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Updated: YouTube Struggles With IPL 2010 Live Streaming

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 16th, 2010 |

Update (March 16th): Looks like YouTube’s got its act together. The live streaming is working fine for me today. I’m in the office, watching the Royal Challengers challenge the Kings ... Continue_Reading

VRock Licenses IPL Mobile Content To Multiple Co’s; In Talks For Stake In PhoneyTunes

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 12th, 2010 |

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Well, this is unprecedented: within around seven days of acquiring global SMS, MMS and IVR rights related to the Indian Premier League, vRock Mobile has managed to license non-exclusive content rights ... Continue_Reading

Apalya Gets IPL 3 Global Mobile Live Streaming Rights For 3 Years; Subscription vs Advertising

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 10th, 2010 |

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Update: An interesting question from Kushan Mitra: if one can access YouTube’s live streaming on a laptop using a data card, why would they subscribe to the same content via ... Continue_Reading

July Systems, Indiagames, GoBindaas Ink IPL 3 Deals; Complete List Of Mobile Partners

By Preethi J on March 8th, 2010 |

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More from the IPL front. Bangalore-based mobile firm July Systems has bagged the exclusive rights to the mobile Internet portal M.IPLT20.com, the official site for the third Indian Premier League on ... Continue_Reading

Updated: IPL Supports Rights Holders; vRock Bags IPL Mobile Rights

By Preethi J on March 8th, 2010 |

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Update: In an unprecedented move, the Indian Premier League has put its weight behind the deal, reports PTI, sending “an advisory” to telcos that they should only source IPL content from ... Continue_Reading

ITV Gets UK Broadcast Rights For IPL 2010; Live Streaming vs YouTube

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 8th, 2010 |

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ITV has secured UK broadcast rights for the 2010 Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament to be shown on its digital channel ITV4 for an undisclosed amount. The channel will broadcast ... Continue_Reading

IPL Global Smartphone App Rights Go To DCI Mobile & Sigma Ventures

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 5th, 2010 |

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Sliced and diced. The chopping up of the digital rights for the Indian Premier League continues unabated, with the “global mobile smartphone rights” being sold to Singapore based venture capitalist ... Continue_Reading

BookMyShow To Sell Tickets For IPL 3; What Happened To TicketPro.in?

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 3rd, 2010 |

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Only 8 days to go for the start of the Indian Premier League, and online ticketing website BookmyShow.com has announced that they are the exclusive ticketing partner for the Mumbai ... Continue_Reading

International Media Might Boycott IPL

By Preethi J on March 3rd, 2010 |

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Update: So much for hollow threats. Despite the News Broadcasters Association stating that they’re going to boycott the IPL, we’ve just received a programming note from CNN-IBN and IBN7 with ... Continue_Reading

MTNL Official Telecom Provider For Commonwealth Games 2010

By Diwaskar Chettri on February 22nd, 2010 |

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PSU telco MTNL has been designated as the official telecom service provider for the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2010 to be held in Delhi and will be receiving Rs 1.82 billion ... Continue_Reading

Jose Felix On Cricket Nirvana’s Experience With Live Streaming Cricket Matches

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 17th, 2010 |

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Launched in 2008, Cricket Nirvana was probably the first website in India to experiment with live streaming of Cricket matches. It began with a subscription model, and later switched to ... Continue_Reading

Game On! News Channels To Give IPL 3 A Miss

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 16th, 2010 |

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Game on! As expected, news broadcasters are up in arms against the restrictive guidelines instituted by the Indian Premier League, India’s city based T20 Cricket tournament. Following a meeting with ... Continue_Reading