Indian Subcontinent

Indian broadcasters are now expecting the hotly anticipated tender for rights to the Indian Premier League to be delayed until after this year’s edition of the tournament.

The Discovery Sports division of media group Discovery has agreed a broadcast rights deal covering Europe and the Indian subcontinent with Probellum, the fledgling global boxing promotion and media company

Indian streaming platform Rooter has acquired exclusive media rights to esports and gaming tournaments promoted by Skyesports in a one-year deal with the South Asian esports promoter

The Indian Super League, the top-tier Indian football league, has appointed cloud-based video production platform Tellyo to work on its social media content strategy

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India has acquired exclusive media rights across the Indian subcontinent for the forthcoming Davis Cup tie between India and Denmark

Indian online streaming platform FanCode has acquired exclusive streaming rights in India to Afghanistan’s white-ball tour of Bangladesh, which starts today (Wednesday).

Harry Griffith, head of global syndication and sales at Star Sports, will now also lead rights acquisitions and head up the pay-television broadcaster’s relationships with leading cricket bodies.

Ultimate Kho Kho, which is aiming to become the first professional kho kho league in India, has signed a three-year agreement with Mumbai-based sports marketing agency Rise Worldwide

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has renewed exclusive rights to the 2022 Asian Games across the Indian subcontinent at around the same fee as it paid for the previous two editions.

Indian online streaming platform FanCode has acquired exclusive rights in India to the Oman Quadrangular Series, the four-team T20 cricket tournament that began today (Friday)

The Board of Control for Cricket in India, the sport’s governing body in the country, is likely to release its invitation to tender for broadcast rights to the Indian Premier League between February 1…

A new franchise-based volleyball competition, the Prime Volleyball League, is set to launch in India this week

Media executives James Murdoch and Uday Shankar are in talks to buy a 39-per-cent stake in Indian broadcaster Viacom18, in a deal that would value the company at $4bn (€3.6bn), according to media reports.

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has secured exclusive rights across the Indian subcontinent to show the 2022 Asian Games, which is due to take place in Hangzhou, China, from September…

The Pakistan Super League has secured an increase in its media rights fees for its seventh and eighth editions, despite challenging economic conditions in Pakistan.

The International Cricket Council is to broadcast the upcoming Pakistan Super League in selected international markets on its ICC.tv streaming platform