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TEN Sports Deal To Make Sony Pictures Networks 'Major' Cricket Broadcaster

The $385M acquisition of TEN Sports "is set to make Sony Pictures Networks a major cricket broadcaster in Asia as it seeks to expand its Twenty20-dominated portfolio," according to Sudipto Ganguly of REUTERS. SPN "holds broadcast rights for the annual cash-rich Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament while also having the rights for the domestic leagues in South Africa and the West Indies." TEN sports "will now add all three formats of international cricket to the network with the broadcast rights of boards in South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe." SPN’s biggest competitor, Star Sports, "owns rights to cricket giants India’s home matches," Australia, England and also the Int'l Cricket Council-organized World Cups. SPN CEO N.P. Singh said, "We have IPL which is the biggest cricket property. That will now be complemented by the rights of five cricket boards that TEN Sports has rights to." TEN Sports also operates in several countries in South Asia, as well as the Maldives, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Middle East and the Caribbean, and "will help SPN become a household name in those regions." Singh said, "It’s a deal of strategic importance for Sony. It’s a step in the direction of consolidating our position in sports broadcasting" (REUTERS, 9/1).

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