MUMBAI: Multi Screen Media’s (MSM) sportainment channel Sony Six is set to broadcast the Yonex Sunrise India Open 2015 from 24 to 29 March.
To be held at the Siri Fort Indoor Sports Complex in New Delhi, the badminton tournament will witness some of India’s finest players including current Swiss Open champion Srikanth Kadambi, World No. 2 Saina Nehwal, Padma Shri-winner PV Sindhu, and Commonwealth Games Gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap.
Apart from the top crop of Indian talent, the tournament will also feature the best of international badminton talent including Jan O Jorgensen, Dan Lin, and the All England Open Championships winner Carolina Marin.
The players will battle it out to win the title and a prize money amount of USD 275,000.
With badminton increasingly gaining a strong foothold in India, the current season of the Super Series tournament will add to the ever-growing fan base in the country.
Sony Six business head Prasana Krishnan said, “The India Open is undoubtedly the biggest major played in India every year and we are thrilled to come on board as the broadcasting partner for this marque tournament which attracts the best of Indian and international talent year on year.
The viewer base for badminton in India has got stronger with every tournament and we expect it to grow manifold for this tournament considering its iconic status and the convenient telecast hours.”
Read more at:
http://www.televisionpost.com/television/sony-six-to-telecast-yonex-sunrise-india-open-from-24-march/
To be held at the Siri Fort Indoor Sports Complex in New Delhi, the badminton tournament will witness some of India’s finest players including current Swiss Open champion Srikanth Kadambi, World No. 2 Saina Nehwal, Padma Shri-winner PV Sindhu, and Commonwealth Games Gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap.
Apart from the top crop of Indian talent, the tournament will also feature the best of international badminton talent including Jan O Jorgensen, Dan Lin, and the All England Open Championships winner Carolina Marin.
The players will battle it out to win the title and a prize money amount of USD 275,000.
With badminton increasingly gaining a strong foothold in India, the current season of the Super Series tournament will add to the ever-growing fan base in the country.
Sony Six business head Prasana Krishnan said, “The India Open is undoubtedly the biggest major played in India every year and we are thrilled to come on board as the broadcasting partner for this marque tournament which attracts the best of Indian and international talent year on year.
The viewer base for badminton in India has got stronger with every tournament and we expect it to grow manifold for this tournament considering its iconic status and the convenient telecast hours.”
Read more at:
http://www.televisionpost.com/television/sony-six-to-telecast-yonex-sunrise-india-open-from-24-march/
