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  • Amazon Prime Video to livestream WNBA games in India

    Amazon Prime Video to livestream WNBA games in India

    Mumbai: Enhancing its portfolio of live sports streaming, Amazon Prime Video and the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) on Thursday announced that Prime members in India can live-stream WNBA games during the league’s historic 25th season with the next opportunity to watch in India on 21 August. The move follows a multi-year agreement between Amazon and the WNBA in May this year, giving Prime Video exclusive streaming rights in India to select league games each season of the agreement. 

    The WNBA games will mark the first live sports streaming experience for Prime Video viewers in India.

    “We are happy to bring the WNBA games to our viewers,” said Amazon Prime Video, India spokesperson, Chaitanya Divan. “We are confident that the world-class, friction-free live experience of the WNBA games on Amazon Prime Video will delight the growing base of basketball fans in India.”

    Prime members in India will have exclusive access to six games from the second half of the 2021 WNBA season, said the streaming platform in a statement.

    The season, which tipped off 5 May, is available with Prime Video streaming its next WNBA game between the New York Liberty and the Seattle Storm on 21 August followed by five other games. For the viewers who have missed out on the previous games, an entire replay will be available on the app in English, it added.

    Currently, in its 25th season, the WNBA is a bold, progressive basketball league that stands for the power of women. Featuring 12 teams, the WNBA is a unique sports property that combines competition and entertainment with a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and social responsibility. 

    “We are pleased to offer WNBA games to our fans in India through Amazon Prime Video,” said NBA India, head of global content and media distribution, Sunny Malik. “The collaboration will provide easy access to the games, expand our visibility and reach in the region and educate fans further about one of the most popular sports leagues in the world.”

    Schedule of six games airing on Prime Video during the second half of the 2021 WNBA season:

    1. 21 August – New York : Seattle – 4:30 a.m
    2. 27 August –  Washington : Dallas – 4:30 a.m
    3. 1 September – Minnesota : New York – 5:30 a.m
    4. 3 Sepetmeber – Seattle : New York – 7:30 a.m
    5. 8 September – Dallas : Connecticut –  5:30 a.m
    6. 17 September – Atlanta : Los Angeles – 4:30 a.m

  • Roland Garros ‘21: Djokovic vs Tsitsipas final becomes highest-rated Grand Slam match since 2018

    Mumbai: Roland Garros 2021 generated huge excitement among fans, who stayed hooked to their screens as the stars battled to leave their mark of greatness on the clay courts in Paris. The epic final between eventual champion Novak Djokovic and Greece sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas, who played his first-ever Grand Slam final, became the highest-rated match across Grand Slams on the Star Sports network since 2018, said the channel on Saturday.

    The thrilling encounter on June 13 (Sunday) recorded 84,000 Average Minutes Attendance (AMA, in M15+ AB), while the entire tournament garnered 0.47 billion viewing minutes, it said in a statement.

    Djokovic made a stunning comeback in the final, putting behind the challenge by fifth seed Tsitsipas to win the summit clash 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 and lift his 19th Grand Slam trophy. The victory also sealed a historic feat for the Serbian, making him the first player in the Open Era – and only the third player in history (male) – to achieve the career Grand Slam twice.

    Djokovic’s latest Slam title also reduces the gap on 20-time champions Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the top of the list for most major men’s singles titles.

    The focus now shifts to the grass courts at Wimbledon 2021, where Djokovic remains the favourite to defend his crown, and Federer will look to extend his Wimbledon record. The tournament will be broadcast LIVE & Exclusive on Star Sports Select from 28 June to 11 July.

  • UEFA Euro 2020: 37 million viewers watched the first 21 matches on SPSN

    Mumbai: The football fever is sweeping the world and India is no different. The UEFA Euro 2020 has performed well in terms of ratings on TV with 37 million viewers tuning in to Sony Pictures Sports Network (SPSN) to watch the entire coverage of the first 21 matches of the tournament in the group stage from 11 to 18 June. The total viewership rating is the culmination of BARC, All India, CS2+, Cumulative reach of LIVE matches, wraparound shows, highlights, and repeats on SPSN.

    In terms of average Impressions, viewership for Euro 2020 is almost three times (BARC, All India Urban+ Rural, CS 2+, LIVE match) the viewership of UEFA EURO 2016, it said in a statement.

    The Hindi audio feed for the LIVE matches has been watched by close to 12 million viewers across the country to date. Whereas the Malayalam and Bengali audio feed recorded close to six million viewers on Sony Six.

    The most-watched game to date has been Hungary vs Portugal, and Denmark vs Belgium was the second, witnessed by 8.5 million and 7.5 million viewers, respectively.

    The massive viewership of Euro 2020 in the group stages is evidence of cricket-frenzy country’s appreciation for one of the biggest footballing spectacles of Europe currently underway on SPSN.

    Fans can watch UEFA Euro 2020 LIVE on SONY Ten 2, SONY Ten 3, SONY Six, and SONY Ten 4 chanchannel