Indian Subcontinent
Star India celebrates court ruling against mobile services
The Delhi High Court in India has ruled that mobile phone companies cannot provide live, running updates of sporting events that are exclusively shown by the Star India broadcast division of media conglomerate…
Neo beats Sony and Taj to New Zealand rights
Neo explains why it bid big for New Zealand cricket rights
Star India to launch new sports channel
The Star India broadcast division of media conglomerate News Corporation has announced it will launch a new pay-television sports channel on Monday, March 11, according to the Indian Television website
ABU left to pick up the scraps as IOC carves out even more markets
IOC carves out five more Asian markets to handle in-house and further weaken ABU rights; Frustrated Barton blasts ABU
Four ways that IMG owners can cash in investment
IMG may not be for sale. But the industry is assuming otherwise
Saran looking beyond Turkey
Saran brothers sports-rights ambitions expand beyond Turkey; Perform and IMG take different routes to crack Turkish market; Super Lig deal probed
Manocha promoted to lead Nimbus Sport
Respected sports media industry figure Sunil Manocha has been appointed as the chief operating officer of the Nimbus Sport division of the Nimbus Communications agency
Sri Lanka Cricket launches worldwide rights tender
Sri Lanka Cricket, the sport’s governing body in the country, has launched a tender for the worldwide rights to the Sri Lanka national team’s matches.
ECB upbeat about North American rights
ECB bullish about growth in North America
Minister rejects Sri Lanka Cricket’s request for Ten Sports deal
Sri Lankan sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has turned down a request from Sri Lanka Cricket, the sport’s governing body in the country, to extend a worldwide rights deal with Asian pay-television b…
No Fifa or AFC scrutiny for WSG’s $1bn Asian football deal
WSG's $1bn rights deal won't be touched by us, say Fifa and AFC
IPL model won’t work for smaller boards, experts say
The IPL is spawning many copy-cat leagues but rights experts say that they can't all work
Neo Sports retains Asia Cup cricket coverage
Pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports has retained rights for the Asia Cup national team cricket tournament
Sony Six on board for launch of Golf Premier League
Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has acquired domestic rights for the inaugural edition of the Golf Premier League, which will be held next month in Pune, India
Sales process launched for Pakistan Twenty20 league
The Pakistan Cricket Board national governing body has launched a sales process for the rights to its new Twenty20 league, according to the Press Trust of India news agency
MSM to broadcast 2013 IPL on movie channel
Sony-owned broadcaster Multi Screen Media will simulcast the 2013 season of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament on its Hindi movie channel Max, along with its sports channel Six
Taj aces deal with WTA
Indian subcontinent pay-television broadcaster Taj TV has acquired rights for all top-tier Premier events organised by the Women’s Tennis Association, the top professional tour in women’s tennis, in a f…
The long game
The recipe is simple: take the world’s most popular sport in a market primed for growth, get in while the sport, the broadcast market or the economy more generally is underdeveloped, invest in long-term p…