DTVHINDIProposed $8.5 billion merger between Reliance and Disney faces scrutiny
The merger, announced in February, will create India’s largest entertainment group with 120 TV channels and two streaming services. Reliance And Disney (Pic Source-X) In a significant development in the Indian media, the proposed $8.5 billion merger between Reliance Industries and Walt Disney has come under intense scrutiny by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The anti-trust watchdog has sent over 100 letters to the companies, particularly focusing on the deal’s impact on cricket streaming rights. The merger, announced in February, will create India’s largest entertainment group with 120 TV channels and two streaming services. Cricket has always been considered a religion in India and has played a vital role in the growth of the country’s media. The Reliance-Disney merger will consolidate ownership of cricket rights. The Indian Competition Commission’s extensive inquiry indicates that some kind of deal has definitely been struck between Reliance-Disney. Questions have also been raised as to why YouTube should be considered in this market like subscription-based streaming services like Netflix and Disney Plus. CCI raised important questions Reliance and Disney have cited the expiry of existing cricket rights in 2027 and 2028 to argue that their merger will not harm competition. They believe this will allow for competitive bidding by rivals. Additionally, they have pointed out that advertisers can reach cricket-watching audiences through various platforms, including YouTube. However, data from Media Partners Asia shows that while YouTube commands 88% of India’s online video market, this mainly consists of free, user-generated content. The premium video market, dominated by curated long-form content on streaming services, accounts for just 12% of the total. The CCI has also requested detailed information about sports rights ownership, including past bidding processes. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Disney Star appointed as host broadcaster for Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2024
The Asian Cricket Council has appointed Disney Star as the host broadcaster of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024. INDIA WOMEN (Photo Source: X) The Asian Cricket Council has appointed Disney Star as the host broadcaster of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024. This important tournament will be played in T20 format from July 19 to July 28. All the cricket fans were eagerly waiting for this great tournament for a long time. Disney Star would also like that all cricket fans enjoy this upcoming tournament very well. Let us tell you, the broadcast of women’s cricket on Disney Star started with the Women’s World Cup 2013. Many people enjoyed this important tournament very well. Let us tell you, the Indian women’s cricket team has won the prestigious ACC Women’s Asia Cup trophy seven times. So far, eight seasons of this tournament have been played, out of which India has won the trophy of this important tournament seven times. Bangladesh won it once. In the upcoming season, Asia’s top 8 teams will participate in it. Apart from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal and UAE will be seen competing against each other in this great tournament. Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jay Shah made a big revelation BCCI Secretary and ACC President Jai Shah said, ‘We are very excited that our partnership with Disney Star is going to get even better. Disney Star will be the host broadcaster of Women’s Asia Cup 2024. The way they have promoted women’s cricket and taken the game of cricket to new heights is really amazing. We are very excited for this great tournament to be held in Sri Lanka and I am confident that Disney Star will do the broadcasting of Women’s Asia Cup 2024 very well. Disney Star Sports Head Sanjog Gupta said, ‘We are all in support of the ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2024 and I am very happy that we have been made its host broadcaster. We are also very happy that women’s cricket is growing very fast and we ourselves want it to reach new heights. We also want to encourage young women players to make cricket their profession in the future.’ 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Disney Star is fully committed to broadcasting the historic ICC T20 World Cup
T20 World Cup 2024 is being played under the joint hosting of West Indies and USA Disney Star (Pic Source-Twitter) Disney Star, the official production partner of the ICC Men’s and Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, is fully committed to the best and spectacular broadcast of the tournament. Let us tell you that before the ongoing T20 World Cup, Disney Star has also successfully organized the Cricket World Cup 2023. It is worth mentioning that for the last 15 years, Disney Star has had a broadcasting partnership with ICC. During this time, Disney Star broadcasted some great tournaments at the ground level. Also, the ongoing T20 World Cup is also going to be historic. Let us tell you that this time a total of 56 matches will be played between 20 teams on the soil of West Indies and USA for the title battle. Apart from this, Disney Star is seen working hard for the successful broadcast of the ongoing T20 World Cup and to improve the experience of the fans. The company has included more than 450 people in the team for the successful production of the tournament at 9 different places in the USA and West Indies. Around 90 commentators have been included from 12 countries, who will share live information about the match, their opinion, some stories and details of the match with the fans during the broadcasting. Disney Star is being supported by production crew from around 17 different countries for broadcasting the ongoing T20 World Cup. Apart from this, Disney Star is broadcasting the tournament in 11 languages. Sanjog Gupta (Sanjog Gupta) gave a big statement Let us tell you that Disney Star Sports Head Sanjog Gupta said through a press release – We are thrilled to continue our collaboration with the ICC as their production partner to bring the glory of their global major events to billions of viewers around the world. We hope fans will enjoy this historic broadcast produced by Disney Star.
IPL 2024: Disney Star achieved this big milestone in terms of viewership in the first 59 matches, read big news
Apart from viewership, many more special records are being seen in IPL 2024. Virat Kohli (Image Credit- Twitter X) Disney Star, the official TV broadcaster of IPL 2024, has achieved a new milestone in terms of viewership. Let us tell you that in the first 59 matches, Disney Star has got a total viewership of 52 crore viewers. This growth of Disney Star is 6 percent more than last year, while since 2 more teams have increased in the year 2022, this growth of Disney Star is 41 percent more. Apart from this, the company has also got watch time of 40,700 crore minutes, which is 17 percent more watch time than the year 2023 and 42 percent more watch time than the year 2022 season. Also, if we give you information about the tournament, the 66th match of the ongoing season is going to be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans on 16th May. Let us tell you that this match between the two teams will be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. Also, if Hyderabad wins this match, then it will become the third team to reach the playoffs of the ongoing IPL. It is noteworthy that Kolkata Knight Riders first qualified for the playoffs of the ongoing IPL season. So Rajasthan Royals was the second team, which has made it to the IPL playoffs. An exciting match is going to be held on 18th May So in the ongoing season, a great match is going to be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings this week. Let us tell you that this match will be played between the two teams on May 18 at Chinnaswamy Stadium. Also, if RCB wants to make it to the playoffs, they will have to win this match at any cost. Well, it will be worth watching whether RCB can win this match or not? What is your opinion on this issue, you can tell us by commenting.
IPL 2024: Disney Star created history in the first 51 matches of the tournament, broke all viewership records
The broadcaster also recorded an impressive total watch time of 35,600 crore minutes which is an increase of 18% compared to the 2023 edition. Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals (Image Credit- Twitter Many great matches have been played so far in the Indian Premier League 2024. Now in this tournament all the teams are working hard for the playoffs. Not only this, Disney Star, the official broadcaster of IPL 2024, is also achieving important achievements every day. According to BARC, the television broadcaster has so far crossed the cumulative viewership mark of 50 crores. There are still 16 matches left in the season and the broadcaster has already crossed the full tournament reach of 7 out of 8 seasons in the BARC era. Not only this, the broadcaster has also recorded an impressive total watch time of 35,600 crore minutes which is an increase of 18% compared to the 2023 edition. Additionally, the broadcaster has recorded an 18% increase in match ratings for the first 51 fixtures compared to the 2023 edition. Today i.e. on May 10, an important match of the Indian Premier League 2024 will be played between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It is very important for both the teams to win this match. So far, Chennai has won 6 out of 11 matches while they have faced defeat in 5. The team is at fourth position in the points table of IPL 2024 with 12 points. Talking about Gujarat, out of 11 matches, they have won 4 and lost 7. The team is at the last position in the points table with 8 points. Kolkata Knight Riders are at the first position in the points table of IPL 2024. In the Indian Premier League 2024 points table, Kolkata Knight Riders are at the first position with 16 points. Their net run rate is better than Rajasthan Royals and that is why the team is on top. Rajasthan Royals are at second place in this points table, who also have 16 points. Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians are completely out of this season’s playoffs. It is very important for Gujarat Titans to win the match against Chennai. If Gujarat team loses the upcoming match then it will also be completely out of the race for the playoffs of this season. The final match of IPL 2024 will be played on 26 May at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The first qualifier will be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad while the eliminator will also be held at the same venue. The second qualifier will be played in Chennai on 24th May. 5 Australian players who scored half century in debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches…
Disney Star created history, won the highest watch time on the opening day of IPL 2024
On the first day of the Indian Premier League 2024, 16.8 crore viewers watched the telecast of this spectacular tournament which recorded a watch time of 1276 crore minutes. Chennai Super Kings (Image Credit- Twitter X) Disney Star, the official broadcaster of the Indian Premier League 2024, has kicked off the spectacular tournament with a record-breaking Opening Day. Let us tell you that on the first day of the Indian Premier League 2024, 16.8 crore viewers watched the telecast of this fantastic tournament in which a watch time of 1276 crore minutes was recorded. This is the highest watch time ever for the opening day of any IPL season. For the first time, 8 out of 10 captains were shown on the opening day of IPL 2024 on Disney Star Network, which also shows that this time the challenge is going to be very high for everyone. Let us tell you, the Indian Premier League 2024 started from March 22 and the first match of this important tournament was played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Star Sports spokesperson said, ‘This is truly a historic achievement and without the love of all the fans we would not have been able to make this record. We would also like to thank the Board of Control for Cricket in India, without whose support we would not have been able to achieve this feat. The Indian Premier League is a very good tournament and Star Sports will continue to win the hearts of many fans like this. Many great matches have been played so far in the Indian Premier League 2024. Many legends and players of the World Cup winning team participated in the opening day of the Indian Premier League 2024. Navjot Singh Sidhu also returned to the commentary panel. Not only this, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Kris Srikkanth also won hearts by giving tremendous commentary. Steve Smith and Stuart Broad also made their debut. Kevin Pietersen, Matthew Hayden, Brian Lara, Dale Steyn have also been seen playing important roles in Tata IPL 2024 so far. In comparison, Jio Cinema on digital saw 11.3 crore viewers on the first day of the Indian Premier League. The streamer claimed that they recorded a jump of 51% on the first day of IPL 2024. A total of 660 crore minutes were watched on JioCinema on the first day, the company said in a statement. Star Sports also launched IPL in 4K with Atmos Sound on the leading DTH platform for an immersive audio experience. MS Dhoni: Amazing records of Dhoni as CSK captain Captains of which teams were changed before the start of IPL 2024 5 IPL teams who have the most followers on Instagram Top 5 IPL teams with most social media followers What to look for in each team during the IPL 2024 season A look at the beautiful girlfriends of cricketers in IPL 2024 The names of these players have top records in the history of IPL! IPL 2024: Potential impact players of all…
T20 World Cup 2024: Disney star to use Indian sign language and descriptive audio during commentary
This will be the first time that Indian Sign Language will be used as commentary in a T20 World Cup. Disney Star (Image Credit- Twitter X) There is a very good news for the Indian cricket fans who are unable to see and hear. Let us tell you that during the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024, Disney Star is going to use Indian Sign Language and descriptive audio in an unprecedented change in commentary. This effort by Disney Star during the T29 World Cup matches will obviously improve the experience of cricket fans who are partially or completely unable to see and hear. Fans will get to see this facility on Star Sports Network. Also, let us tell you that this is a unique and first change of its kind in India when Indian Sign Language (ISL) will be used in a marquee tournament. Also, let us tell you that giving more information regarding this, Information and Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has also tweeted. In a post from his official See this tweet of Anurag Singh Thakur Great to see @StarSportsIndia @DisneyPlusHS @signinghands coming together to provide Indian Sign Language and audio descriptive commentary during #T20WorldCup2024, This is an important step in line with GoI and @MIB_India‘s vision for inclusivity #InclusionMatters, — Anurag Thakur (Modi’s family) (@ianuragthakur) May 16, 2024 20 teams are taking part in T20 World Cup 2024 On the other hand, if we give you information about T20 World Cup 2024, this time this tournament is going to start from June 2 under the joint hosting of West Indies and USA. A total of 20 teams are participating in the multination tournament. All 20 teams have been divided into four groups of 5 each. After the league stage, the top 2 teams from each group will qualify for the next round of the tournament. Teams included in Group A: India, Pakistan, Ireland, Canada and USA. Teams included in Group B: Scotland, Oman, England, Australia, Namibia. Teams included in Group C: New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Uganda, Papua New Guinea. Teams included in Group D: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Nepal, South Africa.