It’s Official: Live Current Media Bags Rights To IPL Portal For $50 Million
From our India site ContentSutra: So here’s the official announcement regarding Canadian company Live Current Media’s deal with the Indian Premier league, for cricket, which we had told you about yesterday: The ten-year deal includes a minimum guarantee of $3 million per year to the BCCI, and $2 million to the IPL - $50 million in total. Readers should remember that these “exclusive” online rights that LCM has bagged are at the center of controversy surrounding the stringent guidelines that have been forced upon media companies: websites, including key sites like Cricinfo (owned by ESPN), Rediff (NSDQ: REDF) and others are not allowed access to the IPL matches. India’s News Broadcasters Association had also threatened to boycott the IPL because they were being charged for showing clips of matches; that issue was reportedly resolved…more details at ContentSutra.com.
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Apr 17, 2008 1:57 PM
Hey it’s Kulveer here.
We are cricket fans, our interest is completely to make this an exciting site for fans to check out during the tournament. We understand the game and will do our best to keep all parties happy.
Apr 18, 2008 4:12 AM
Checkout http://www.ipleague.in. We launched the site ahead of others. Here is the announcement post.
http://ipleague-in.blogspot.com/2008/04/weve-launched.html
Apr 18, 2008 9:38 AM
would you please let me know how can i will be abale to watch ipl matches live on line
Apr 19, 2008 6:19 AM
@Soumya Sarkar, you can view the matches online at the official site iplt20.com.
Jan 18, 2009 2:48 AM
Interestingly, Lalit Modi, Chairman of the IPL has said that “The American company to which we have sold the portal rights (i.e. Live Current Media) will offer photographs at a reasonable price.”
India vs Srilanka
http://mydesicricket.com/LiveCricket.html
Jan 18, 2009 2:51 AM
you can i will be abale to watch ipl matches live on line
India vs Srilanka
http://mydesitv.info/LiveCricket.html