Sony Pictures Networks India

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.

Media group Sony Pictures Networks India has struck a sublicensing deal with Facebook to show matches from Spain’s LaLiga in the Indian subcontinent.

The Sony Pictures Networks India media group has acquired rights in the Indian subcontinent for the Uefa Euro 2020 national team football tournament

The Sony Pictures Networks India media group has acquired rights in the Indian subcontinent for the Uefa Euro 2020 national team football tournament

Uefa and LaLiga will see significant reductions in their media-rights income from the Indian subcontinent as Facebook and Sony Pictures Networks India capitalise on the region’s cooling football rights market

Two more India tours have not prevented a fall in the value of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) media rights in the Indian subcontinent.

Switching from Star to Sony last month helped Formula E increase its media-rights value in the Indian subcontinent.

Cricket Australia’s media rights in the Indian subcontinent have significantly dropped in value in a new long-term deal with Sony Pictures Networks India.

Sony Pictures Networks India last month picked up rights to the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 tournament after pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports refused an option to extend its deal.

Sony Pictures Networks India’s acquisition of the Ten Sports channels is likely to restrict the Indian media-rights market and make life difficult for rights-holders below the top tier.

An absence of competition in Spain and the Indian subcontinent has seen the value of International Champions Cup rights stall in both markets.

The ATP World Tour earned a strong increase in the value of its rights in Latin America last month after renewing its deal with ESPN.

ESPN’s partnership with Chinese internet company Tencent last month is the latest stage in the broadcaster’s evolution into a global digital player

Rupert Murdoch-owned Star India has renewed its English Premier League rights in India at a significant discount.

Weak returns for the Masters Champions League, a Twenty20 tournament contested by cricket legends and hosted in the UAE, may reflect an Indian market reaching saturation with the format

The ATP World Tour earned hugely improved terms in new deals covering China and India this month.