{"id":48071,"date":"2025-08-06T15:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/48071\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:01:12","slug":"asian-cricket-media-rights-sold-to-state-tv-for-5-2-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/48071\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian cricket media rights sold to state TV for $5.2 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <a style=\"color:black; text-decoration: none; font-size:13px !important\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaDgqvHGzzKbrfJ9LS2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n                                 JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL<br \/>\n                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The media rights for Asian cricket in Pakistan have been sold to the state television for $5.2 million (approximately PKR 1.5 billion). These rights include two men\u2019s Asia Cups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to details, the Asia Cup will be held in the UAE from September 9 to 28, featuring 19 matches. If both teams reach the final, three Pakistan-India matches are expected. Last year, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) sold 8-year media rights (from 2024 to 2031) to Sony India for $170 million (approximately PKR 47.26 billion). These rights include four men\u2019s and four women\u2019s Asia Cups, as well as emerging tournaments, totaling 119 matches.<\/p>\n<p>Sony India demanded $12 million for broadcasting rights in Pakistan for the two Asia Cups, but none of the three competing Pakistani channels were willing to pay such a high amount.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to them, the current market conditions do not support heavy investments with assured profits. There was also discussion about forming a consortium among channels.<\/p>\n<p>However, a major development occurred recently when Pakistan\u2019s state television acquired the Asian cricket broadcasting rights from 2025 to 2027 for $5.2 million. Sony India is still negotiating with two private Pakistani channels, who may jointly purchase the rights. The Indian broadcaster aims to secure up to more $5 million from Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The digital rights deal in Pakistan has already been finalized. It\u2019s worth noting that Pakistan\u2019s share in ACC media rights is approximately 25% (around $42.5 million). The digital rights are separate, and the majority of the revenue (around 65%) comes from India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL The media rights for Asian cricket in Pakistan have been sold to the state&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[40987,27228,40985,19763,40986,40982,64,63,740,15299,40983,40981,19760,40984,85],"class_list":["post-48071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-5-2-million-media-deal","tag-acc","tag-acc-broadcasting-rights","tag-asia-cup-2025","tag-asia-cup-pakistan-broadcast","tag-asian-cricket-media-rights","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistan-state-tv","tag-pakvind","tag-pcb","tag-sony-india","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}