Broadcast Rights

Revenues at Viacom18, the media arm of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), grew by 49% for the 2023-24 financial year on the back of sports and news. The company’s revenues reached Rs 10,826 crore ($1.3 billion) in FY24 as compared to Rs 7,266 crore ($872m) in FY23. 

Per the company’s statement, sports was the biggest driver of revenue growth for Viacom18. 

EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) was significantly down however - from $28.3 million the previous year to $3.9m. 

Sep 09, 2021 21:09
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thursday announced that the China Media Group (CMG) has been awarded the exclusive broadcast rights in the Chinese mainland and Macau (SAR) for the Winter Games in Milano Cortina in 2026, the Los Angeles Games in 2028, the Winter 6Games in 2030 (host city yet to be designated), and the Brisbane Games in 2032.
Sep 07, 2021 19:09
MUMBAI: European Cricket Network (ECN) has announced digital sports platform FanCode as the exclusive broadcast partner in India for the newly launched international T10 league, ‘Dream11 European Cricket Championship (ECC21)’.  Sanctioned by the ICC, Cricket Espana will host the first edition of ECC21 at the picturesque Cartama Oval, Spain. The month-long championship begins on September 13.
Sep 06, 2021 13:09
MUMBAI: T Ten Sports Management has awarded RISE Worldwide a multi-layered and multi-year mandate for the Abu Dhabi T10 cricket tournament.  RISE Worldwide will be the exclusive partner to the Abu Dhabi T10 - for broadcast production, global media rights and sponsorship package to build strategic brand partnerships. 
Aug 30, 2021 20:08
MUMBAI: Digital sports content platform FanCode will be exclusively live streaming 'Bangabandhu T20i Series - New Zealand’s tour of Bangladesh 2021' in India.
Aug 27, 2021 18:08
MUMBAI: India’s performance in the currently ongoing England vs India Test match series on Sony Sports has been the highest for an away bilateral Test match series featuring the Indian cricket team in the past three years.  The average ratings for the series till date is almost 30% higher than the 2018 series featuring the same two teams. (BARC, CS 2+, All India U+R).
Aug 26, 2021 21:08
MUMBAI: Well, that completes it as far as the media rights for Europe's "Big 5" football leagues in the Indian subcontinent are concerned. After pocketing Spain's LaLiga and Italy's Serie A rights in the recent past, Viacom18 has acquired the broadcast and digital rights for France's Lique 1 in India, SportzPower can reveal. 
Aug 25, 2021 19:08
MUMBAI: Dream Sports-owned digital sports content platform FanCode has partnered with IMG Arena to secure first-ever exclusive broadcast rights in India for all pathway event matches of ICC World Cups until April 2023.  FanCode will exclusively host 540 pathway event matches across Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 and Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 on the FanCode App and www.fancode.com. 
Aug 23, 2021 13:08
MUMBAI: Taliban leader Anas Haqqani met Afghanistan national cricket team captain Hashmatullah Shahidi on Saturday where he affirmed that the new fundamentalist regime  that is now running the strife-torn country would continue to support the game.  
Aug 20, 2021 11:08
MUMBAI: Sports rights aggregation is going ahead full steam at Reliance Industries Ltd's media-facing entities. Viacom18 Friday announced that it has acquired the broadcast and digital rights for Italian Serie A for the Indian subcontinent for the next three seasons. 
Aug 20, 2021 09:08
MUMBAI: Enhancing its portfolio of live sports streaming, Amazon Prime Video and the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Thursday announced that millions of Prime Members in India can live-stream WNBA games during the league’s historic 25th season with the next opportunity to watch in India on Saturday, August 21.