India

The MP & Silva agency has acquired the global broadcast rights to the new International Premier Tennis League tournament, according to organisers of the event.

The Star India broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has signed an eight-year strategic partnership with the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in a deal running from January 2015 to December 2022.

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to the 2014 and 2018 Fifa World Cups under a five-year deal with world football’s governing body.

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to India’s cricket tour of New Zealand, which commences on January 19.

The Star India broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has acquired rights for the 2014 Asia Cup national team cricket tournament.

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has agreed a rights deal with the organisers of the Chennai Open, the country’s only men’s ATP World Tour tennis event, covering the next three editions of the tournament until 2016.

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has secured the exclusive broadcasting rights to the international cricket series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which is being hosted in the United Arab Emirates.

OneAsia China event cancellation is 'bad timing'

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has taken legal action against multiple-system cable-television operator GTPL Hathway for alleged illegal transmission of the former’s channels during India’s recent Test cricket series against the West Indies.

The Star India broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox will spend Rs200bn (€2.4bn/$3.3bn) in the next three to five years as part of a major overhaul of its sports division, according to the Business Standard newspaper.

The World Archery governing body has extended its deal with the Broadreach Media agency to distribute media rights in India, subcontinental Asia and Russia.

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has expanded its three-year broadcast deal with North American basketball league the NBA in an agreement that will more than quadruple the number of regular-season games aired in the country.

The inaugural season of the new Indian Super League club football competition, which was due to get underway in January, has been postponed for eight months.

The Star India broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has acquired broadcast rights to the planned Indian Premier League-style football competition, according to the Economic Times newspaper.

The Star India broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has introduced subscription-based live streaming of cricket and football events on its Starsports.com website.

The Star India broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has acquired the rights to the Calcutta Football League and IFA Shield tournament and plans to launch a Bengali sports channel, according to the IndianTelevision.com website.