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The 17th edition of the TATA Indian Premier League opened to blockbuster viewership numbers, with 16.8 crore (168 million) unique viewers tuning in to watch the season’s first game between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 22, Disney Star, the tournament’s official broadcaster stated on Thursday.

The broadcaster further asserted that a composite watch-time of 12.76 billion minutes represents the highest ever for the opening day of any IPL season. Watch-time minutes are a compilation of the time spent by each viewer in watching the game.

Oct 26, 2020 20:10
MUNICH: Christian Seifert announced Monday that he will step down as chief executive of the German Football League (DFL) when his contract expires in June 2022. Seifert joined the DFL executive on 1 February 2005 and was appointed CEO in July of the same year. 
Oct 26, 2020 20:10
MONACO: The Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) and Powerboat P1 Management Limited (P1) have jointly announced that P1 has been assigned the international rights to Class 1 offshore powerboat racing.  The exclusive agreement is for a period of ten years and includes organizational and promotion rights to the UIM Class 1 World Championship.
Oct 26, 2020 12:10
CHANDIGARH: To preserve the sporting heritage and dominance of the state in sports, the Punjab Government will establish a sports educational institute of international eminence, with an ultra-tech campus of the first sports university of the state Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University, Patiala, PNS reports.
Oct 23, 2020 18:10
MUMBAI: Multi-sport digital content aggregator FanCode has acquired FanDuniya, a sports research platform, to accelerate the growth and development of its research and statistics service for its users. 
Oct 22, 2020 18:10
MUMBAI: TAM Sports has released its Series 1 IPL 13 Advertising Report, covering the first 25 matches of the ongoing Indian Premier League being held in the UAE. The report covers below points: ·         Overview of IPL 13 ·         Toppers – Categories, Advertisers and Brand ·         New Advertisers and Brands in IPL 13 vs. IPL 12. ·         Advertising Trend in Channel Genres
Oct 22, 2020 12:10
NEW YORK: Interbrand's 2020 ranking of the most valuable brands in the world just got out and there is a change in the top 3 positions. According to the Best Global Brands 2020 ranking, the most valuable brand remains Apple with an estimated value of just under $323 billion, while the second and third positions are taken by Amazon (+60% $200.667bn) and Microsoft (+53% $166.001bn) respectively.
Oct 21, 2020 20:10
MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEE), a leading global content company, Wednesday announced a strategic restructuring of the organization in line with its ‘ZEE 4.0 Strategy’. In the top deck management realignment, Rahul Johri has been appointed as president – Business, South Asia and will be responsible for leading the integrated Revenue and Monetization team.
Oct 20, 2020 14:10
LONDON: Data, insights and consulting major Kantar has announced the appointment of Alexis Nasard as chief executive officer, effective 30 December.
Oct 14, 2020 20:10
BENGALURU-BASED ONLINE FITNESS startup TREAD has raised its maiden round of funding of $1.1M from a clutch of reputable entrepreneurs, super angels and pre-seed funds.
Oct 14, 2020 18:10
LONDON: Motorsport Tickets, which is part of Motorsport Network, the digital market leader in motorsport and automotive with a 56 million-strong monthly audience of global racing and automotive fans, has acquired Travel Destinations Ltd, UK's leading tour operator for sports car and historical motorsport events.