Fans may get a chance to watch Indian Premier League on Doordarshan. According to report in Livemint, if the government has its way, the next season of the T20 cricket tournament Indian Premier League (IPL) will be available to viewers on state-run broadcaster Doordarshan. The move will mean that Star India Pvt. Ltd, the official broadcaster of IPL for the next five seasons beginning in 2018, will have to share the live feed of the tournament with public broadcaster Prasar Bharati under the Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act, 2007. Also read IPL media rights auction: STAR India acquires Indian Premier League broadcast rightsStar India, in September, won the television, digital, Indian and global media rights to IPL for the next five seasons, paying Rs 16,347.50 crore.

Source: dna December 01, 2017 03:33 UTC