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ICC To Restrict Online And Mobile Coverage Of Cricket World Cup - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 06 Dec 2006 09:00 PM PST

While other sports like Hockey are trying to use online broadcasts to popularise the sport, the ICC seems to be trying to squeeze cricket for every last bit of revenue:…

ESPN-Star Sports Bags English Premier League Football Rights For South Asia Till 2010 - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 28 Nov 2006 07:06 AM PST

The ESPN-Star Sports combine has won the Broadcast, Internet and Mobile rights for the Barclay’s English Premier League for South Asia till 2010, reports Indiantelevision.com. It had earlier been reported…

Dhruva Interactive Animates Cricket For Reliance - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 27 Nov 2006 09:23 PM PST

In addition to match updates, Reliance Communications’ new service called ‘CricGenie’ will allow users to watch an animated simulation of the match in progress. It’s priced at Rs.25 per match…

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Ballmer Launches Revamped Versions of Kumble’s StumpVision And YashrajFilms.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Thu 09 Nov 2006 10:18 PM PST

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched the new verions of two websites on Thursday. One is spinner Anil Kumble’s StumpVision, which is being relaunched ahead of the Cricket World Cup in…

Cricinfo Relocates Its Global HQ To Bangalore; Plans Acquisitions - 1 Comment
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 07 Nov 2006 07:35 PM PST

World’s largest cricket website Cricinfo has shifted its global headquarters from London to Bangalore. Top Cricinfo officials including CEO Tom Gleeson have relocated to Bangalore. The group says it underscores…

Mobile ESPN Launches In India; Monthly Package Ranges From Rs 50-99 - 1 Comment
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 31 Oct 2006 08:39 AM PST

Even though Mobile ESPN was disbanded in the US after eight months of its launch, the service has been launched in India hoping to capitalise on the fast growing mobile…

Cricinfo Mobile Launches Trivia Game - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 24 Oct 2006 08:14 PM PST

Cricinfo Mobile has launched “Cricinfo Trivia Champ’, report EFY Times and The Hindu Business Line. The game has been deveoped by Dhruva interactive and is available on Airtel and Hutch…

BCCI Plans To Bid For ICC’s Global Cricket Rights - 1 Comment
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 03 Oct 2006 07:11 PM PST

The Australian: Board of Control for Cricket in India is now thinking big. It’s not that it never did. But this one can put the body into a different pedestal.…

Indian Domestic Cricket To Be Broadcast On TV And The Internet Worldwide - 1 Comment
Posted By Sahad PV - Wed 27 Sep 2006 06:10 AM PST

Reuters: Indian domestic cricket is going international- at least in its coverage. They will be broadcast on TV as well as on the internet around the world for the first…

BCCI Starts Selling Tickets Online For Champions Trophy - 1 Comment
Posted By Sahad PV - Wed 20 Sep 2006 01:09 PM PST

Cricinfo: The Board of Control for Cricket in India is embracing e-commerce. BCCI has started selling tickets online. For instance, those who want to watch the Champions Trophy matches -…

Sunil Gavaskar Plans To Blog! - 4 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 11 Sep 2006 07:10 AM PST

Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar is planning a cricket blog. Little Master told a bloggers’ conference in Chennai: -€œI am thinking of setting up a cricket blog. Hopefully I will be…

Rupert Murdoch’s Star TV May Pick Up Stake In Nimbus Communications - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 05 Sep 2006 05:09 AM PST

The Economic Times: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp wants a slice of the cricket pie in India at any cost. It doesn’t matter if the group company ESPN-Star Sports lost the…

Yahoo Singapore’s Balu Nair To Head IMG In India - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Thu 24 Aug 2006 01:09 PM PST

Sports, entertainment and media management company IMG will get a new boss in India, our sources say. Yahoo Singapore’s Balu Nair is said to be joining the company in the…

Nimbus To Line Up Three Sports Channels - 1 Comment
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 18 Aug 2006 05:08 AM PST

Indiantelevision.com: The much-awaited sports channels from Nimbus Communications are round the corner. The Mumbai-based sports marketing and entertainment company has announced the launch of three sports channels between October 2006…

Worldspace Too Joins FIFA Bandwagon - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Thu 08 Jun 2006 10:06 AM PST

DNA: Satellite-based digital radio services company WorldSpace has signed up with BBC and Trans World International (TWI) for broadcasting FIFA World Cup Football 2006 starting Friday. It will be available…

FIFA Fever: Indian Digital Media bracing Up For Higher Revenues - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 05 Jun 2006 06:07 PM PST

Indiantelevision.com: As the FIFA World Cup is round the corner, Indian portals and mobile content companies are bracing up for increased traffic and downloads. According to Internet and Mobile Association…

SifyMax To Bring India-West Indies Cricket Series On Broadband - 5 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 19 May 2006 01:06 PM PST

ZDNet India: Sify’s broadband portal SifyMax will cover India-West Indies Cricket series which begins today. It would cover fours, sixes, fall of wickets and highlights of the entire India-West Indies…

Is Nimbus Communications Raising Money To Bankroll Sports Channel? - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 14 Apr 2006 12:04 PM PST

The Economic Times: If this report is to believed, Nimbus Communications, the sports and media company which won the $612 million-bid for four-year India cricket rights, is in talks to…

Cricket: Zee Bags Neutral Venue Media Rights For $ 219.15 million - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Fri 07 Apr 2006 06:04 AM PST

Indiantelevision.com: Subhash Chandra’s Zee Telefilms has secured the winning bid for the rights for the cricket matches on neutral venues (non-ICC member countries) for $219.15 million. This translates into an…

The Making Of A Media Moghul - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 04 Apr 2006 01:04 PM PST

Business Standard: If you are looking at a recent success story in media industry on how to think big, read this article on Harish Thawani of Nimbus Communications. He started…