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Star seeks BCCI rights fee discount; BYJU'S wants immediate out

Last updated : Jan 10, 2023 20:01

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Jan 09, 2023 16:01

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MUMBAI: India’s home season media rights holder Star India is seeking a Rs 130 crore discount on its existing deal, the current cycle for which ends in March. While Team India jersey sponsor BYJU's, which wants an immediate out from its sponsorship agreement, has reportedly told the the BCCI to encash its bank guarantee worth an estimated Rs 140 crore.

The BCCI top brass deliberated on these two matters at the emergent meeting of the Indian cricket board's apex council on Monday, PTI reports. It was a virtual meeting.

May 28, 2019 18:05

Mashal changes PKL VII game timings

MUMBAI: Star India controlled Mashal Sports, organisers and rights owners of the VIVO Pro Kabaddi League, Tuesday announced that Season VII will begin on Saturday, 20th July, with a standardised kick-off time of 7.30 pm for all games.

May 09, 2019 13:05

Star India ad sales head resigns

MUMBAI: Star India president & head – ad sales Amit Chopra has quit the company. As the head of ad sales, Chopra’s responsibility included generating ad revenues for entertainment, digital, and sports. Chopra will reportedly be joining India focused private equity firm Samara Capital.

Apr 15, 2019 14:04

Star has 65% share of the sports viewership in India: Shankar

MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company webcast its Investor Day 2019 on April 11. The event included a presentation by Walt Disney Asia Pacific president and Star/Disney India chairman Uday Shankar. Shankar's presentation, largely focused around Hotstar, noted that Star's OTT platform has reached the 300 million monthly active users mark and detailed growth expectations of the network over the next five years.

Apr 04, 2019 18:04

IPL opening week delivers big for Star

MUMBAI: The 12th edition of the VIVO IPL has delivered a "historical" opening week both in terms of reach and viewership, host broadcaster Star India, distilling BARC data, asserts.

Apr 02, 2019 11:04

Shankar rejigs Disney top mgmt; Gupta is India country manager

MUMBAI: The expected top level management changes at the Asia Pacific level in the the Walt Disney Company following the completion of Disney's acquisition of most of the assets of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox Inc. have been executed.

Mar 28, 2019 12:03

IPL delivers record 1st weekend ratings for Star Sports, Hotstar

MUMBAI: The initial numbers are in and Star India looks to be reaping the dividends of the Hindi and regional language focus as far as its coverage strategy for the Indian Premier League is concerned.

Mar 27, 2019 14:03

Star to broadcast ONE Championship in India from 31 Mar

MUMBAI: ONE Championship, the Singapore-based Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) league will be brought to India for the first time courtesy its multi-year media rights deal with Star India. ONE is renowned as the largest global sports media property in Asian history. Its founder and CEO Chatri Sityodtong confirmed the development in a post recently on his official LinkedIn page that reads:

Mar 23, 2019 15:03

Star sublicenses IPL UK rights to BT Sport

LONDON: BT Sport have confirmed that they will, for the first time, broadcast every game of the VIVO Indian Premier League 2019. The announcement, made on the eve of the tournament, came just days after pay-TV rival Sky Sports revealed that it had lost coverage of the competition only one season into its multi-year agreement with global rights holder Star India.

Mar 22, 2019 00:03

Star Sports looks to launch Marathi channel ahead of ICC WC

MUMBAI: After its recent launch of Star Sports 1 Bangla, broadcaster Star India has disclosed plans to expand its portfolio of regional language channels to include India’s first dedicated sports channel in Marathi. And the timeline is in place as well, Star India MD Sanjay Gupta revealed to SportzPower recently during an exclusive and expansive interaction.

Mar 20, 2019 17:03

Star takes back IPL rights from Sky in the UK

LONDON: Coincidence or is there a link to Comcast having outbid Fox in an auction to take control of pay-TV group Sky in September 2018? Star India, the Indian Premier League's global media rights holder, has taken back within its fold the UK rights for the world's biggest annual T20 tournament.

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