The Board of Control for Cricket in India pushed the media rights auction date for the Indian Premier League to September 4. The previous plan was to open the bids on August 28.
The decision was made in the wake of a case pending in the Supreme Court. The SC had asked Vinod Rai, who heads BCCI’s court-appointed committee of administrators, to report by August 28 whether electronic auctions could be held for the media rights.
Meanwhile, by Thursday, which was the last day to pick up the tender document, six more bidders — Discovery, Bharti Airtel, BAM Tech, Yupp TV, DAZN/Perform Group and Yahoo! — have shown interest in vying for the rights.
With this, the number of bidders has gone up to two dozen.
BCCI postpones IPL media rights auction to September 4
The decision was made in the wake of a case pending in the Supreme Court. The SC had asked Vinod Rai, who heads BCCI’s court-appointed committee of administrators, to report by August 28 whether electronic auctions could be held for the media rights.
Meanwhile, by Thursday, which was the last day to pick up the tender document, six more bidders — Discovery, Bharti Airtel, BAM Tech, Yupp TV, DAZN/Perform Group and Yahoo! — have shown interest in vying for the rights.
With this, the number of bidders has gone up to two dozen.
BCCI postpones IPL media rights auction to September 4
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