Indian Premier League - General Discussion


Can you confirm the source of this? I have been trying to this across websites and haven't come across any that have confirmed this piece of news. There has been speculation for sure, but no confirmation.

Would be terrific if Amazon Prime gets it! Would be a huge reach in North America (USA). Compared to ESPN+, Amazon Prime easily has almost 50x the no of subscribers, due to its Prime shipping and extremely popular OTT platform that releases a lot of original titles. Prime Video is a major rival for Netflix in the USA market.

I think its time Willow is phased out and these new players like ESPN+ and Amazon Prime take over cricket broadcasting in the US!

There's some talk that Amazon might team up with Sony-ESPN for the joint rights. In that case, most likely the digital portion would be retained by Amazon. I agree that Prime is a far option than any of the current OTT, however, it also remains to be seen what markets they look at- for e.g, the current NZ broadcast deal, isn't available on the Prime platform in South East Asia. If 'm not mistaken, the IPL rights will be bucketed regionally this time round.

But then you guys also need to keep in mind about the Indian audience in India who couldn't afford Amazon, Hotstar, ESPN+ etc. won't have access to the content. And it would be like majority of the country is deprived off the action. IPL Governing Council won't let it happen. They can ofcourse open up without compromising on the offline platforms.
That is for online. We do have Star Sports 1 broadcasting the matches on Cable networks/ STB / Dish. These are cheaper options that majority of people can afford.

As per BCCI norms, if a bidder wins the TV rights, they need to set up a channel within 3 months. For the likes of Amazon (& Facebook last year), they would solely focus on the digital portion, which was erstwhile held by Hotstar (on account of Star winning the composite bid)

Now, as to you point about "the majority of the country is deprived"; tbh, the BCCI doesnt and wouldn't care. Especially if they receive the amounts they are getting. Cricket in India (national team) is subject by law, to a free-to-air mechanism, wherein the onus is on the TV rights holder to either set up a free-to-air channel OR share the feed with the state broadcaster(Doordarshan). For IPL, this only comes in at the playoff stages. Essentially, the concern lies between the TV rights holder and the govt of India. The BCCI can excuse itself here.
 
EA Sports should buy the streaming rights for IPL. Then they can charge $199 for accessing their IPL streaming website. Another $49 charge to unlock the match link. An additional $79 to unlock the 2nd innings. And finally $129 additional if one wants to buy the audio pack to enable commentary.

And yes, $499 to remove ads.
 
Can you confirm the source of this? I have been trying to this across websites and haven't come across any that have confirmed this piece of news. There has been speculation for sure, but no confirmation.
I randomly found that on reddit, no idea about the source.
 
So, the groups are based on titles won. RCB, DC, PBKS are now level with GT and LSG, the only difference is the latter are playing their first season as compared to the firmer who are in their fifteenth!
 
Who will advance? Top 2 from each group?
 
Top 4 teams out of the 10. Most wins first followed by the NRR.
That just sucks. What is the point of putting them in groups? Makes no tweaking sense. Top 2 should be qualifying and not Top 4 based on points.
 
That just sucks. What is the point of putting them in groups? Makes no tweaking sense. Top 2 should be qualifying and not Top 4 based on points.

The grouping is just for scheduling purposes so as to keep the IPL short enough (cant do the usual "home and away" format, with each team playing 18 league games).

I like the idea of a common points table for all teams, and the Top 4 from that table advancing to the playoffs. This gives importance to tournament standings rather than group standings.And thereby gives incentive for teams to ensure that they stay ahead of the NRR curve, when compared to the teams in the other group. This is how it happened in 2011 also (when Kochi Tuskers and Pune Warriors existed)
 
That just sucks. What is the point of putting them in groups? Makes no tweaking sense. Top 2 should be qualifying and not Top 4 based on points.
The reason this won't work here is, because you are not just playing games within your own groups. That is something we see in other ICC tournaments. But in IPL, you play two matches per team inside your own group. Then you play 2 matches against one team from another group. And finally 1 match with leftover terms of another group.

So you are playing all the other teams and not just teams in your own group. That is why the top 4 out of 10 for playoffs instead of top 2 from 5.
 

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