Indian Subcontinent

The Competition Commission of India, the country’s competition watchdog, has approved media conglomerate News Corporation’s buy-out of Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN’s 50-per-cent stake in pan-A…
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Deal in Australia takes ESS over $100m profit threshold for global ICC rights sales

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A cumulative audience of up to 1

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…
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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
Football

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

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…
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ESS adds Sri Lanka Premier League to boost reach of Star Cricket channel

Football

Serie A values up by a quarter in Asia
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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…
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Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has agreed a multi-year rights deal for new Twenty20 cricket competition the Sri Lanka Premier League
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Indian mobile television service Zenga TV has acquired exclusive mobile rights for the upcoming cricket series between Sri Lanka and India
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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. The IndianTelevision.c
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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…
Football

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…
Cricket

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…
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ESS sells ICC rights to ESPN

Tennis

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…