Sony scores as soccer fever grips India

Five matches of the first three days of the World Cup aired on Sony Six and Sony Aath reached 14.8 mn Indian viewersIn football crazy West Bengal, jails are allowing prisoners to watch the FIFA......

After hitting a six in IPL, Sony channels eye big sponsors for FIFA World Cup

After the annual T20 cricket extravaganza, the Indian Premier League, Multi Screen Media is roping in sponsors for the Federation Internationale de Football Association World Cup 2014, which kicks......

Star to invest Rs 20,000 cr to expand sports coverage in India

Star Network, the media and entertainment firm owned by Rupert Murdoch, on Wednesday said it will invest more than Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) to expand its sports coverage in India and has......

Cricket world cup to see boom in HDTV sales

When broadcaster ESPN-STAR Sports announced in December 2010 that the upcoming cricket world cup would have high-definition (HD) telecast feed, television manufacturers could barely hide their......

Why Sony is very excited about the FIFA World Cup

Sony eyes a 2 billion payoff from telecasting the Fifa World Cup, reports Urvi Malvania. IMAGE: Football has grown in popularity since the 2014 World Cup. Photograph: FIFA World Cup/Twitter Sony......

Cable operators barred from telecast of Ind-Aus series

The vacation bench of the Delhi high court on Thursday ordered in favour of ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd (ESIPL) in its suit for permanent injunction filed against cable operators across the country......