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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.

Feb 22, 2024 19:02
SINGAPORE: SPOTV is bringing back Major League Baseball (MLB) to screens in Southeast Asia after many years of absence. 
Feb 22, 2024 18:02
A deepfake video of Virat Kohli promoting a betting application that guarantees high returns from minor investments has gone viral.
Feb 21, 2024 20:02
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd shares tanked 14% Wednesday after Bloomberg reported that the Securities and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI) found a discrepancy of Rs 2000 crore ($241 million) in the accounts of the beleaguered media major.  
Feb 21, 2024 19:02
US-based FuboTV announced Wednesday that it has filed a $1 billion antitrust lawsuit against media behemoths The Walt Disney Company, Fox Corp, Warner Bros Discovery and the companies’ affiliates over what it claims are pervasive anti-competitive practices.
Feb 21, 2024 19:02
MUMBAI: Eurosport India, from the house of Warner Bros. Discovery, Wednesday announced the acquisition of broadcast rights for the Afghanistan Cricket Board  (ACB) in collaboration with Firebird Universe, until 2027. 
Feb 20, 2024 17:02
MUMBAI: The Indian Street Premier League (ISPL), India’s pioneering tennis ball T10 cricket tournament to be played inside a stadium, announced Tuesday that its exclusive media rights for the inaugural season has been bagged by Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI). 
Feb 20, 2024 17:02
The leadership at Culver Max Entertainment (aka Sony Pictures Networks India), the Indian media arm of Japan's Sony Group, has reportedly returned to the negotiating table with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, with the aim of reviving the collapsed $10 billion merger plans, which ZEE has been strongly pushing for. 
Feb 19, 2024 20:02
A new study on sports media predicts that global spending on sports media rights will reach $61bn this year. However, a fragmented media landscape poses dilemmas for brand advertisers at a time when marketers are increasingly reliant on sport for mass reach.
Feb 19, 2024 18:02
MUMBAI: Viacom18 announced Monday their expert panel for the 2024 WPL, starting February 23.  Anjum Chopra, Reema Malhotra, Sushma Verma, Mona Meshram, Nuzhat Parveen, Karuna Jain, Aakash Chopra, Parthiv Patel, Saba Karim, Srikkanth Anirudha, Sarandeep Singh, Nikhil Chopra, and Abhinav Mukund will come together for a five-language presentation on JioCinema for free.
Feb 16, 2024 19:02
Despite the collapse of its $10 billion merger plans with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEE), Sony Corporation has asserted it is aggressively considering alternative opportunities for its India media and entertainment business.