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  • Baseline Ventures sends legal notice to Discovery Communications

    Baseline Ventures sends legal notice to Discovery Communications

    Mumbai: Baseline Ventures has filed a legal notice to Discovery Communications India for fulfilling a pending payment owed to it by the Volleyball Federation of India.

    Discovery Communications is set to enter a contract with the Volleyball Federation of India for the purpose of telecasting the recently announced Volleyball League on their Eurosports channels.

    According to a ruling dated 21 November 2020, an arbitral tribunal presided by retired justice K Kannan had directed the Volleyball Federation of India to pay a sum of Rs four crore with 12 per cent per annum in interest and a sum of Rs five lakh as costs to Baseline Ventures.

    In the legal notice, Baseline Ventures, IP owner of Prime Volleyball League, noted that the volleyball body failed to comply with the payment, resulting in the sports marketing and promotion company filing an execution petition before the Madras high court for a sum of Rs 4,53,86,509, along with future interest. The legal notice also mentioned that the revised payment has also not been paid.

    “Baseline is owed over Rs six crore by this body as decided by the courts. On hearing that Discovery Sport wants to broadcast this, we have made them a party to this sum as they are signing a contract with the same body. Discovery needs to be aware of the legal history of this agreement and the dues still owed to us,” said Prime Volleyball League CEO Joy Bhattacharjya.

    At the same time, the secretary-general of the Volleyball Federation of India Mohd Akram Khan also wrote to Discovery Communications India, noting that the inception of the Volleyball League set to be broadcasted on the channel by the name of EuroSports, was created by a small unrecognised faction of Volleyball Federation of India. The notice also added that the same faction had conducted a parallel election in the federation and was not approved by any constitutional authority and the status of the election is being decided by the Supreme Court.

    The ministry of youth affairs and sports have not renewed the recognition of the Volleyball Federation of India for the term 2020-24 and there are no office bearers of VFI in the records of the ministry, stated the legal notice. “The so-called ‘VFI’ is not recognized by the ministry of youth affairs and sport since 2020,” Bhattacharjya added.

    “We challenge this so-called VFI to provide evidence that FIVB, the world volleyball body, is actually supporting this event as claimed. If they cannot provide the same, they are cheating players and the public.” he further said.

  • MyTeam11 aims for BCCI title rights after successful run as title partners with West Indies Cricket

    MyTeam11 aims for BCCI title rights after successful run as title partners with West Indies Cricket

    New Delhi: One of India’s leading fantasy sports websites MyTeam11, today announced that they had picked up the bid documents and were aiming for the four-year BCCI Title Sponsorship Rights, as per the tender released by BCCI on July 29, 2019. The tender invite stated, the qualifying organization will get a chance to become the title sponsor of any Domestic Series/ Events organized, managed and administered by BCCI and played in India, between September 1, 2019 and March 31, 2023.

    MyTeam11 broke new barriers for the fantasy sports sector recently by becoming the title sponsors of the India-West Indies series currently being played in the Caribbean. The series was rechristened as 'MyTeam11 International Series' as a result of the partnership.

    Speaking about the tender, Vinit Godara, CEO, MyTeam11 said, “Our recent association as title sponsor for the India v West Indies Series was greatly appreciated by our users particularly the cricket fanatics. Based on the kind of response we received from our users, we are now planning to take the next step by becoming the title sponsors of BCCI’s Domestic Series/ Events. We believe that this association will help us achieve new horizons and further expand our reach.”

    Elaborating on their ambitions, Sanjit Sihag, COO MyTeam11, added, “MyTeam11 always strives to bring something new to its users, and our aim to become the title sponsors of BCCI is part of that commitment. By grabbing this opportunity, MyTeam11 plans to become the first ever fantasy sports platform to become the Title Sponsors of BCCI.”

    In the past, Myteam11 had signed some other noteworthy deals with various sporting properties like the RuPay Pro Volleyball League, Karnataka Premier League, and others as their “Official Fantasy Partner” and had also collaborated with over 25 TV channels including movies, music, sports, education, & regional channels so as to reach people residing in every nook and corner of the country, ahead of the upcoming cricket season of T20 & World cup. My Team11 has also been the On-Air partners for the Tamilnadu Premier League, Pakistan Super League and the Bangladesh Premier League as well.