Will serve the highly-anticipated
cricketing extravaganza to fans in Continental Europe (Non-Exclusive), SAARC
countries (except India), Central and South America and Central Asia
YuppTV also
bags non-exclusive digital rights in Middle East region for the Paytm South
Africa tour of India.
20th
September 2019: YuppTV, the world’s leading OTT
platform for South Asian content, has acquired the digital streaming rights for
BCCI Home Season 2019-20. In doing so, YuppTV will bring the most-awaited
cricketing extravaganza of this year to all its users in Continental Europe
(Non-Exclusive), SAARC countries (except India), Central and South America, and
Central Asia. Cricket fans in the Middle-East region can also stream the PaytmSouth Africa tour of India on the YuppTV platform.
Commenting
on the latest development, Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO – YuppTV,
said, “We are excited to be enabling live, on-the-go access to all the
cricketing action unfolding in the much-anticipated BCCI Home Season 2019-20 on
our platform. By acquiring non-exclusive digital rights to the much-awaited
cricketing season, we will provide cricket enthusiasts across the world to catch
their favourite sports stars in action. The development also underlines our
continued commitment to enabling convenient, real-time access to high-octane
sporting action to millions of users across the globe.”
Comprising
a total of 26 matches, the home season has kicked-off with the Paytm South
Africa tour of India on September 15, 2019, with a match in Dharamshala. Bangladesh,
West Indies, Zimbabwe, and Australia will also compete for the bragging rights
with India on its home soil, before South Africa rounds off the home season
with a final match in Kolkata on March 18, 2020. All the matches will be
played within India, across a range of cities including Bengaluru, Mohali,
Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Indore, Rajkot, Vizag, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Guwahati,
among others.
About
YuppTV:
YuppTV
is one of the world’s largest internet-based TV and On-demand service provider
for South Asian content, offering more than 250 TV channels and 3000+ movies in
13 languages. YuppTV, received funding from Emerald Media, a Pan-Asian platform
established by leading global investment firm KKR for investing in the media
and entertainment sector, wherein Emerald Media acquired a significant minority
stake in the company for US$50mn. YuppTV had earlier raised its Series A
round of funding from Poarch Creek Indian Tribe of Alabama.
YuppTV
is currently ranked #1 Internet Pay TV platform for Indians living abroad and
the largest Internet TV platform from premium content availability in India.
YuppTV is the most downloaded Indian SmartTV app and it also boasts of 13
million mobile downloads with 4.0 user rating.
Visit : https://www.yupptv.com/cricket for more information. 