Tag: Santosh Trophy

  • AIFF assigns national football tournament telecast rights to Shrachi Sports for 2024-25

    AIFF assigns national football tournament telecast rights to Shrachi Sports for 2024-25

    MUMBAI: Football fans are going to get more soccer than they could have ever imagined. Close on the heels of JioStar signing up with the Premier League as well as presenting the Indian Super league, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) signed a commercial rights agreement for its premier competitions (I-League, I-League 2, IWL, senior national football championship for the Santosh Trophy and senior women’s national football championship for the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy) with Shrachi Sports Endeavour Pvt Ltd for producing and broadcasting 338 matches in the 2024-25 season on 2 December 2024.
     

    All India Football Federation assigns rights

    The senior men and women club leagues and national championship matches will be streamed on the SSEN app (owned by Shrachi Sports Endeavor), and 110 of the 132 I-League matches will be broadcast live on the Sony Sports Network.

    “This significant partnership will help Indian football to get necessary exposure,” said AIFF secretary general Anilkumar.

    Shrachi Sports managing director Rahul Todi said that the agreement will provide “a platform for men and women players to showcase their talents to national and international audiences with high quality HD content. With this partnership, Shrachi shows its commitment towards being part of India’s growing sports ecosystem.”

    The SSN streaming platform is available to football fans at three  price points: Rs 20 for a single match as a pay per view option, Rs 100 for an entire tournament and Rs 600 as an annual subscription which gives access to all the matches for all the tournaments. 
     

  • Zee Sports to telecast 15 matches of Santosh Trophy

    Zee Sports to telecast 15 matches of Santosh Trophy

    MUMBAI: Zee Sports will telecast the finals rounds of 61st Santosh Trophy comprising of quarterfinals, semi finals and finals from 14 October to 25 October. 

    In total 32 states and government institutions have taken part in this year’s tournament. The cluster leg of the 61st Santosh Trophy was held over the last month in Gurgaon and Faridabad.

    Zee Sports business head Himanshu Mody says, “We are proud to be associated with the telecast of 61st edition of Santosh Trophy. Zee Sports has put in lot of hard work to present the Santosh Trophy in a viewer friendly format at viewer friendly times with in depth analysis. We are also, undertaking a holistic program to develop football from ground level to see India playing in major football tournaments around the world. We are sure that all this along with Zee Sports distribution strength will see football reach a new level.”

    Zee Sports will telecast the fifteen matches from the quarterfinals onwards of the 61st Santosh Trophy, live and exclusive from, Gurgaon starting 15 ctober. Zee Sports would be using a 10 camera set up to produce the telecast. The telecast package will include preview and review shows, half time match analysis and various studio programming. The coverage will involve more cameras, more replays, new commentators and a new graphic look. Zee Sports ace anchor Mayanti Langer will present the pre-match and a post match analysis along with football expert Novy Kapadia, informs an official release.

    In line with Zee Sports promise to deliver international quality coverage of Indian football, legendary John Helm will be commentator along with Zee Sports anchor Debayan Sen for the Santosh Trophy.

    To promote the tournaments a special section on Indian football will be created on Zee Sports website www.zeesports.co.in. This will provide soccer fans with the latest team news, match scores, statistics and player profiles, as well as exclusive player interviews and photo galleries. There will be interactive sections, which will include chat rooms, video clips of matches, online games, wallpapers and ring tones, the release adds.

    The Schedule:

    Haryana vs West Bengal – 14 October – 4:45 pm
    Goa vs Punjab – 14 October – 7:00 pm
    Kerala vs Tamil Nadu – 15 October – 4:45 pm
    Maharashtra vs Karnataka – 15 October – 7 pm
    Haryana vs Punjab – 16 October – 4:45 pm
    West Bengal vs Goa – 16 October – 7 pm
    Tamil Nadu vs Karnataka – 17 October – 4:45 pm
    Maharashtra vs Kerala – 17 October – 7 pm
    Haryana vs Goa 18 October – 4:45 pm
    West Bengal vs Punjab – 18 October – 7 pm
    Kerala vs Karnataka 19 October – 4:45 pm
    Maharashtra vs Tamil Nadu 19 October – 7 pm
    First Semi Finals – 21 October – 6:30 pm
    Second Semi Finals – 22 October – 6:30 pm
    Finals – 25 October – 7 pm