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New Delhi, August 18, 2004: Live action from the English Premier League (EPL) continues on ESPN STAR Sports, Asia’s number one sports broadcaster, this weekend. After...
MUMBAI: It appears that as a natural progression for the Prannoy Roy-promoted NDTV Ltd, the network is moving forward to have a bouquet of channels, on...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Cricket or no cricket, the Subhash Chandra promoted Zee Telefilms is ready to play ball and much more with its proposed sports...
MUMBAI: In a significant development, the Star Group today announced the formation of a new division called Star Ventures to manage and maximise the value of...
NEW DELHI: The cricket saga lurches on from one twist to another. Even as the Madras High Court today said it would deliver tomorrow interim orders...
The sports broadcast business in 2004 will be remembered for one dominant issue. The great Indian cricket rights trick. As in it had many a twist...
India is not a sporting nation. Nothing sells in India except cricket. Haven’t we heard these before? A nation of a billion people is yet to...
India is not a sporting nation. Nothing sells in India except cricket. Haven’t we heard these before? A nation of a billion people is yet to...
MUMBAI: The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) which is the apex body of hockey management in India has announced a significant development concerning next month’s Premier Hockey...
MUMBAI: This is a move that should give Indian hockey a financial boost. The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), has announced that for the first time in...
NEW DELHI: Finally the information and broadcasting ministry has taken the downlinking policy to the Cabinet that aims at having all TV channels beaming into India...
NEW DELHI: Finally, the information and broadcasting ministry has taken to the Cabinet secretariate the downlinking policy that aims at having all TV channels beaming into...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports will be telecasting Srilanka’s tour of New Zealand, which will commence from 26 December. The two teams will play five one day...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports has acquired multi-year cable and satellite rights for the Australian Open, the first grand slam of the tennis season. ESS already has...
BANGALORE: Asianet Satellite Communications, the largest cable service provider in Kerala, has accused Zee-Turner of illegally switching off signals without giving prior notice, thereby violating the...
MUMBAI: Hathway Cable & Datacom on Monday dismissed ESPN Star Sports (ESS) charges against it as “malafide, baseless and false.” “ESPN has been billing us erroneously...
MUMBAI: Prasar Bharati today told the Kerala High Court that it was willing to simulcast live the India-Bangladesh one-dayers if ESPN Star Sports (ESS) would part...
MUMBAI: The Kerala High Court has asked pubcaster Prasar Bharati to indicate how much it would be willing to pay for simulcasting live the ongoing India-Bangladesh...
NEW DELHI: India’s “step-sister” sport of hockey has just been given a huge dose of much-needed marketing support in an intiative spearheaded by ESPN Star Sports...
MUMBAI: News Corp controlled digital television service provider DirecTV today officially announced a multi-year agreement with the Star Group making available four Star India channels as...
MUMBAI: The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Middle East broadcaster Alhurra Television have announced a new agreement. The agreement includes a top NBA matchup to be...
ESPN Star Sports will air New Zealand's tour of Australia from 18 November 2004. The two teams will play two test matches and three one-day internationals...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster Sky Sports has signed a new deal with the NBA to cover games and programming, for the next three seasons. In India the...
MUMBAI: Bolstered by interactive initiatives with clients on properties like English Premier League (EPL), ESPN Star Sports (ESS) Asia has announced that it has managed a...
MUMBAI: The legal tussle over the India cricket rights between Zee, ESPN Star Sports and the BCCI has taken a fresh twist. This afternoon at a...
MUMBAI: It looks as though Zee, ESPN Star Sports (ESS) and the BCCI will have to wait till next week before they can expect any resolution...
NEW DELHI: Even as a crucial Zee Telefilms board meeting on the cricket rights issue continued till late this evening, the Board for Control of Cricket...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Zee Telefilms, which the Bombay High Court has given till Tuesday to decide whether it is agreeable to a re-bid process for...
MUMBAI: The National Football League (NFL) has announced that it has renewed several television agreements with longtime partners in Japan. In India the NFL airs on...
MUMBAI: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed its intention to play a five-match One-Day International series in Zimbabwe later this year subject to...
MUMBAI: Give this round to ESPN-Star Sports. The Bombay High Court, which this morning proposed that the sports broadcaster and Zee Network submit fresh bids to...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has announced key changes to its management team. The aim is to strengthen its operations across China and Taiwan while furthering...
MUMBAI: Singapore’s dominant cable platform StarHub and ESPN Star Sports have finally struck a deal guaranteeing live coverage of English Premier League football. SCV and ESPN...
NEW DELHI: “I don’t expect anything otherwise (than getting the India cricket telecast rights),” is how Zee Telefilms CMD chooses to put it when queried about...
MUMBAI/DELHI: The cricket telecast rights mega show is all set to roll with the rights for BCCI (Board for Control of Cricket in India)-organised home series...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The suspense continues for Zee Telefilms and ESPN Star Sports, the main title contenders for the biggest prize in Indian broadcast television today –...
NEW DELHI: The suspense continues for Zee Telefilms and ESPN Star Sports, the main title contenders for the biggest prize in Indian broadcast television today –...
NEW DELHI: A day after the tenders for BCCI-controlled cricket telecast rights were opened, the action continues to heat up. Highest bidder Zee Telefilms ($ 260...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Seeing what it had assumed till now was a deal done and sewn up suddenly having slipped out of its grasp, ESPN...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) is pulling out all the stops to make sure that viewers are tuned to its coverage of the English Premier League...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) and Thai pay TV operator UBC have reached a multi-year renewal agreement for carriage of the two sports channels. ESS MD...
MUMBAI: Taj Television, holding company of Dubai-based sports broadcaster Ten Sports, has signed with Sri Lanka Cricket a broadcast rights deal that runs from January 2005...
MUMBAI: Euro 2004, the biggest soccer tournament on the globe after the World Cup, has delivered big on the ratings for ESPN Star Sports (ESS). ESS...
NEW DELHI: Others have done it too in the past and some of them have tasted success too. Ask the likes of Cartoon Network and they’ll...
MUMBAI: It’s that time of year again. When sporting action is on (in this case Euro 2004) can switch-offs be far behind Star India associated MSO...
MUMBAI: “Set up a well defined monitoring system which will keep tabs on the services being provided by companies in the broadcast business.” This was one...
MUMBAI: The big India cricketing properties for 2004 are getting sewn up. If ESPN Star Sports has won television broadcast rights for the first big cricket...
MUMBAI: Here is another offering for broadcasters keen on strengthening their football fare. Marcus Evans Television has announced that a new football programme is ready for...
MUMBAI: One of the sports where ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has a clear lead over the competition is football. The broadcaster has announced that it has...
Once again ESPN Star Sports (ESS) will celebrate the birthday of its brand ambassador Sachin Tendulkar. Viewers can catch the celebrations on 30 April at 9:30...
