IPL Live Telecast
Indian Premier League Cricket was launched by Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI), with the first season starting in April 2008. Before the start of the season, IPL sold the rights for live telecast of the tournament, through TV, radio, broadband & Internet. The global broadcasting rights of DLF IPL Cricket series were secured by a consortium consisting of India's Sony Entertainment Television network and Singapore-based World Sport Group, for ten years, at a price of US $1.026 billion
As per the BCCI deal with Sony TV & World Sport Group consortium, the latter paid the former US $918 million for the television broadcast rights and US $108 million for the promotion of the tournament. After winning the global broadcasting rights, the consortium re-sold parts of it, geographically, to other companies. The winning companies, in different parts of the world, have the right to the live telecast of DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches. With this, cricket-lovers around the world were ensured minute-by-minute live telecast of one of the most exciting cricket tournaments in the world.
| Winner |
Regional Broadcast Rights |
Terms |
| Sony/World Sport Group |
Global Rights, India |
10 years, at USD 1.026 Billion |
| Network Ten |
Free-to-air television in Australia |
5 years, at AUD 10-15 Million |
| Sky Network Television |
New Zealand broadcast rights |
Terms Not Released |
| Setanta Sports |
United Kingdom & Ireland on a subscription basis |
5 years, terms not disclosed |
| Arab Digital Distribution |
Middle East broadcast rights on ADD's ART Prime Sport channel. Will broadcast to United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya and Nigeria |
10 years, terms not released |
| Willow TV |
Rights to distribute on TV, radio, broadband & Internet, for the IPL in North America |
5 years, terms not released |
| SuperSport |
South Africa and Nigeria broadcast rights |
Terms Not Released |
| GEO Super |
Pakistan broadcast rights |
Terms Not Released |
| Asian Television Network |
Canadian broadcast rights. Aired on ATN's CBN & ATN Cricket Plus channels on a subscription basis. Aired on XM Radio's ATN-Asian Radio as well |
5 years, terms not released |
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