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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 10, 2018 15:10
LAUSANNE: World Bowling announced Tuesday the appointment of sports consultancy agency Reddentes Sports with the mandate to develop new broadcast properties, manage the distribution of its media rights and explore new commercial opportunities for the international governing body of the sport.
Oct 09, 2018 17:10
OTTAWA: Asian Television Network (ATN) has acquired Canada territory broadcast rights for the ongoing fifth season of the Hero Indian Super League.  The Canadian broadcasting company, serving the South Asian communities in in the North American nation, is telecasting the ISL on 5 of its network stations - CBN, ATN Cricket Plus, ATN Life, ATN Punjabi Plus, and ATN Bangla.
Oct 08, 2018 13:10
LONDON: Social media giant Facebook has struck another successful football broadcasting deal as the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has awarded it the rights for the region’s premier club tournament, Copa Libertadores.
Oct 06, 2018 14:10
MUMBAI: Wisden, ‘The Independent Voice of Cricket’ and famous for the ‘Wisden Almanack’ that honours the top cricketers, matches and stories from the sport around the world, has bagged the global audio rights for the first time ever beginning with the upcoming two-Test series between Pakistan and Australia in the UAE.
Oct 04, 2018 15:10
Charlotte, NC: XSport Global, Inc., a leading youth and collegiate sports technology and media holding company focused on developing disruptive sports-centric technologies and related media projects around the world, has announced the acquisition the Greensboro-based, brand agency, Shift Now, Inc.  Established in 2006, Shift Now is a full-service strategic, creative and digital marketing agency.
Oct 04, 2018 12:10
MUMBAI: Sports Flashes, India’s first online radio channel and a multi-sports app has become the official radio partner for all cricket matches globally featuring the Indian cricket team, IANS reports. The audio rights have been secured for five years according to a statement which did not mention the financial aspects of the deal.
Oct 03, 2018 13:10
NEW DELHI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited has shifted Mukund Cairae, ZEEL's CEO - Middle East North Africa and Asia Pacific to Dish TV, where he has been designated as business Head - Sports & Exclusive Content - of the Indian media major's DTH subsidiary.   Cairae will report in to Dish TV CEO Anil Dua.
Oct 03, 2018 12:10
NEW YORK: Lachlan Murdoch, the future chairman and CEO of Fox, the company to be spun-off in connection with the merger of 21st Century Fox with The Walt Disney Company, has announced key leadership appointments across the company's sports, distribution, ad sales operations and corporate functions. 
Oct 03, 2018 12:10
MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her industrialist husband, Raj Kundra will be back with the third season of the Match Indian Poker League (Match IPL). The former owners of Indian Premier League side, Rajasthan Royals had launched the tournament under their umbrella corporation Viaan Industries Ltd. which is a gaming, entertainment and licensing company.
Oct 02, 2018 14:10
NEW YORK: Bruin Sports Capital has acquired strategic branding, design and creative agency Soulsight.  Headquartered in Chicago, Soulsight's work has created  hundreds of millions in commerce for many of the world's most important and valuable brands, an official release states.