your VPN and create an account.

Choose an Indian server to connect to.

Go to hotstar.com

Sit back and start streaming!

How to watch Hotstar on Mac

Download a VPN that has Indian servers. NordVPN is a good choice.

Launch your VPN and set up an account.

On your Mac, go to System Preferences and click Network.

Choose your VPN service in the list that will appear on the left.

If there’s a Configuration pop-up menu, select it, choose a configuration and click Connect.

Go back into your VPN and connect to an Indian server.

Go to hotstar.com

Sit back and start streaming!

How to watch Hotstar on Android

Select a VPN with Indian servers. Try NordVPN.

Install your VPN and set up an account.

Choose an Indian server.

Download the Hotstar app from the Google Play Store.

Start watching Disney+ Hotstar from wherever you are in the world!

How to watch Hotstar on iOS (iPad, iPhone)

Download a VPN with plenty of Indian servers to choose from, such as NordVPN.

Change your App Store location to India in the Settings.

Download the Hotstar app from the Apple App Store.

Launch your VPN and connect to an Indian server.

Open up the Hotstar app and either log in or create an account.

Enjoy streaming.

*To broadcast EPL on Disney+Hotstar, click here to access the link!

Stream online Premier League in India by using VPN

Many friends have asked me how to find a good free VPN for India. The biggest mistake others make when recommending a free VPN for India is that they don’t understand that there’s a big difference between people living in India vs. outside of India.

After trying to decipher all the legalese of supposedly “free” VPN services, I did my own research. Out of the 89 free VPNs I tested, I found only 6 that work well in India to access local and global content from anywhere. Only 1 was really good for both users in and outside of India.

Granted, no “free VPN” is really free; they all have limitations. Most find alternative ways to make money, like selling your browsing habits to third parties. Even the safest free VPNs limit security features and data allowances, so you are forced to upgrade to a paid plan to use the VPN properly. That’s why I started testing the most popular ones.

I recommend using ExpressVPN because it has fast servers in India and can unblock both local streaming sites like Hotstar, and global favorites like Netflix US. ExpressVPN doesn’t limit your bandwidth or data and it gives you 30 days to claim a refund if you don’t like it.

ExpressVPN — #1 VPN offering unlimited data and bandwidth on its servers in Mumbai and Chennai. Plus, you can try it out risk-free.
CyberGhost — Large number of servers in Mumbai, as well as streaming-optimized profiles to easily unblock Indian websites.
Hotspot Shield — Unrestricted access to the internet, but you can’t unblock streaming sites with the free plan, and Indian servers are not available.
TunnelBear — You can choose an Indian server, but it limits you to 500MB per month, which is not enough for a good streaming experience.
Windscribe — Access servers in 10 countries, but you have to upgrade to the Pro or Custom plan to unblock streaming services.

The Premier League, often referred to exonymously as the English Premier League or the EPL (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited), is the top level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). Seasons run from August to May with each team playing 38 matches (playing all 19 other teams both home and away). Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.