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Earnings: Live Current Media Grows Revs 27 Percent In Q2; Net Loss Balloons - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 15 Aug 2008 03:05 PM PST

Live Current Media, the Canada-based domainer and owner of Cricket.com (and who also recently bagged the right to develop the IPL online portal IPL20), has reported Q2 revenue of $1.93…

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BCCI Gets Restraining Order Against Online Fantasy Cricket League, Rediff; Why Rediff? - 10 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 28 May 2008 05:32 AM PST

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has got an interim injunction from the Madras High Court, restraining Sandeep Goel (of the Indian Fantasy League) and Rediff.com from…

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Royal Challengers Tie Up With MSN India For Content - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 02 May 2008 05:47 AM PST

MSN India has tied up with the Royal Challengers, and is providing the teams site with content, reports the Hindu. Among the tools is an email address for fans -…

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Amidst All The Confusion, Willow TV Snags IPL Rights For Americas For 5 Years - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 15 Apr 2008 02:50 AM PST

The fog is clearing, and we now have some clarity on the Internet and Mobile rights for the IPL: As per a release, Willow TV Inc has acquired exclusive rights…

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The IPL Media Guidelines - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 06 Apr 2008 11:38 PM PST

Word is expected today regarding changes to the guidelines issued by the Indian Premier League regarding media coverage; both Prem Panicker and an online media publication were kind enough send…

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IPL And Media Publications At Loggerheads Over Restrictive New Media Guidelines - 5 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 04 Apr 2008 10:11 PM PST

The Indian Premier League is certainly throwing its weight around, and pushing its luck - the media guidelines issued regarding the much hyped and controversial Twenty20 Cricket tournament, reportedly include…

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Joost Gets Nimbus Rights To Show Premier League In Eight More Regions - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 03 Apr 2008 03:29 AM PST

Perhaps answering critics who argue its content line-up isn’t compelling enough, P2P TV platform Joost will start showing Premier League soccer in eight more territories, including the important Middle East…

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Kolkata Knight Riders Demo Site Up; Other IPL Sites; On Fandom
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 31 Mar 2008 10:27 AM PST

Kolkata Knight Riders, the Shah Rukh Khan owned Indian Premier League cricket team, has launched its website, albeit in demo mode. The current website, according to reliable sources, is for…

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Nimbus Launches Cricketnirvana.com and Video Streaming And Home Video Sites - 7 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 25 Mar 2008 09:35 PM PST

Nimbus Communications has launched a broadband initiative - CricketNirvana, and two other sites - Filmnirvana.com and Showtime Video. The site will begin streaming rich media content today, to co-incide with…

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@FICCI Frames: BCCI And MSM Planning A Fantasy Cricket League Around IPL; Bearish On Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 25 Mar 2008 01:45 AM PST

This is big: responding to ContentSutra’s question about MultiScreen Media’s upcoming New Media Initiatives, CEO Kunal Dasgupta said that the company is working with the Board of Control for Cricket…

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Nimbus Sport To Distribute EPL Mobile Clips In Cambodia - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 16 Mar 2008 10:40 PM PST

Nimbus Sport International has announced that they will distribute mobile clips from the English Premier League in Cambodia, reports UNI. Nimbus has tied up with CamGSM, Cambodia’s largest telco, for…

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ESPN-STAR Sports Acquires Australian Open New Media Rights - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 26 Feb 2008 05:21 AM PST

ESPN-STAR Sports (ESS) has signed a seven year contract with Tennis Australia for coverage of the Austalian Open till 2014. The contract covers Cable, Satellite, IPTV, DTG and Terrestrial rights,…

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Nimbus Looking To Dilute Equity To Fund Growth Plans Says CEO - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 06 Feb 2008 09:01 PM PST

Nimbus Communications plans to dilute equity to raise around $100 million to fund its growth plans: the company had recently appointed Digvijay Singh as CEO. The ET report mentions, quoting…

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Jump Games To Develop Games On Manchester United - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 24 Jan 2008 09:21 PM PST

Well, this is a big deal all right: Jump Games, a Reliance Entertainment company, has acquired the exclusive global rights for developing games for football club Manchester United (ManUtd). The…

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World Sport Group Pays $1 Billion For IPL Rights - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 15 Jan 2008 12:58 AM PST

The Indian Premier League (IPL), the Twenty20 league being formulated by the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI), has sold media rights to the World Sport Group (WSG)…

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ESPN Star Sports Acquires Mobile Rights For India’s Tour Of Australia - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 03 Jan 2008 09:24 AM PST

ESPN-STAR Sports (ESS) has acquired the mobile rights of India’s tour of Australia from Cricket Australia, the governing body of Cricket in Australia; this give Mobile ESPN (NYSE: DIS) the…

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NDTV Revamps CricketNDTV.com - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 20 Nov 2007 12:21 AM PST

NDTV Convergence has redesigned the groups cricket website - cricketndtv.com. The site has blogs, cricket rankings, opinions, polls, forums, videos, wallpapers etc. Apparently, they’re doing live coverage with ball-by-ball commentary,…

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BCCI Does Mobile TV Deal For Indo-Pak Cricket Series With Etisalat, UAE - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 08 Nov 2007 12:33 AM PST

UAE based telco Etisalat has tied up with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to provide live cricket to its Mobile TV subscribers in the UAE. The…

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Cricket Roundup: BCCI Site; Cricinfo Fantasy Cricket; Kyazoonga-RCA - 7 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 07 Nov 2007 03:20 AM PST

-- After the T20 World Cup win, the sponsors for Cricket on TV may be back, but apparently the BCCI isn’t getting any sponsors for its website, reports Monsters &…

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Report: PE Players Looking To Exit Nimbus - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 06 Nov 2007 03:53 AM PST

Investors in Nimbus Communications, including private equity players like 3i and some of its promoters are planning to exit the company, reports Economic Times. Nimbus Chairman Harish Thawani has told…

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Neo Sports To Webcast India-Australia Series - 9 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 27 Sep 2007 09:45 PM PST

Neo Sports has announced that it will provide video on demand (VoD) and live streaming services on their website Neosports.tv, reports Business Standard. They intend to begin with the India-Australia…

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Tech Mahindra In Talks To Host Content For FIFA And BCCI…Not CanvasM? - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 03 Sep 2007 08:15 PM PST

BSE listed Tech Mahindra is in talks to host football content on the mobile for Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), and cricket content for the Board for Control of…

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Nimbus Bags Mobile And Internet Rights For English Premier League - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 12 Aug 2007 09:34 PM PST

Nimbus Sports, an Indian sports broadcaster, has been awarded internet and mobile rights for the English Premier League (EPL) for over 80 countries till 2010. The deal covers 1140 EPL…

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Indian Cricket League Launches Website
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 10 Aug 2007 05:17 AM PST

Zee Group’s cricket venture - the Indian Cricket Leage (ICL) - which has been at loggerheads with the BCCI, has launched its website - Indiancricketleague.in, reports Indiantelevision. They intend to…

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Nimbus To Broadcast Cricket In Japan, Taiwan and Korea - 1 Comment
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Tue 10 Jul 2007 01:13 AM PST

Indian sports broadcaster Nimbus Communications has tied up with Japan-based digital distributor The New Media Group KK for live cricket transmissions in Japan, Taiwan and Korea. [via Varietyasiaonline.com] TNMG will…

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