BCCI opens tender process for IPL broadcast rights

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NEW DELHI: India’s cricket board on Sunday opened the tender process for allocating broadcast rights of the cash-rich Indian Premier League in the hope of securing billions of dollars.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the designated rights would be a 10-year period for television and five for digital platforms.

The board’s current deal with Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI) expires after the 2017 IPL edition.

BCCI president Anurag Thakur called the bid ‘historic’ as he presented the layout of the tender bid’s terms and conditions.

“IPL is the most popular cricket league in the world...so it is very important for us to make it transparent when we announce the next tender process,” Thakur told reporters in New Delhi.

World Sports Group bagged the IPL television rights in 2008 for a 10-year period for $918 million. It signed a deal with Multi Screen Media Pvt Ltd (MSM) making Sony the official broadcaster.

The contract was redone before the 2009 IPL, with Multi Screen Media working out a $1.63 billion deal for nine years with the BCCI.

The IPL has emerged as one of the most popular Twenty20 leagues in the world with international stars participating in the tournament played between April and May.

Published in Dawn September 19th, 2016

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Whatacountry

Sep 19, 2016 08:43am

This was the main job of Anurag. Being a politician he will keep Modi's interest in mind while doing business. Just pathetic. In a population of one billion they could not find one honest cricket administrator!

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Raid

Sep 19, 2016 09:26am

16000 crores for tv rights...oh

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TOMUHTO TAWMAYTO

Sep 19, 2016 09:37am

Multi Screen Media worked out a $1.63 billion deal for nine years with the BCCI. $1.63 billion is $163o million...which worked out to $181 million per year for BCCI over a nine-year period. Compare this with PSL rights...which Ten Sports bought for $20 million for a five-year period. That is, at @4 million a year. There's some serious amateurish stuff going on at PCB...

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Anuj

Sep 19, 2016 12:23pm

@TOMUHTO TAWMAYTO can't even say its apples and oranges, more like diamond and lemon.

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Samrat

Sep 19, 2016 02:11pm

@Whatacountry and how is that a matter of your concern?

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Revenge

Sep 19, 2016 02:14pm

@Whatacountry Is that a matter of your concern neighbor ?

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