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

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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.

Dec 10, 2018 13:12

Star creates #5MinAur promo for Khelo India Youth Games 2019

NEW DELHI: Building on the roaring success of the inaugural edition of the Khelo India School Games, the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) along with Star Sports kickstarted the countdown to Khelo India Youth Games, Maharashtra 2019 with an appeal to encourage India to play more with the evocative ‘#5MinuteAur’ campaign.

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WWE India names Gaurav Barjatya as marketing head

MUMBAI: WWE India has named former VP of marketing at Star India, Gaurav Barjatya as its new head of marketing, Exchange4Media reports. Barjatya’s stint began a few weeks ago. He had joined the Star TV Network in 2011. Before Star, he was the senior brand manager at Parle Agro. Barjatya was also with Idea Cellular for four years.

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AP, Telangana attract maximum TV viewers for PKL: BARC

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Oct 25, 2018 13:10

Star Sports dominates Week 41 with 350m+ impressions: BARC

MUMBAI: The Indian cricket season running parallel with the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament and the Vivo Pro Kabaddi League has done wonders for Star Sports as it attracted the maximum reach in the sports genre in Week 41, according to BARC’s weekly report.

Oct 24, 2018 16:10

I-League 2018-19 set for kick-off, Star to air all games live

NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the 12th edition of the Hero I-League, Indian club football's top tier league only in name, to kick off on Friday, October 26. This season the I-League will see 11 teams from 10 states battling it out for top honours over a period of six months. For the first time, the I-league will see a team from Jammu & Kashmir — Real Kashmir FC — make its debut.

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Swim ace Stephanie Rice turns TV presenter for PKL 2018

MUMBAI: Three-time Olympic Gold medallist in swimming, Stephanie Rice has been named as one of the presenters for the VIVO Pro Kabaddi League 2018 by Star Sports. The Australian will join an illustrious expert panel featuring Suhail Chandok and Radhakrishnan Sreenivasan.

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Kumble’s Microsoft-AI enabled 'Power Bat' has Star backing

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ISL Season 5 to hit new revenue, broadcast heights

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