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MUMBAI:  Esports media platform TalkEsport announced Wednesday the successful closure of its pre-series A funding round, securing an investment of $1 million from Saswat Ventures. 

The investment underscores TalkEsport’s robust growth trajectory and reaffirms its position as a pioneering force in the esports industry.

Apr 25, 2019 17:04
MUMBAI: With more matches going into the final overs, individual brilliant performances supported with world class broadcast, VIVO IPL 2019 continues its spectacular rise on the Star Network. Just four weeks into the tournament, VIVO IPL on Star network has seen 411 million* viewers tuning in. This is close to the total tournament reach of last year.
Apr 25, 2019 17:04
NEW DELHI: Sports Flashes, India’s first sports radio, and UAE's Channel 2 Group Corporation have collaborated for a documentary on India-Pakistan rivalry at cricket World Cups that will release soon. The film features six World Cup matches played between India and Pakistan. The chief cricket content lead for the documentary is Indian sports journalist, academician and author Boria Majumdar.
Apr 25, 2019 17:04
MUMBAI: Fantasy sports platform Dream11 Thursday announced the launch of FanCode, an ad-free multi-sport aggregator platform, offering a wide spectrum of content, commerce and community engagement.
Apr 25, 2019 16:04
LONDON: DAZN Media, the global media partnerships, sponsorship and advertising entity of DAZN Group, has unveiled Wednesday, in association with integrated advertising platform, Adform, and Opta, its suite of dynamic creative assets for brands, ‘DAZN Dynamics’, the first proposition since the new business entity was launched in March this year.
Apr 25, 2019 16:04
MUMBAI: Snapchat has hired its first employee in India as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to the region. Durgesh Kaushik will lead local market development activities including strategic partnerships, community development and overall ecosystem initiatives that support growth.
Apr 25, 2019 15:04
KOLKATA: The Zee Network, which had exited the sports broadcast business with the sale of Ten Sports to Sony in2016, is making its second "tiptoe" back into the game as it were in the last six months. And it is in the regional language space that it is focusing its activities.
Apr 24, 2019 17:04
MUMBAI: When RCB took on CSK in week 4 of the IPL 2019, it saw two of Indian cricket’s biggest faces go head to head: MS Dhoni (@msdhoni) and Virat Kohli (@imVkohli). The match saw a Kohli hundred and a Dhoni masterclass. The result was an incredible game of cricket, and fans going crazy on Twitter.
Apr 23, 2019 17:04
MUMBAI: Aneesh Madani, former head of Sports Partnerships for Asia Pacific at Twitter, has joined the International Olympic Committee as head of Digital Partnerships, Global. In his new role, Madani will be based out of the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Apr 23, 2019 16:04
MUMBAI: Global media rights for cricket topped $1 billion for the first time in 2018 and will likely top $2 billion in 2021, according to a new report published Tuesday by Media Partners Asia (MPA).
Apr 23, 2019 16:04
CHICAGO: Sports data and technology company STATS has announced the official launch of STATS VQ, which leverages proprietary granular data and AI to allow sportsbooks to create unique player prop bets using machine learning generated player predictions.