India
Bids for Sri Lanka Cricket international media rights due next week
Bids for international media rights and a media production contract for Sri Lanka Cricket properties for the 2020-23 period are due next Thursday, February 20
Star upgrading cricket coverage on Hotstar app
Pay-television broadcaster Star India is working on a new cricket destination within its Hotstar streaming app, as it continues preparations for the 2020 Indian Premier League season
Star passes $126m of ad sales for IPL 2020
Pay-television broadcaster Star India has so far agreed deals with nine sponsors for its coverage of this year's Indian Premier League T20 cricket season, generating Rs900 crore ($126m)
Disney Plus launch in India to coincide with IPL
Disney is launching its Disney Plus OTT service in India on March 29, to coincide with the start of the Indian Premier League cricket season
Discovery wins favourable injunction in DSport dispute
Media group Discovery has secured an interim injunction from the Delhi High Court restraining Lex Sportel Vision from using "DSport", the brand name of their formerly jointly-operated sports pay-television…
Lex Sportel Vision launches new channel amid Discovery dispute
Indian media company Lex Sportel Vision has launched a new sports pay-television channel, 1Sports, as it continues to tussle with media group Discovery over control of the DSport channel
Sony acquires rights to women’s T20 Tri-Nation Series
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has acquired media rights in India to the upcoming women’s T20 Tri-Nation Series in Australia, between Australia, England and India.
FanCode acquires NFL streaming rights in India
Indian online sports platform FanCode has acquired streaming rights for the NFL in a multi-season deal with the American football league
FanCode to stream I-League in multi-year deal
Digital sports content platform FanCode has agreed a multi-year rights deal to Indian club football competition the I-League
Court seeks government ruling on Doordarshan live streaming
An Indian court has called on the government to intervene after today (Monday) opting to dispose of a public interest litigation lodged with regards to the freedom of public-service broadcaster Doordarshan…
Indian broadcasters attack pay-television price caps
Indian television broadcasters have united to criticise new price caps on pay-television channels introduced by the country's media regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Lex Sportel Vision challenges Discovery’s move for control of DSport
Indian sports media company Lex Sportel Vision is challenging in court its former partner Discovery's move last week to take full control of sports pay-television channel DSport
Sony appoints Manish Aggarwal to senior role at OTT service
Indian media group Sony Pictures Networks has appointed Manish Aggarwal as its new head of growth, monetization and digital business at its OTT video on-demand service SonyLIV
FanCode acquires rights to West Indies v Ireland
Digital sports content platform FanCode acquired exclusive rights in India to live stream the West Indies v Ireland cricket series currently underway
Rajput steps up amid Discovery’s DSport expansion plan
The Indian division of international media company Discovery has promoted Vijay Rajput to head its pay-television broadcaster, DSport
K Madhavan to manage Disney’s TV business in India
K Madhavan, currently managing director of Star India's south business, has been appointed country manager of The Walt Disney Company India's television business
FanCode acquires Bangladesh Premier League streaming rights
Digital sports content and fantasy sports platform FanCode has agreed a multi-year deal for exclusive streaming rights in India to the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition
NBA agrees streaming rights deal with FanCode in India
The NBA has agreed a deal to stream live and on-demand games on Indian sports news and fantasy gaming tips application FanCode during the 2019-20 season