India

Indian pay-television operator Zee Entertainment Enterprises has said it is in advanced talks for the sale of its Ten Sports operation.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has informed current Indian Premier League rights-holder, Sony Pictures Networks India, that it must compete with other parties in a bidding process for the next set of rights to the Twenty20 competition, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.

English Premier League football club Manchester City has entered into a partnership with Indian digital media company Veqta.

Reports that media group Sony Pictures Networks India is set to acquire the Ten Sports operation of Indian pay-television operator Zee have been denied by both parties.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has acquired rights for the upcoming Twenty20 cricket matches in the US between India and the West Indies.

Media group Sony Pictures Networks India is set to acquire the Ten Sports operation of Indian pay-television operator Zee, according to the Economic Times.

Sony Pictures Networks India has acquired exclusive rights in the country to this year’s edition of the International Champions Cup pre-season club football tournament.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has been ordered by the country’s Supreme Court to carry out a series of reforms of its governance structure, but a key proposal that would have severely damaged its revenues from broadcast rights has been rejected.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India is to launch two new sports channels.

The Caribbean Premier League has secured a landmark deal for the 2016 edition of the Twenty20 cricket tournament to be streamed live via the Facebook social network.

Sony Pictures Networks India has revamped its senior management structure, with its sports business set to be more closely aligned to its distribution interests.

Star India will show blanket live coverage of the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games via eight dedicated channels, the pay-television broadcaster has announced.

Sony Pictures Networks India has acquired rights to the 2016 edition of the Indian Open snooker tournament.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has agreed a five-season deal for rights to new Twenty20 cricket competition the Tamil Nadu Premier League.

Sony Pictures Networks has been given a 60-day window to submit an offer to retain rights to the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition, according to the Times of India newspaper.

Ten Sports chief executive Rajesh Sethi has revealed that the Indian pay-television broadcaster has plans to launch more channels.