MUMBAI: Gone are the days when cricket was played between 22 players, officiated by two umpires on a lush green cricket field. The sport is way bigger now and involves entities galore. An increase in the number of television channels changed the entire playing field and slowly but surely the game emerged as a million dollar pie that everyone wanted their fingers in.
While Star India has the broadcasting rights of Indian cricket, it is also a strong contender to acquire the telecast rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL) when it is up for grabs in 2017. On the other hand, Multi Screen Media, which currently is the official broadcaster of the IPL, will try every possible trick in the trade to keep the goose that lays golden eggs to itself.
However, cricket is not a one on one battle anymore. Dr. Subhash Chandra founder of Essel Group and the father figure in Indian television industry has also evinced his interest in cricket and hinted towards establishing a new cricketing entity, which makes cricket a triple threat battle.
Essel Group has reportedly registered various companies in different countries and also established a domain called www.worldcricketcouncil.co.in, which is supposedly is a rebel entity of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/sports/essel-registers-various-entities-rebel-league-to-unfold-soon-150504
While Star India has the broadcasting rights of Indian cricket, it is also a strong contender to acquire the telecast rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL) when it is up for grabs in 2017. On the other hand, Multi Screen Media, which currently is the official broadcaster of the IPL, will try every possible trick in the trade to keep the goose that lays golden eggs to itself.
However, cricket is not a one on one battle anymore. Dr. Subhash Chandra founder of Essel Group and the father figure in Indian television industry has also evinced his interest in cricket and hinted towards establishing a new cricketing entity, which makes cricket a triple threat battle.
Essel Group has reportedly registered various companies in different countries and also established a domain called www.worldcricketcouncil.co.in, which is supposedly is a rebel entity of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/sports/essel-registers-various-entities-rebel-league-to-unfold-soon-150504
