MUMBAI: With Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI), official broadcaster of the Indian Premier League, having submitted a letter expressing interest in bidding again, the battle for determining the network that will host world cricket's biggest television property for the next cycle has well and truly been joined.
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More than 2 contenders ready to pay the price in IPL rights chase
Sony submits letter seeking to renew IPL rights
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI), official broadcaster of the Indian Premier League, has submitted a letter expressing interest in bidding again for the world cricket's biggest television property.
SPNI's rights for the tournament end with next year's event.
Mumbai FC in merger talks with Mumbai City FC? More likely all smoke, no fire
MUMBAI: A Times of India report published Monday that Mumbai FC, the city's only I-League club, are said to be in advanced discussions with their Indian Super league (ISL) counterparts, Mumbai City FC regarding a merger, simply does not cut any ice with the reality on the ground, SportzPower believes.
Upcoming IPL rights tender expected to be for shorter duration
MUMBAI: New BCCI president Anurag Thakur has indicated that future media rights tenders for the Indian cricket board's cash cow property - the Indian Premier League - will have the first right of refusal clause removed from them.
Discovery seriously looking at India sports play
MUMBAI: Media major Discovery Communications has confirmed its intent to enter the sports broadcast arena in India.
The move, the outlines of which are seriously vague at present, represents a major challenge for an infotainment network that has entered the sports arena very late in life, last July agreeing to cough up $1.1 billion to fully acquire pan European network Eurosport.
Neo's bid only $85m short of Star bid; ICC falls short of projections
MUMBAI: You have to give it to the bid management team at Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox owned Star India and Star Middle East.
VIEWPOINT: BCCI on right path; Kundra act a winner; Srinivasan, Dhoni finale deciding factors
IN ONE SENSE Jagmohan Dalmiya has not disappointed anyone with his clean-up act. You will not find a single person, including all those having ownership of cricket in India, who won't agree that the changes suggested are as cosmetic as they can get. The only surprising part is that everyone thought something else is actually possible. Or it could be that they wished some magic wand can be waved and cricket comes out squeaky clean.