Indian Subcontinent

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has acquired rights for the new Champions Tennis League in India.

Pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports, which operates in the Indian subcontinent, has acquired rights for the English Football League and League Cup club tournaments as well as the Brazil World Tour, which features Brazil national team friendly matches.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has partnered with telecommunications company Vodafone India to become the country’s first broadcaster and brand advertiser to participate in the Amplify platform of social networking website Twitter.

Indian pay-television channel Sony Six is thought to have faced no competition when agreeing a one-year extension to its rights deal for the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India asked for a delay to the start of the Indian Super League because of internal issues with the franchise football tournament, not, as widely reported, to avoid a clash with the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

British-based satellite and broadcast production company SIS Live has claimed it is still owed £29m (€36.4m/$49.6m) from its production contract for the 2010 Commonwealth Games multi-sport event, which was hosted in New Delhi, India.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has formed two bid committees to oversee the sale of media rights to two forthcoming series and the Pakistan Super League, the PCB’s new Twenty20 competition.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has asked for the start of the Indian Super League franchise football tournament to be delayed to avoid a clash with the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Uefa achieved another big increase in the value of its Champions and Europa League rights in the Indian subcontinent in its renewal earlier this month with incumbent rights-holder Ten Sports.

Pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports, which operates in the Indian subcontinent, has signed a three-year extension to its rights deal with European football’s governing body Uefa for the Champions League and Europa League club competitions.

The Delhi High Court has issued an injunction to prevent approximately 400 private websites in India from streaming coverage of football’s 2014 Fifa World Cup.

Pakistani pay-television broadcaster Geo Super has acquired media rights for Bangladesh international cricket matches in a sublicensing deal with the Sporty Solutionz agency.

Sports media company Seven3Sports has acquired rights for football’s 2014 Fifa World Cup across the Indian subcontinent.

Sony-owned Indian broadcaster Multi Screen Media has launched an online portal that will offer live video content from high-profile sporting events.

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has reported a record-breaking audience of 2.8 million for Wednesday’s online streaming of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket play-off matches between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, and Kings XI Punjab versus Kolkata Knight Riders.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has rejected claims by Tehreek-e-Insaf, the political party chaired by former cricketer Imran Khan, that the correct procedure was not followed for the sale of media rights covering the national team’s ‘home’ series against South Africa and Sri Lanka last year.