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  • SONY SIX bags exclusive rights for FIFA till 2018

    SONY SIX bags exclusive rights for FIFA till 2018

    MUMBAI: SONY SIX, India’s premier sports and entertainment channel has won the exclusive broadcast rights to 2014 FIFA World Cup™ and 2018 FIFA World Cup™. The 2014 edition will be held in Brazil from 12thJune to 13thJuly 2014. 2018 FIFA World Cup™ will be held in Russia from 8th June to 8th July 2018. The deal also includes rights to broadcast FIFAU- 17 World Cup 2017 to be hosted by India.    

    This latest acquisition by Sony SIX comes on the back of broadcasting the UEFA and CONMEBOL matches from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds, in addition toacquiring the rights for qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2016 and UEFA Euro 2016. The line-up makes Sony SIX the home of International Football for the next 5 years with 17 landmark FIFA events including: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil,FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017,FIFA Confederation Cup Russia 2017,2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.

    Mr.NP Singh, CEO, MSM India, said “We are extremely happy to build on our partnership with FIFA. It has been our constant endeavour to bring high quality sports content to our viewers. This acquisition is a testament to our commitment of popularising the sport of football in this country. Considering the rise of youth interest in the sport, football fans in India can look forward to the best International football experience on SIX”

    Mr.Niclas Ericson, FIFA Director of TV, said “FIFA’s mission is to develop the game everywhere for all, by staging international football tournaments on all continents, and supporting football development projects and our 209 member associations across the world. FIFA believes that Sony SIX and its commitment to high quality sport entertainment will deliver first-class coverage of FIFA U-17 World Cups, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and other FIFA competitions to this crucial audience. India already has a great passion for football and with the support of Sony SIX, FIFA looks forward to inspiring more fans of football and young players in India for the years ahead.”

     

    Mr. Prasana Krishnan, EVP and Business head, Sony SIX said: “We are thrilled to have acquired the broadcasting rights of the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and 2018. Popularity of football is growing in the country and with India bagging the rights to host the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 the interest levels are only going to go up.  We have focussed extensively on top international football and we are now proud to bring the best in the world to Indian viewers”

     

    The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil schedule has been officially confirmed after the groups were drawn on 6th December, 2013. The tournament will be in two stages; group stage will feature 32 nations and will be played from the 12th June to 26th June. The knockout stage will start from 28th June and conclude with the FIFA World Cup Final match on 13th July.

     

    Sony SIX, India’s Premier Sports Entertainment Channel is owned and operated by MSM India. The company is well known to exclusively broadcast some of the world’s largest as well as renowned international sporting properties like The Pepsi IPL, UEFA EURO 2016, Qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2016 and the European Qualifiers for 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, TNA, The Australian Open Tennis Championship, The NBA and The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Since its inception, the channel has successfully managed to target the youth of India through a mix of sports and entertainment.

     

  • nexGTv bags mobile streaming rights for IPL

    nexGTv bags mobile streaming rights for IPL

    MUMBAI: nexGTv, India’s premier mobile TV service, has bagged the official mobile streaming rights of Pepsi IPL 2013 from master rights holder Times Internet.

    nexGTv users will be able to catch all the action right on their handsets and in addition to this, match repeats and highlights will also be available in the Video-on-Demand section.

    Pepsi IPL channel will be clubbed into existing subscription packs of nexGTv. Hence users can watch it by subscribing to these packs. The service can be downloaded by sending a SMS mytv to 58888, or from any of the app stores and from nexgtv.com.

    With a total of 76 matches, the action will start on 3 April and go on till 26 May.

    DigiVive Director G.D. Singh said, “Cricket is not just a sport in India but the real source of entertainment with lot of emotions involved. This is ‘the real content’ desired by users. We have witnessed immense success during last cricketing actions that were streamed live on nexGTv. Streaming all the 76 matches of IPL is yet another step towards our commitment of delivering best possible service and content on our mobile TV platform.”

    Speaking on the partnership, Times Internet Limited (TIL) CEO Satyan Gajwani said, “Sports, and cricket in particular, is a strong area of focus for us. Partnering with nexGTV is a step forward for us in bringing IPL 2013 to cricket fans across mobile devices, allowing them to catch the IPL action anytime, anywhere. The last few years have been promising and we hope for higher engagement with mobile cricket’s fans this year.”

    In the past, when DigiVive had picked up rights to stream live T20 World Cup on nexGTv, huge traction and heavy traffic was witnessed and this cricket season is further expected to add on to the popularity of the service.