India's tour of Bangladesh in June (3 ODI's)

[SVK]

http://www.firstpost.com/sports/blackout-threatens-bangladesh-india-series-as-broadcasters-prove-scarce-1567325.html

The paper reports the lack of star power – MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli. Ravindra Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and R Ashwin are all being rested – and the BCCI’s own vindictive attitude has caused a problem for Gazi TV, the Bangladesh right’s holders.
Ten Sports and Nimbus are not options for Gazi because the BCCI is fighting both organisations in court. That leaves only two other options – Star Sports and Sony Six.
However, Sony is televising the 2014 FIFA World Cup and declined to televise the Bangladesh series as it had already planned its programming schedule and could not accommodate more live sports. Star Sports did make an offer but Mumbai Mirror says it was just Rs 5 crore per match, which does not cover even one-eighth of the cost of broadcasting the matches in India.
"Because of the BCCI’s problems with Neo and Ten, we can’t sell the rights to them,” Salahuddin Cowdhury, the CFO of the Gazi Group, told the paper. “Unless something dramatic happens over the next two days, I cannot assure you that the matches will be telecast in India.”
There is one series-saving alternative open to Gazi, which is to partner with Doordarshan, India’s state owned broadcaster. Doordarshan is reportedly open to a revenue-sharing deal but with the series due to begin in three days and the World Cup starting today, just how much revenue can be generated through advertising is an open question.

So no India Cricket match on TV?

 

[moindear]

Awesome!

 

[mhsabir]

DD sports not trying

 

[moindear]

No stars, football world cup, people are still interested in this series

 

[mhsabir]

Not everyone watches football & well, there are people who watch all forms of cricket & this is still international cricket. In fact, considering its an India game after ~2 months, containing upcoming players, I am pretty sure a few will be interested in watching this over the WC football..

 

[SVK]

Timing of Football matches is not clashing with this series, so interested people would still watch the matches.
DD should grab opportunity and become exclusive broadcaster for this series

 

[mhsabir]

But will they spend that much & can they hope to earn that money back ... would be the question...

 

[balajik]

I don't understand why TEN or NEO can't buy this series because BCCI has cases against them. I mean, this is an away series for India. If India tours SA, SL, WI, or even PAK (UAE) in the near future, those matches are going to be on TEN network.

 

[mhsabir]

Probably those are already sold rights, plus, knowing BCCi, they would have included something to that affect in agreement, perhaps when they decided on this tour...

 

[moindear]

My Twitter timeline says that both DD and Star Sports telecasting the series