Sri Lanka
Viacom 18 acquires LaLiga rights in India at reduced value
Spanish LaLiga’s value in India has seen a sharp decline in media group Viacom 18’s deal for exclusive rights to the property from 2021-22 to 2023-24, driven by a lack of competition.
Blast Premier agrees flurry of media-rights deals for 2021
Esports tournament organiser Blast Premier has reached eight new international media rights deals for the 2021 season
LaLiga announces China Mobile deal, Indian subcontinent rights tender
LaLiga has announced a media rights agreement in China with telco China Mobile, and launched a tender for rights in the Indian subcontinent
ITN, Sony and Sky among broadcasters to sign on for Lanka Premier League debut
Sri Lankan state-owned broadcaster ITN has acquired domestic rights to the Lanka Premier League
Sri Lanka Cricket invites bids for England tour broadcast rights
Sri Lanka Cricket has issued an invitation to tender for a media and related rights for the rescheduled England tour of Sri Lanka
Sony acquires Sri Lanka Cricket rights after drawn-out sales process
Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has acquired the exclusive global media rights for Sri Lanka Cricket in a three-year deal from 2020 to 2023
IPG lands Lanka Premier League contract
Innovative Production Group (IPG), the Dubai-based sports marketing agency, has been awarded marketing and organisation rights for the Lanka Premier League, a new Twenty20 cricket tournament in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan domestic cricket returns with SportsTiger live streaming
A number of Sri Lanka’s national team cricketers will return to action next week in the 12-day-long PDC T10 league tournament.
Sri Lanka Cricket extends TV rights tender amid India series questions
Sri Lanka Cricket has again been forced into extending its global media-rights invitation to tender process, amid reports of concerns from bidders over the status of its scheduled series against India
ICC and cricket boards wrestling with Covid calendar challenges
The International Cricket Council pushed back until next month a decision on whether this year’s T20 World Cup will go ahead as scheduled in Australia in October and November.
Sri Lanka’s Carlton Sports Network set for comeback
Sri Lankan terrestrial broadcaster Carlton Sports Network Television (CSN) is set to resume operations, five years after having its license blocked by the government
‘Weak response’ to Sri Lanka Cricket media rights tender
Incumbent rights-holder Sony Pictures Networks India is the only serious bidder in an ongoing tender process for Sri Lanka Cricket's international media rights, according to Indian news website InsideSport
Sri Lanka Cricket opts for combined approach in relaunched media-rights tender
Sri Lanka Cricket has launched a new combined invitation to tender for its television, radio and digital rights after determining that separate tenders failed to produce bids of a satisfactory nature
Bids for Sri Lanka Cricket international media rights due next week
Bids for international media rights and a media production contract for Sri Lanka Cricket properties for the 2020-23 period are due next Thursday, February 20
Sony acquires media rights in India for Rugby World Cup
Sony Pictures Networks India has acquired the exclusive media rights in the Indian subcontinent for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
SPN extends commitment to Formula E
Media group Sony Pictures Networks India has struck a two-season extension to its rights deal with the Formula E electric car-racing championship
Sony retains LaLiga coverage via Facebook sublicensing deal
Facebook this week sublicensed some coverage of Spain’s LaLiga to Sony Pictures Networks India across the Indian subcontinent, recouping about 20 per cent of its investment in the rights.