A LEGAL DISPUTE has emerged in Bangladesh over the broadcast and exploitation of media rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Women’s Premier League (WPL).
JioStar India Private Limited (JioStar), which holds the underlying rights, has formally terminated its Bangladesh sub-licence agreements “following payment defaults” by Excel Lead IT Solutions FZ-LLC (Excel Lead), holding company of sports broadcaster T-Sports, ANI, quoting sources, reports.
The agreements, originally executed between Viacom18 Media Private Limited (now JioStar) and Clifford Commodity DMCC and later novated in favour of Excel Lead (T-Sports), “covered the exploitation of Indian Premier League (IPL) and Women’s Premier League (WPL) digital media rights” within Bangladesh for the 2023-27 seasons.
Per ANI, JioStar formally issued a notice in early January to Excel Lead to clear outstanding dues relating to the IPL 2025 and WPL 2025 seasons.
Separately, JioStar has also invoked arbitration against Green Bean Sports Marketing, an affiliate entity of Gazi TV Bangladesh, in relation to another sublicensing agreement for IPL television media rights in Bangladesh for the 2023-27 seasons.
