India
Star TV chief expects ESPN to spice up Indian sports TV market
Uday Shankar, the chief executive of News Corporation-owned Asian pay-television broadcaster Star TV, believes that sports broadcaster ESPN will return to India, creating a highly competitive sports television…
Sri Lanka Premier League secures mobile platform in India
Indian mobile television service Zenga TV has secured the exclusive mobile streaming rights to the inaugural season of the Sri Lanka Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition
Neo acquires rights to national team football tournament
Indian pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports, owned by the Nimbus Communications agency, has acquired live rights to the 2012 Nehru Cup, a national team football tournament
Indian race circuit promoter acquires World Superbike rights
Jaypee Sports International, promoters of India’s Buddh International Circuit, has acquired the Indian broadcast rights to the newly instated Indian round of the World Superbike Championship, which is o…
ESS adds more cricket rights
ESS adds Sri Lanka Premier League to boost reach of Star Cricket channel
Serie A rights value up by at least 25% in Asia
Serie A values up by a quarter in Asia
Indian cricket’s governing body sets up production unit
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, the sport’s governing body in India, will take the broadcast production of matches in house after ending its contract with the Nimbus Communications agency, o…
Mobile rights deal signed for Sri Lanka v India cricket series
Indian mobile television service Zenga TV has acquired exclusive mobile rights for the upcoming cricket series between Sri Lanka and India
iStream secures online rights to Indian cricket series
Indian online video service iStream.com acquired the exclusive live streaming and video-on-demand rights for India’s cricket tour to Sri Lanka, which commences on Saturday, July 21.
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Doordarshan passes on India cricket series
Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan has passed up the opportunity to broadcast the upcoming cricket series between India and Sri Lanka in favour of concentrating on its coverage of the 2012 Olympic…
IMG Reliance explores franchise football league in India
IMG Reliance, the joint venture between the IMG agency and Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, and the All India Football Federation, football’s governing body in India, are considering launching a…
Subscriptions surge to help reduce Zee’s sports losses
Indian pay-television operator Zee expects to halve its sports division’s operating losses in the 2012-13 financial year due to a significant rise in subscription revenues, according to the Indian Television w…
Wimbledon a popular option for Indian advertisers
Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has sold out its advertising inventory for its Indian coverage of the Wimbledon tennis championships and could earn revenues of Rs50 million (€710,000/$893,000) f…
How ESS will turn into feisty Fox
How ESS will become more aggressive under News Corp; Difficult marriage from day one
Bharti Airtel secures Euro 2012 mobile rights in India
Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel has acquired exclusive mobile rights for the Uefa Euro 2012 football tournament, which kicks off later today in Poland
Neo Sports targeting Euro 2012 advertising boom
Indian pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports is targeting advertising revenue of Rs400 million (€5.76 million/$7.2 million) from its coverage of the Uefa Euro 2012 football championships.
Neo Cricket rebranded following loss of BCCI rights
Pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports has rebranded its cricket channel following the loss of its rights deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) governing body
ECB agrees seven-year deal with ESS at healthy increase
ECB enjoys healthy rights-fee increase in new ESS deal