STAR India won IPL media right with a bid of 16,347.5 cr

Mumbai, 4 September(Wishav Warta): STAR India won the Indian Premier League (IPL) global media rights from 2018-2022 with a consolidated bid of Rs 16,347.5 crore. Initially, 24 companies picked up rights papers to contest for the several rights up for grabs in the auction organised by the BCCI. Several big companies like Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Yahoo, Reliance Jio, STAR India, Sony Pictures, Discovery, Sky, British Telecom and ESPN Digital Media purchased the bid. The bids were divided into television and digital rights.