Facebook, Twitter weigh bids for Indian Premier League media rights
Reuters
Published
October 19, 2016
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said it had received interest from Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc for media rights to the popular Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament.
The social media companies are among a host of other firms including Star India Pvt Ltd, Amazon.com Inc, Reliance Jio and ESPN Digital Media that have shown interest in acquiring media rights for the annual tournament.
The bids for the rights ─ for 2018 onwards ─ are expected by Oct. 25.
Cricket is the most popular sport in India and teams in the IPL count Bollywood stars and major conglomerates such as Reliance Industries as investors.
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Karma
Oct 19, 2016 11:42am
...Jackpot...
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Zak
Oct 19, 2016 12:29pm
Popularity of IPL is nothing in comparison with PSL...
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Zak
Oct 19, 2016 12:36pm
Popularity of IPL is nothing in comparison with PSL...
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Truth
Oct 19, 2016 12:33pm
@Zak good joke:)
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Samrat
Oct 19, 2016 01:22pm
@Zak nice try.
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Basit Ali
Oct 19, 2016 02:29pm
@Zak Not sure if you are making fun of PSL or IPL
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Samrat
Oct 19, 2016 03:12pm
@Basit Ali nobody takes his comments seriously, but if anyone has doubts then better search online for facts.
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Jas
Oct 19, 2016 07:08pm
@zak I love u man for this humour of yours...
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sam
Oct 21, 2016 03:51am
@Zak really
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Rahul
Oct 21, 2016 11:36am
What is PSL? thats a nice question? expecyt Pak no one watched. Check the TRP..
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