Sports - Indian Broadcasting World

Wimbledon, Star Sports tie up for Hindi commentary to up reach

With an eye on expanding reach and engagement in India, which anyway has shown dramatic rise over the past few years, the All England Lawn Tennis Club, organisers of the Wimbledon tennis tournament, has tied up with Star Sports Network for Hindi commentary --- a unique first.

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Star Sports secures rights for Esports World Cup 2024

Star Sports Network, in collaboration with the Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF), has announced the acquisition of broadcasting rights for the highly anticipated Esports World Cup (EWC) 2024. This ground-breaking event, taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Ar...

India-SA T20 WC final clocks 5.3 cr. peak concurrent viewership

The T20 World Cup final match, which ended India's 13-year wait to lift an ICC trophy, witnessed a peak viewership of 5.3 crore (53 million) on the OTT streaming platform Disney+ Hotstar on Saturday, but fell short of the record audience...

ICC: cricket hit a six in US; 2024 digital engagement up 370%

Cricket as a game hit a six in the USA with incredible T20 World Cup engagement in a country, which is known more for baseball, rugby and NBA, cricket’s global governing body ICC has said.

With record attendance, website and app hits,

Star Sports to broadcast Lanka Premier League 2024 in India

Star Sports is set to broadcast the upcoming Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2024, live from Sri Lanka. The tournament will run from July 1 to July 21, with exclusive coverage on Star Sports. Anil Mohan Sankhdhar, Founder and CEO of IPG Group, the official rights holder of LPL, expressed his enthusiasm for the partnership. “Since its inception, th...

ICC, Apple team up for new immersive app on Vision Pro

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched ICC Immersive, a ground-breaking new app developed in collaboration with Quidich, to bring the electrifying atmosphere of the ongoing Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 to fans through Appl...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!