India

Cricket

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has been hit with a fine of Rs520m (€6.94m/$8.36m) after being found guilty of breaches of competition rules when negotiating rights deals for Twenty20 tournament the Indian Premier League.

Hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has hailed a “landmark” commercial partnership with video-sharing platform YouTube, which will provide live streaming of the upcoming Hockey World League Finals.

Wrestling

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has acquired rights to the New Japan Pro Wrestling series.

Cricket

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has agreed a three-year rights deal with New Zealand Cricket, the governing body of the sport in the country.

Multi-sport

Pay-television broadcaster Star India is set to launch its latest regional sports channel next month, amid plans for further offerings as it broadens its portfolio.

Football

Indian digital media company Veqta has acquired rights for the English Football League Cup tournament.

Cricket

Hotstar, the video streaming platform owned and operated by pay-television broadcaster Star Sports, has agreed a deal to live stream the 2017-18 edition of India’s Ranji Trophy club cricket tournament.

Cricket

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has acquired rights for the Pakistan Super League club cricket competition.

Cricket

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has taken action against the Impress Matra Consortium for allegedly failing to fulfil a deal agreed for rights to Twenty20 cricket competition the Bangladesh Premier League.

Cricket

Media group Sony Pictures Networks India has signed a long-term rights deal with the Cricket Australia national governing body.

Minor Sports

Punjabi broadcaster PTC has acquired rights to the third season of the World Kabaddi League.

Multi-sport

Indian pay-television operator Zee Entertainment Enterprises has said the sale of its sports business, Ten Sports, to media group Sony Pictures Networks India has been completed following the agreement of a revised deal.

Cricket

Board of Control for Cricket in India chief executive Rahul Johri has hailed the role of the governing body’s new tendering strategy in securing the Indian Premier League’s lucrative rights deal with Star India, while the pay-television broadcaster’s chief executive, Uday Shankar, has maintained it has not overpaid for the contract.

Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has today (Monday) ousted Sony Pictures Network India as the main rights-holder to the Indian Premier League after securing the global television and digital rights to the Twenty20 cricket competition.

Cricket

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has entered the cricket rights market by agreeing a deal to televise next month’s Twenty20 series between Pakistan and an International Cricket Council World XI.

Cricket

The award of the next set of media rights for Twenty20 cricket competition the Indian Premier League has been hit by a further delay, with a total of 24 companies now said to be in contention for the contracts on offer.

Boxing

Indian digital media company Veqta has acquired rights for the upcoming bout between boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor.

Cricket

More than 20 broadcasters have expressed an interest in acquiring rights to the Indian Premier League Twenty20 club cricket competition.