: Viacom 18 bags media rights for Womens IPL for 951 crore #IndiaNEWS #News New Delhi: The BCCI on Monday announced that Viacom 18 have grabbed the media rights for the upcoming Womens IPL for a whopping

Viacom 18 bags media rights for Womens IPL for 951 crore #IndiaNEWS #News
New Delhi: The BCCI on Monday announced that Viacom 18 have grabbed the media rights for the upcoming Womens IPL for a whopping Rs 951 crore for five years after pipping other bidders, including Disney Star and Sony, in the closed-bid auction.
The auction for the T20 league was conducted by the cricket board in Mumbai on Monday. The inaugural Womens IPL is likely to begin in the first week of March.
Five teams will compete and all the matches will be held in Mumbai. The global rights comprise three categories linear (TV), digital and combined (TV and digital) and Viacom 18 successfully bid for the combined rights. In the mens IPL, separate rights are sold across regions.
Womens cricket has been on the up since a few years and the recently concluded bilateral series against Australia is a great testament to how popular womens cricket has become in India, BCCI president Roger Binny said in a release issued by the board. It was only apt to get our own womens T20 league and give the fans more of womens cricket.
According to BCCI secretary Jay Shah, the fee per match will come to Rs 7.09 crore for the next five years. The broadcasters play a key role in taking the game to a wider audience and their active interest in the league is a clear indication that the Womens Indian Premier League is headed in the right direction. The per-match valuation of Rs 7.09 crore is something that has never previously been registered for a womens game, Shah said.
I congratulate Viacom18 for securing both the TV and digital rights with a combined bid of INR 951 crores and welcome them on Board. The journey has well and truly started and we will take another major step this month when the five franchises are announced.
Viacom18 had won the IPL digital rights for Rs 23,758 crore while Disney Star had retained the TV rights for Rs 23,575 crore for a five-year period starting 2023 during a three-day auction held in June, 2022.

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