No broadcaster for World Cup? What FIFA’s India standoff could really costAs FIFA gears up for the 2026 World Cup, it encounters a broadcasting conundrum in India. Following a surge in online viewership during the...
18 May, 2026, 10.39 AM IST
ICC net surplus rises 15% to $543 million in 2025 despite revenue dipThe International Cricket Council (ICC) saw its net surplus jump to $543.3 million in 2025. This increase came as event costs significantly...
14 May, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
Delhi HC refers Zee-JioStar music copyright dispute to mediation, bars platform from using Zee's licensed worksZee Entertainment and JioStar India are heading to mediation to resolve a music copyright dispute. Zee sued JioStar for alleged unauthorize...
08 May, 2026, 12.54 AM IST
IBDF backs MIB TV rating guidelines, seeks extended timelines for rolloutThe Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation is requesting an extension to implement new television rating rules. Key provisions regardin...
24 Apr, 2026, 09.59 AM IST
There aren't many balls left for JioStar to make the runsDespite strong viewership and competitive on-field performances by India, the anticipated commercial upside from marquee ICC events has fai...
17 Dec, 2025, 11.41 AM IST
PCB faces losses, lawsuits and alienation if it withdraws team from Champions TrophyThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) faces potential financial losses, legal action, and isolation if it withdraws from the ICC Champions Troph...
11 Dec, 2024, 11.33 AM IST
ICC awards media rights to PTV, Tower Sports in PakistanThe events covered in both deals are the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cu...
27 Mar, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
Broadcasters hike prices of channel bouquets on rising content expensesBroadcasters have increased their prices for the second time following the implementation of NTO 3.0 by the TRAI in November 2022. The TV c...
06 Jan, 2024, 04.09 PM IST
ICC releases tender for media rights sale in MENA regionThe International Cricket Council (ICC) has issued an invitation to tender (ITT) for media rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA...
15 Sep, 2023, 01.04 PM IST
Disney Star shares part of ICC media rights with ZeeLast week, Disney Star had retained the TV and digital broadcast rights for the next cycle (2024-27) of the matches with its composite bid ...
31 Aug, 2022, 09.00 AM IST
ZEE signs deal with Disney Star to live telecast ICC Men’s tournaments on TVDisney Star, which last week picked up the combined – TV and digital – rights for around $3 billion, will only stream the matches on its di...
30 Aug, 2022, 05.28 PM IST
Disney Star extends run with ICC's India media rights for 4 more yearsBroadcaster has won both TV and digital rights till 2027 for men’s, women’s tournaments for estimated $2.8-3 billion.
28 Aug, 2022, 06.34 AM IST
Disney Star extends run with ICC’s India media rights for 4 more yearsIncidentally, there were only four bidders for the India rights, including Viacom18, Sony Pictures Networks India and Zee Entertainment Ent...
27 Aug, 2022, 11.06 PM IST
ICC yields after Indian companies' mock auction boycottICC agreed to multiple demands of the broadcasters after they boycotted its recent mock e-auctions, signalling a willingness to stay out of...
21 Aug, 2022, 11.59 AM IST
Indian broadcasters at loggerheads with ICC over media rightsThree out of the four broadcasters are of the view that if the ICC doesn’t agree to their “valid demands”, they should boycott the auctions...
12 Aug, 2022, 12.07 AM IST
ICC segregates cricket-crazy subcontinent's media rights; Mukesh Ambani to enter sports broadcastingThe cricket crazy Indian subcontinent - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - generates most of the revenue for the sport's broadcast...
10 Dec, 2021, 10.28 AM IST
India's early T20 World Cup exit may hit value of ICC media rightsWhile the international governing body claims a "record viewership" worldwide, the fact that the tournament drew fewer Indian viewers than ...
29 Nov, 2021, 07.55 AM IST