The mobile is already the computer in many markets, it seems. In some of the countries where cricket is most popular, the recent ICC Cricket World Cup was consumed more on mobile than on PC internet.

Google has confirmed yesterday’s reports - YouTube has inked rights from the big-money Indian Premier League’s (IPL) licensing partner Global Cricket Ventures to live-stream all 60 matches of the 45-day tournament, starting March 12. It’s YouTube’s first deal to live-stream a big global sport - no mere domestic competition, IPL…

Is the super-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket competition about to go global in a deal with YouTube? Several reports from Indian media say Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and the Bord of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will on Wednesday announce a live streaming deal. YouTube had already hosted match…

When the Indian Premier League was launched, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the game’s top administrative body, saw it as an additional revenue stream at best and a minor misadventure at worst. Two seasons later, it seems like the overwhelming popularity of the 20-over format of tournaments…

UK’s Satellite Information Services Ltd, a company that pioneered the live broadcast of horse racing in that country, may be chosen over Mumbai-based Nimbus Communications Ltd as the producer and broadcaster of the 2010 Commonwealth Games that will be held in New Delhi, reports PTI. Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has…

Broadcaster ESPN (NYSE: DIS) Star Sports has won multi-platform media rights for the Barclays Premier League in India. The company said it will be broadcasting 380 matches live across television, Internet and mobile. The channel plans to make 190 matches available on a video-on-demand basis. ESPN Star Sports has also…

With the 2016 Olympic Games all squared away and set for Rio de Janeiro, members of the International Olympic Committee could get down to more serious business—such as how to handle the issue of online video. WPP Group CEO Sir Martin Sorrell had some very simple ideas for the IOC…

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) has entered into a strategic partnership with Ten Sports to launch a sports video portal. For the first time perhaps, cricket crazy Indians from everywhere can enjoy a free live webcast of key cricket matches—a service that was previously available, but behind a paywall. We first…

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is close to launching a sports video site in India, focused on live streaming, we have learned. Sab Kanaujia, the VP of Digital Product Strategy & Development, confirmed as much in a tweet last week, and for now it is doing closed trials with cricket streaming…

Days after it said that IPL was hastening the death of test cricket, it has emerged that the venerated London-based MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club), the world’s oldest cricket club and the former governing body of international cricket, is considering buying an IPL franchise when it expands in 2011 (via TOI).…

Almost the entire advertising inventory for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 has been sold out, official broadcaster ESPN (NYSE: DIS) Star Sports said today. The company was getting an average ad rate of Rs4 lakh per 10-sec spot during the tournament, ESPN Software India managing director R.C. Venkateish said. ESPN…

Correction: We reported last Thursday, citing a source, that the infamous Fake IPL Blogger, the latest Internet sensation to grip the country, was indeed an IPL player and that he has been caught. This was incorrect. He, in fact, continues to blog. We apologize for the error.

After weeks of see-sawing and conflicting reports, there is finally clarity on the future of the Indian Premier League, the popular 20-20 cricket tournament. It will be held in South Africa between April 18 and May 24. In all, 59 matches will be played. The games will be telecast at…

Citing franchisee sources, Indiantelevision.com is reporting that South Africa has trumped England as the venue for the Indian Premier League, the popular 20-20 cricket league that has been forced to go overseas after the central government and key Indian states declined to assure security citing general elections that are scheduled…

Vancouver, Canada-based Live Current Media has launched a fantasy cricket game on its Cricket.com site aimed at cashing in on what it says (release) is a potential audience of one billion cricket fans worldwide. The site was launched as a JV with Indian new media firm NetlinkBlue Holding under the…

Reliance ADA Group, the Indian telecom and media conglomerate, has bought a 70 percent stake in Willow.tv, the Cricket webcasting site based in Sunnyvale, CA. The price was undisclosed, but according to Rajesh Sawhney, president of Reliance Entertainment, the company will spend about $60 million to $70 million in this…

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has got an interim injunction from the Madras High Court, restraining Sandeep Goel (of the Indian Fantasy League) and Rediff.com from displaying or using the domain name/title indianfantasyleague.com or indianfantasyleague and logo or any other domain name or trademark similar to…

MSN India has tied up with the Royal Challengers, and is providing the teams site with content, reports the Hindu. Among the tools is an email address for fans - @royalchallengers.com powered by the “Cool Hotmail” service. I wonder what will happen if RC decides to tie-up with some other…

The fog is clearing, and we now have some clarity on the Internet and Mobile rights for the IPL: As per a release, Willow TV Inc has acquired exclusive rights for five years, for distributing the Indian Premier League “on television, radio, broadband and internet” in North America (including the…