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SPN has enough cricket in portfolio to challenge Star: Kaul

Last updated : Oct 27, 2017 17:10

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Oct 18, 2017 08:10

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MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks' Sports and Distribution Business president Rajesh Kaul has told Reuters that he believes SPN has enough cricket in its portfolio to challenge Star, the network's chief rival.

Kaul's confidence appears to have been buttressed by the new deal the network struck with Cricket Australia last week, getting for itself the rights to broadcast Australian cricket in the Indian subcontinent, including Pakistan and Sri Lanka, for the next six years for an undisclosed amount.

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Discovery India head Karan Bajaj resigns

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