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Asia-Pacific Multi-Sport

The former head of Disney in Asia, Uday Shankar, is forming a new venture with James Murdoch to invest in technology and media opportunities in India and other Asian markets
South Africa Cricket

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star has finalised a deal with Cricket South Africa for broadcast rights in the Indian subcontinent, the rest of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa
India Cricket

The 2020 Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament got underway on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates, after a six-month delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic
India Tennis

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has acquired rights to the second edition of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, SportBusiness understands
India Cricket

The Board of Control for Cricket in India is said to have identified a calendar slot of September 26 to November 8 for the rescheduled 2020 Indian Premier League, with broadcast rights-holder Star India…
India Cricket

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has accepted a request from broadcast rights-holder, pay-television broadcaster Star India, to open up its archives amid the lack of live action due to the Covid-19…
United Kingdom Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has acquired exclusive rights to cricket’s Indian Premier League in the UK and Ireland in a three-year deal from 2020 to 2022.
India Cricket

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
India Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Star India is working on a new cricket destination within its Hotstar streaming app, as it continues preparations for the 2020 Indian Premier League season

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Cricket
India

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star is poised to strengthen its grip on cricket broadcasting in the subcontinent by beating incumbent Sony to the rights for Cricket South Africa content.
Cricket
United Kingdom

Disney’s decision to refocus Star India’s Hotstar OTT platform on its domestic market paved the way for the return of Indian Premier League cricket rights in the UK to pay-television broadcaster Sky.
Football
India

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star is close to renewing its rights for the English Premier League at a discount, having faced little competition in the auction, SportBusiness Media understands.
Multi-Sport
India

The International Olympic Committee has seen its Olympic Games rights fee fall in the Indian subcontinent, driven by the long consolidation in the country’s pay-television market.
India Twenty20 Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has so far agreed deals with nine sponsors for its coverage of this year's Indian Premier League T20 cricket season, generating Rs900 crore ($126m)
India Multi-Sport

Disney is launching its Disney Plus OTT service in India on March 29, to coincide with the start of the Indian Premier League cricket season
United Kingdom Cricket

Cricket’s Indian Premier League is poised to return to an exclusive broadcast rights agreement in the UK, after pay-TV rivals BT Sport and Sky were handed a deadline to submit their bids for a three-year c…
India Multi-Sport

Indian television broadcasters have united to criticise new price caps on pay-television channels introduced by the country's media regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
India

K Madhavan, currently managing director of Star India's south business, has been appointed country manager of The Walt Disney Company India's television business
India Multi-Sport

Sanjay Gupta has left his position as managing director of pay-television broadcaster Star India and the Indian division of its parent company Disney to take up a new role at internet firm Google
India Cricket

Incremental rights fee increases for cricket’s Indian Premier League and World Cup, as well as a lukewarm advertising market, have been cited as reasons for pay-television broadcaster Star India suffering a…
Asia Cricket

Hotstar, the OTT service from Indian pay-television broadcaster Star, had a record 100 million daily active users on June 16, the day of the India v Pakistan Cricket World Cup game
United Kingdom Cricket

UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 is reportedly close to reaching a deal to show highlights of this year’s Cricket World Cup.
Indian Subcontinent

Hotstar, the Star India-owned OTT plaftorm, has appointed Ankit Desai as its vice-president of digital sales strategy
India MMA

Asian mixed martial arts promotion One Championship has agreed a multi-year rights deal with media company Star India
United Kingdom Cricket

BT Sport is set to show cricket’s Indian Premier League after Sky Sports opted not to broadcast the 2019 edition of the Twenty20 tournament.
USA

The Walt Disney Company has completed its acquisition of the majority of 21st Century Fox’s assets, with the remainder - including Fox Sports - now spun off into a new company, the Fox Corporation.
United Kingdom Cricket

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky confirmed on Tuesday that it will not broadcast the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament
Australia Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has renewed a rights deal in Australia for the 2019 season of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament
India Football

The All-India Football Federation and its broadcast partner Star India have announced that I-League matches not shown on linear television will be livestreamed on Star's Hotstar and JioTV platforms
USA Cricket

Star India’s channels will be withdrawn from US pay-television platforms in the New Year, with the broadcaster opting to push its programming through its Hotstar OTT service in the country.
India Cricket

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has agreed a three-year rights deal with New Zealand Cricket, the governing body of the sport in the country.

India Cricket

Hotstar, the video streaming platform owned and operated by pay-television broadcaster Star Sports, has agreed a deal to live stream the 2017-18 edition of India’s Ranji Trophy club cricket tournament.

India

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has launched a new Tamil-language channel.
Global

Formula One motor-racing team McLaren-Honda has entered into content partnerships with Amazon Prime, the subscription service operated by e-commerce and media company Amazon, and Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports.
India Cricket

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has been ordered by the country’s Supreme Court to carry out a series of reforms of its governance structure, but a key proposal that would have severely damaged its revenues from broadcast rights has been rejected.

India Olympic Games

Star India will show blanket live coverage of the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games via eight dedicated channels, the pay-television broadcaster has announced.

Global Cricket

The International Cricket Council has revealed plans for expanded live broadcast coverage of its Women’s World Twenty20 national team tournament, which will take place in India from March 15 to April 3.