India

Indian telecommunications company DigiVive has acquired rights for the 2015 French Open tennis tournament.

Indian pay-television channel Sony Six has acquired rights for the 2015 edition of the Copa América national team football tournament.

The proposed cricket series between Pakistan and India at the end of this year could be in jeopardy due to the ongoing dispute between the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Pakistan Cricket Board’s broadcast partner, pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports.

Rajesh Sethi, global chief executive of Ten Sports, has been promoted to assume chief executive status at the sports broadcaster’s operator, Indian subcontinent pay-television broadcaster Taj TV.

Goal.com, the football news website that is operated by digital sports media company Perform, has agreed a strategic partnership with Times Internet, the online and mobile arm of Indian publishing company Times Group.

The Sporty Solutionz agency, commercial rights-holder and promoter of the Indian Badminton League, has threatened legal action against the Badminton Association of India’s move to terminate its contract.

Sony-owned Indian broadcaster Multi Screen Media will launch a new pay-television sports channel during the forthcoming 2015 season of Twenty20 cricket competition the Indian Premier League.

Sony-owned Indian broadcaster Multi Screen Media will offer the first Bengali language feed for the Indian Premier League during the forthcoming 2015 season of the Twenty20 cricket competition.

MotoGP commercial rights-holder, the Dorna Sports agency, has said the 2015 season of the motorcycling championship will receive record global broadcast coverage.

Indian pay-television channel Sony Six’s decision to extend its deal for TNA Wrestling last month is a strategic buy for a property the channel believes it can develop.

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has secured rights to the 2015 India Open badminton tournament.

Indian pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports has acquired rights to the inaugural European Games multi-sport event, which takes place in Baku, Azerbaijan later this year.

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has signed a long-term rights deal with the TNA Wrestling series.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired media rights for Twenty20 cricket competition the Indian Premier League.

Star India’s new deal for Indian Premier League internet and mobile rights helps the broadcaster in three ways: it gives it vital digital content, helps undermine the exclusivity of rival Sony, and ensures Star has a role in IPL coverage ahead of the sale of the main television rights in India.

Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan will continue to share broadcast signals of the 2015 Cricket World Cup with cable television operators after the country’s Supreme Court today (Thursday) reserved a verdict on the matter.