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Netflix scores 3-season NFL deal, broadens live sports push

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After its monster $5 billion rights deal with WWE struck in January, streaming giant Netflix has made its first significant move into "non-scripted" live sports.

The NFL on Wednesday took another step toward its goal of making its games as widely available as possible by striking a three-year deal with Netflix.

Netflix will be the global home of the NFL's two Christmas Day marquee games. The Pittsburgh Steelers will host the reigning two-time Kansas City Chiefs, while the Houston Texans will host the Baltimore Ravens in the two holiday games.

Apr 13, 2018 13:04

CA cricket rights go to Fox-Channel 7 consortium for $920m

MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia Friday sealed a new six-year broadcast and digital agreement worth A$1.182 billion ($920 million) that also broke Channel Nine's four-decade stranglehold of CA television rights. The new agreement signed with Fox Sports and Seven West Media is an increase on the current rights value where CA receives up to A$600 million from its existing five-year deal.

Apr 11, 2018 16:04

Uday Shankar expects IPL 2018 ad revenue to hit Rs20bn

NEW DELHI: Fresh off bringing all big-ticket cricket played in India under his network's wing, Uday Shankar, chairman and CEO of Star India and president of Twenty-First Century Fox Asia, has expressed confidence that ad revenues from this year's IPL will cross Rs20 billion.

Apr 08, 2018 23:04

MONEY BALL: The Right Price for Cricket

HOW MUCH IS THE right price for owning cricket in India? Last week's e-auction for India cricket media rights throws in some pointers. With Star India outbatting its two opponents, Sony Pictures Networks India and Reliance Jio, with an offer of Rs 6,138 crores, the maths show a per match cost of around Rs 60 crore over the next five years.

Apr 06, 2018 15:04

Star India bags BCCI media rights

MUMBAI: Star India Private Ltd has won the BCCI India International and Domestic media rights for the period from 15th April 2018 till the 31st March 2023 following an online auction process that lasted three days.

Apr 06, 2018 12:04

SportzPower Analysis: Hotstar central to Star's back-loaded bid to retain BCCI rights

MUMBAI: Star India is now officially the one-stop shop for all big-ticket cricket played in India after the 21st Century Fox subsidiary retained its hold on BCCI rights for the next five years with a winning bid of Rs 61.381 billion. Star's bid for the global consolidated rights to Indian cricket amounts to an average per match value of Rs 601.77 million for the 102-game BCCI FTP for the period 2018-2023.

Apr 05, 2018 10:04

SportzPower Analysis: Implications of BCCI media rights bidding breaching $1bn barrier

MUMBAI: "Every bidder has its threshold. They are slowly reaching that point. If it reaches Rs 7000 crore (Rs 70 billion), it will be another landmark financial deal for Indian cricket," a senior board official tracking the e-auction for the next BCCI media rights cycle told PTI on Wednesday.

Apr 04, 2018 18:04

No winner means BCCI rights e-auction spills over to day 3

MUMBAI: The bidding war for the Board of Control for Cricket in India media rights has left in its wake the Indian Premier League, till now the gold standard in value terms. And it's not over yet with the bidding process set to resume again at 11 am Thursday as no winner has been confirmed by the end of Wednesday's proceedings.

Apr 03, 2018 19:04

BCCI media rights value crosses Rs44bn, e-auction to continue Wed

MUMBAI: The Indian cricket board is looking at another massive pay day as the e-auction for BCCI cricket media rights failed to throw up a winner at the "end of day's play" by the allotted 6 pm deadline Tuesday. At the time the bidding window closed for the day, the bid value in the Global Consolidated Rights category stood at Rs 44.42 billion (Rs 4442 crores, approximately $680 million).

Apr 03, 2018 14:04

beIN beefs up cricket rights portfolio with 5-yr IPL deal

DOHA: The most popular Twenty20 cricket league in the world, the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL), has a new home across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) following a major deal announced by beIN MEDIA GROUP (beIN).

Apr 03, 2018 13:04

DSport to t'cast Augusta Masters 2018

MUMBAI: Discovery Communications branded sports channel DSport is all set to broadcast the year's first golf major - the Augusta Masters 2018 - for Indian viewers. The tournament, taking place at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, USA from 6th April to 9th April, 2018 will be aired starting 12:30am (IST) for Indian audiences.

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