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  • FanCode to exclusively broadcast India tour of West Indies in July

    FanCode to exclusively broadcast India tour of West Indies in July

    Mumbai: India’s premier digital sports destination FanCode has become the exclusive broadcaster for CWI until 2024, and will be the only platform streaming these matches live for Indian audiences. With this, FanCode has become the first-ever digital-only platform to host an India bilateral series and is expected to reach 10 crore sports fans.  

    The series will be played during India’s prime-time with ODIs starting at 7 pm and T20Is starting at 8 pm IST; and fans can watch the action live across FanCode app and its official website.  

    Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the board of control for cricket in India (BCCI) announced India’s tour of the West Indies to play three ODIs and five T20Is between 22 July and 07 August. The ODI series and three T20Is will be hosted across Trinidad and Tobago and St Kitts & Nevis, with the final two T20Is scheduled for Lauderhill, Florida in the USA.   

    FanCode has developed a comprehensive and immersive digital experience aimed at redefining sports consumption for fans in India. Fans can customize their experience and select their commentary language, statistics and analysis of choice through interactive overlays while watching the live stream. From Kohli’s beautiful straight drive to Rovman Powell’s clean power hitting, they will also be able to rewatch and relive any moment from the game almost in real-time. Another offering unique to FanCode is its focus on keeping the series accessible to all users with subscription options like Tour Pass and Match Pass, where fans can select and pay for the entire series or certain matches they want to watch.

    The series is highly anticipated as India returns to the Caribbean after three years and will be led by new captains Rohit Sharma and Nicholas Pooran, with the latter taking over the reins from Kieron Pollard. The series will be a culmination of an action-packed summer for both the teams in the buildup to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.

    Speaking about this, Cricket West Indies CEO Johnny Grave said, “Our four-year deal with FanCode has brought Indian cricket fans closer to CWI’s live properties across multiple formats that has featured the top cricketing nations like South Africa, Pakistan, Australia and England. FanCode has become the go-to platform for Indian fans to consume cricket in a digital-first manner which has redefined the sports viewing experience.”

    Commenting on the Tour, FanCode co-founder Prasana Krishnan said, “We are delighted to bring the iconic series to our consumers. Our long-term partnership with CWI is a testament of our commitment to providing our users with a fan-first digital experience. FanCode will ensure a customized and seamless experience, right from the choice of their preferred language, match graphics, and real-time highlights, to a multitude of subscription options.”

    West Indies Captain Nicholas Pooran on the upcoming series, said, “We have a young team that is eager to restore the brand of cricket the West Indies team is known for playing. As I take charge of this team, our ambition is to always be competitive, as we look to use this series to fine tune our preparations for the upcoming T20 and 50 Over World Cups.”

  • HERO MOTOCORP SETS THE STAGE FOR RETURN OF TWENTY20 CRICKET

    HERO MOTOCORP SETS THE STAGE FOR RETURN OF TWENTY20 CRICKET

    The wait is over!Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer is set to bring the exciting cricketing action back with Hero Caribbean Premier League (Hero CPL),popularly known as the ‘Biggest Party in Sport’, startingfrom 18 August to 10 September 2020.

    Marking the return of the electrifying Twenty20 format of the game in the ‘New Normal’, the tournament will be conducted in a bio-secure environment to meet the safety and social distancing protocols. In a first for a cricket premier league, the matches would be played in stadiums without any spectators, with the objective to maintain social distancing.

    Dr. Pawan Munjal, Chairman & CEO of Hero MotoCorp, said, “Hero MotoCorp has always believed in supporting and promoting sporting action across the world and we are glad to be leading the efforts towards the resumption of top sporting event in the Caribbean. The Hero CPL T20marks the gradual return of live action sports after a gap of nearly four months. The Hero Caribbean Premier League is an exciting opportunity to highlight the cricketing Heroes from around the world.”

    The Hero CPL will bring the best T20 cricketersin action from the Caribbean and from around the world. This includes the likes of Andre Russell, Kieron Pollard, Rashid Khan, Ross Taylor and Dwayne Bravo.

    The Hero CPLT20 will witness participation from six popular teams –Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Trinbago Knight Riders, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Jamaica Tallawahs andSt Lucia Zouks.

    The tournament will see 33 games played at two venues in Trinidad and Tobago. Hero CPL 2019 runners-up – Guyana Amazon Warriors will take onTrinbago Knight Riders in the opening match, while the second game will be contested between Barbados Tridents and St Kitts and Nevis.

    Hero CPL T20 will be broadcasted on Star Sports 1 and 1HD, Star Sports 2 and 2HD, Star Sports Hindi 1 and Hindi 1HD and will also be live streamed on FanCode. Matches will be held at 7.30 PM and 3.00 AM (following day) on weekday and 7.30 PM and 11.45 PM on weekends (IST)respectively.

    First started in 2013, the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is a franchise-based T20 format cricket tournament that combines two of the most compelling aspects of Caribbean life – dramatic cricket and a vibrant Carnival atmosphere.

    For further information visit www.cplt20.com.

  • Set Asia HD now available to Flow subscribers in Trinidad

    Set Asia HD now available to Flow subscribers in Trinidad

    MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks, North America is pleased to announce that on 1 March 2016- Set Asia HD, its flagship general entertainment channel, will be available to all subscribers of Flow in Trinidad in the basic digital package -channel# 87 and Advance Video Service package (AVS)-Channel# 209.

    Until the launch of Set Asia HD on 1 April 2016, Flow subscribers can watch Set Asia SD on Basic Digital Package-Channel# 87 and Advance Video Service package (AVS)-Channel# 209.

    Viewers can enjoy their favorite Set Asia programming such as Mahabali Hanuman, Pyaar Ko Ho Jaane Do, Power Couple, CID, Crime Patrol, Ek Duje Ke Vaaste, Suryaputra Karn, the biggest World Television Premiere blockbuster movies and more.

    Set Max, India’s premier Hindi Movies channel- will launch on Basic Digital and Advance Video Service (AVS) packages of Flow Trinidad on 1 March 2016.

    Max is synonymous with the biggest and best of Hindi Movies on television. The channel houses one of the largest libraries of the best old and new Hindi blockbusters and presents many exclusive film related programs.

    SVP International business head of North America Jaideep Janakiram said “Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) always strives to provide high quality and varied content that the entire family can enjoy. Launching Set Asia HD & Sony Max on Basic Digital and AVS packages is a big step in providing premium content to all Flow-Trinidad subscribers. SPN will continue to keep its’ viewers in the entertainment forefront.”

    Flow Trinidad director of marketing Cindy Ann Gatt expressed her delight in being able to launch the two channels and stated, “We are very pleased that we can offer even more Indian programming to our customers who continue to demand more and better quality content. This agreement with Sony Pictures Network helps us to expand our offerings as we continue to work to provide the best in entertainment to our customers”.

    Flow customers have access to more than 300 video and audio channels‚ by far the most comprehensive television service in Trinidad. Flow offers a robust digital TV product that includes video on demand, the largest offering of HD channels, Cloudvideo recorders and digital music services in addition to economical digital landline telephony service. In addition, Flow offers residential broadband internet packages ranging from an entry-level service of 3 Mbps up to a blazing 240 Mbps.

     

  • Set Asia HD now available to Flow subscribers in Trinidad

    Set Asia HD now available to Flow subscribers in Trinidad

    MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks, North America is pleased to announce that on 1 March 2016- Set Asia HD, its flagship general entertainment channel, will be available to all subscribers of Flow in Trinidad in the basic digital package -channel# 87 and Advance Video Service package (AVS)-Channel# 209.

    Until the launch of Set Asia HD on 1 April 2016, Flow subscribers can watch Set Asia SD on Basic Digital Package-Channel# 87 and Advance Video Service package (AVS)-Channel# 209.

    Viewers can enjoy their favorite Set Asia programming such as Mahabali Hanuman, Pyaar Ko Ho Jaane Do, Power Couple, CID, Crime Patrol, Ek Duje Ke Vaaste, Suryaputra Karn, the biggest World Television Premiere blockbuster movies and more.

    Set Max, India’s premier Hindi Movies channel- will launch on Basic Digital and Advance Video Service (AVS) packages of Flow Trinidad on 1 March 2016.

    Max is synonymous with the biggest and best of Hindi Movies on television. The channel houses one of the largest libraries of the best old and new Hindi blockbusters and presents many exclusive film related programs.

    SVP International business head of North America Jaideep Janakiram said “Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) always strives to provide high quality and varied content that the entire family can enjoy. Launching Set Asia HD & Sony Max on Basic Digital and AVS packages is a big step in providing premium content to all Flow-Trinidad subscribers. SPN will continue to keep its’ viewers in the entertainment forefront.”

    Flow Trinidad director of marketing Cindy Ann Gatt expressed her delight in being able to launch the two channels and stated, “We are very pleased that we can offer even more Indian programming to our customers who continue to demand more and better quality content. This agreement with Sony Pictures Network helps us to expand our offerings as we continue to work to provide the best in entertainment to our customers”.

    Flow customers have access to more than 300 video and audio channels‚ by far the most comprehensive television service in Trinidad. Flow offers a robust digital TV product that includes video on demand, the largest offering of HD channels, Cloudvideo recorders and digital music services in addition to economical digital landline telephony service. In addition, Flow offers residential broadband internet packages ranging from an entry-level service of 3 Mbps up to a blazing 240 Mbps.

     

  • YuppTV launches in India; to raise $50 million for expansion

    YuppTV launches in India; to raise $50 million for expansion

    MUMBAI: The OTT (over-the-top) game in India just got more competitive. US-based YuppTV, an internet based TV streaming service provider has launched its service in India and is planning to raise $50 million to fund its expansion plans.

     

    At the launch of the service in Hyderabad, YuppTV founder and CEO Uday Reddy said that while the company had raised $11 million so far, an additional $50 million will be raised over the next three – four months.

     

    While last year, the company’s turnaround was $15-16 million, Reddy said that in the current financial year YuppTV had set a target of $20-30 million.

     

    Yupp TV will offer 200+ channels in 12 languages. Apart from the Live TV experience, it will also offer Catch-Up TV technology for the first time in India where viewers can watch TV content from the past seven days.

     

    Viewers will also have access to more than 5000 movies and hundreds of TV shows. As part of the Video-On-Demand (VOD) service, YuppTV has over 25,000 hours of video content in its catalogue. The company claims that it adds 2500 hours of content every day.

     

    Some of the unique features that the service will provide to enhance TV viewing experience are: (1) real time recommendations on most trending Live TV channels using advanced analytics, (2) Timeshift technology that enables broadcasters to provide viewers capability to pause and rewind live TV for upto two hours. If viewers are late for a TV show, they can watch the same from the beginning using this start over feature.

     

    YuppTV service is accessible on smart TVS, smart phones, tablets. The app can be downloaded on Android & iOS devices.

     

    Given the limited high speed Internet infrastructure in India, YuppTV will use adaptive bit rate technology to give viewers a buffer-less TV viewing experience.

     

    Reddy said, “There’s no other platform where you can watch linear TV, catch-up, videos, movie on demand and TV shows. We are breaking stereotypes, disrupting the market with OTT technology, providing easy access to unlimited content over public internet.”

     

    Also present at the launch were Telangana Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao, cricket legend Brian Lara and actress Parineeti Chopra.

     

    Rao said, “It is a privilege to support YuppTV, a company whose 97 per cent employee base operates from Hyderabad made to Top 100 companies of North America, getting a Red Herring award in 2015. Launch of YuppTV OTT services is in line with our vision to foster growth of Digital India. Over the past few years technology has been changing lives and YuppTV service is one of those innovations fuelling this change.”

     

    Lara, who is the brand ambassador of YuppTV in Trinidad, added, “I feel excited to be part of YuppTV’s launch in India. With just one touch of entertainment, YuppTV is providing a phenomenal change in Trinidad with high quality internet TV service and I hope to see the same in India.”

     

    Chopra added, “I like to listen to music and have other entertainment whole day. When I am travelling abroad, YuppTV app is just a click away, providing me with Bollywood news and the latest feeds I want. Finally, I can look forward to experience the same now in India! Glad to have been part of this launch.”

  • CL T20 2013 returns to India, to kick-off 17 September

    MUMBAI: The fifth edition of Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) will be held in India from 17 September to 6 October. The international T20 tournament, which was held in South Africa last year, will return to India for the third time in five years.

    This year, the tournament will once again feature a Pakistan team in the qualifier stage. The English teams, though, will give the tournament a miss as the England Cricket Board (ECB) has expressed that its teams won‘t be able to participate in this year‘s tournament.

    West Indian team Trinidad & Tobago, who were the runners-up in the inaugural edition of the tournament, have earned a direct entry into the group stage this year after playing in the qualifier in 2011 and 2012.

    The format of the tournament will be the same as in two previous editions with a group stage preceded by a qualifier. A total of 29 matches will be played in the tournament.

    “The CLT20 will return to India this year. It will be the third time India will host the tournament in five years, after 2009 and 2011. The competition, which will again feature leading cricketers from across the world and some of the established legends of world cricket, will be watched and followed by equally passionate fans,” says CLT20 Governing Council chairman N. Srinivasan.

    The Qualifier will feature four teams – the fourth-ranked team from the IPL 2013, Otago Volts (New Zealand‘s HRV Cup champions), and the winners of the Sri Lanka and Pakistan domestic T20 competitions.

    The teams will play each other once, with the top two advancing to the group stage. The group stage will feature 10 teams.

    The top team from Group A will play the second-ranked team from Group B, and vice versa, in the semi-finals. The winners of the semis will play in the CLT20 2013 Final on 6 October. The venues of the CLT20 2013 will be decided at the end of the Pepsi IPL 2013, once the top three teams in that tournament are known.

    Group A will comprise the winner and third-ranked team in the IPL 2013, Highveld Lions (winner of South Africa‘s RAM SLAM T20 Challenge), Perth Scorchers (KFC T20 Big Bash League runner-up), and the top team from the CLT20 2013 Qualifier.

    Group B will comprise Brisbane Heat (KFC T20 Big Bash League champion), Trinidad & Tobago (West Indies T20 champion), the runner-up in the Pepsi IPL 2013, Titans (RAM SLAM T20 Challenge runner-up), and the second-ranked team from the CLT20 2013 Qualifier.