India

Cricket

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has opted to postpone a decision on its next set of broadcast and digital media rights to all international and domestic matches played in the country amid strong interest in the digital packages on offer, according to The Hindu.

Badminton

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has signed a new four-year rights deal with the Badminton World Federation.

Cricket

The JioTV app, which is owned by Indian mobile network operator Reliance-Jio, has acquired digital rights to the Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 cricket tournament, which got underway yesterday (Tuesday).

Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has been awarded audio-visual production services rights for the Indian Premier League following its acquisition last year of the global television and digital rights to the Twenty20 cricket competition.

Badminton

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has secured rights to this year’s edition of the Badminton Asia Team Championships.

Cricket

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport’s acquisition of rights to the Nidahas Trophy T20 tri-series between Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh is its most significant deal since its 2017 launch.

Cricket

Indian media group Viacom18 has struck a sublicensing deal with Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport to broadcast coverage of the upcoming Nidahas Trophy Twenty cricket tournament.

Cricket

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has renewed an agreement for rights to Twenty20 cricket tournament the Indian Premier League.

Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has said it will provide virtual reality coverage of the Indian Premier League for the first time, ahead of its first season as the exclusive rights-holder of the Twenty20 cricket competition.

Cricket

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport will broadcast the country’s national cricket team for the first time after acquiring rights to the upcoming Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 tournament.

Minor Sports

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has acquired rights to the Poker Sports League, granting the sport television exposure in the country for the first time.

Multi-sport

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has appointed Gautam Thakar as the new chief executive of its Star Sports division.

Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has said it will live stream the Indian Premier League for the first time as it prepares for its first season as the rights-holder of the Twenty20 cricket competition.

Mixed Martial Arts

Youth orientated television channel MTV has made its first major move into the Indian sports media market by acquiring exclusive broadcast and digital rights to mixed martial arts promotion Super Fight League.

Cricket

India’s listed-events legislation is expected to widen to include the Indian Premier League early next year, a move likely to prompt a legal challenge from Star India.

Cricket

The Sony Pictures Network India media group has acquired rights for the T10 Cricket League, a new franchise-based competition that will launch in the UAE next week.

Cricket

The Indian government is working on a directive that would force pay-television broadcaster Star India to share its IPL rights with public-service broadcaster Doordarshan.

Wrestling

The New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion secured broadcast coverage in India for the first time via a deal with pay-television broadcaster DSport.