Catch the Heart Stopping IPL 2018 Play Offs on YuppTV

The league matches of IPL came to an end after 56 exhilarating matches. The eleventh season of IPL which has commenced on 27th of April has completed the lion’s share of the tournament giving way to the playoff matches. Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have entered the playoffs along with Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings.

As is IPL’s customary, the first match of the playoffs, called Qualifier-1 will take place between the highest point earners SRH and CSK. This match will take place on 22nd May 2018 in Wankhede Stadium of Mumbai. The second match which is called Eliminator-1 will take place between the next point earners KKR and RR. KKR and RR are in third and fourth positions in the points table with 16 and 14 points each. The Eliminator match will take place on 23rd May 2018 in Eden Gardens, Kolkata. 

Whoever wins in the Qualifier-1 reaches the finals directly. The team that loses in the Qualifier-1 gets another shot at entering the finals by playing against the winning team of Eliminator match. This match called the Qualifier 2, takes place on 25th May in the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Here’s some information about the matches in Qualifier-1 and the Eliminator matches.

CSK vs SRH 

The Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings have been the best performers in the IPL 2018 so, far. With 18 points each both the teams won the same number of matches in the Leagues and now stand holding a positive run rate of 0.284 and 0.253 respectively.

The two teams have played 2 matches against each other so far in the leagues and CSK stood victorious in both of them. Both the teams consist of excellent players. Chennai is under the leadership of former Indian Captain MS Dhoni and SRH is being led by New Zealand Batsman Kane Williamson. The two captains have been successful in getting their teams to the Qualifiers but due to CSK’s previous victories against SRH, CSK has an upper hand psychologically.

T20 matches are highly unpredictable. All it takes is one over to change the entire match upside down. So, given the history of SRH, their consistent performance in the Leagues and their breathtaking bowling squad, SRH still holds a pretty good chance over CSK. The previous losses if serves as a colossal motivator, SRH can defeat CSK in the Qualifier-1.

Both SRH and CSK hold enough firepower to defeat each other which means the match is going to be an edge of the seat action for the audience. Catch this thrilling game between SRH and CSK at 07 00 PM IST, 22rd May, on YuppTV in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Continental Europe (Except UK), South America and South East Asia.

KKR vs RR

It is needless to say that the match is crucial to both the teams and that it will be a cutthroat battle. The two teams have already battled against each other previously in the league matches, and Kolkata won in both of them.

Both the teams comprise of wonderful players and almost share an equal level of strengths and weaknesses. Players from KKR hold good positions among the top 10 Bowling lists. KKR Players like Kuldeep Yadav and Sunil Narine are among the highest wicket-takers while Nitish Rana holds a good bowling economy. RR players Jofra Archer and JayadevUnadkat hold good positions among the wicket-takers while Krishnappa Gowtham and Ben Stokes are in the best Bowling Economies list.

Among the Batsmen too, RR and KKR Rajasthan comprise of equally talented players. RR players Jos Butler, Sanju Samson and Rahul Tripathi are among the top run scorers in the lists while KKR has Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, and Sunil Narine among the list. 

Though the teams stumbled along the way, they made it to the qualifiers and this can be a major motivator for the teams as it restores the hope of winning the trophy. This can make the match super thrilling which is what every cricket fan waits for in Cricket tournaments.

Watch the Eliminator match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals at 07 00 PM IST on Wednesday, 23rd May 2018 on YuppTV from Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Continental Europe, South America and South East Asia. 

KKR-BACKED EMERALD MEDIA INVESTS US$50MN IN YUPPTV

MUMBAI, INDIA, 11 OCTOBER 2016: Emerald Media, a Pan-Asian platform established by leading global investment firm KKR for investing in the media and entertainment sector today announced that it has acquired a significant minority stake in YuppTV for US$50mn. YuppTV is one of the world’s leading over-the-top (OTT) video platforms for South Asian content offering live TV, catch-up TV and movies on-demand in 14 languages across the globe. The growth capital will enable YuppTV to further its global footprint, expand its content library through original productions and acquisitions, and rapidly grow its paid subscriber base.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, YuppTV is a leading Internet Pay TV platform for South Asians, reaching more than 400 million households across the world. With more than 5 million monthly visitors accessing YuppTV across 27 integrated devices – with a peak monthly traffic of 20 million – YuppTV has been setting records across the OTT industry. YuppTV offers 250+ South Asian TV channels, 5000+ movies and 100+ TV shows to worldwide audiences, with a focus on the USA, UK, Middle East, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean. YuppTV continues to revolutionize the way TV and movies are viewed across the world with over 25,000 hours of entertainment content catalogued in its library, as well as nearly 5,000 hours of new on-demand content added to the YuppTV platform every day.

YuppTV has gained considerable popularity in India having recently launched in the market. With an initial focus on South India, the company has gradually expanded to the rest of the country. It has also recently implemented advanced analytics-based real-time recommendations on Live TV, to make content more discoverable.

Uday Reddy, Promoter and CEO YuppTV, said, “We couldn’t ask for a stronger partner than Emerald Media. YuppTV is a content distribution platform with a strong consumer connection, and Emerald Media has global media relationships.  We hope to leverage their relationships and existing assets Endemol, OML, Fluence and Graphic India to create original programming and make this platform a next generation distribution and content powerhouse.” 

  

Rajesh Kamat, Managing Director of Emerald Media, said, “Emerald Media believes in driving change and value-creation by providing a distinctive combination of capital, domain knowledge and management bandwidth. The world is moving from traditional consumption to multiscreen delivery mediums. YuppTV provides a unique combination of technology, strong content relationships and revenues of scale and will be an anchor to our vision of building a new age media company.”

Paul Aiello, Managing Director of Emerald Media, added, “Uday and his team have created an exceptional online video platform with a loyal subscriber base that realizes the huge potential of the global Indian diaspora. Our investment and relationship will enable YuppTV to further their strong leadership position in the rapidly growing OTT space.”

In September 2015, YuppTV had raised its Series A round of funding from Poarch Creek Indian Tribe of Alabama.  YuppTV has had over 10 million mobile app downloads, in addition to 50 million pre-installs on Samsung TVs worldwide and 300,000+ downloads on LG Smart TV, making it one of the most downloaded Smart TV Apps. The YuppTV app is also the second most popular app in Android Playstore in India (Entertainment) and the only South Asian app available on PS3™ & PS4™. In addition, YuppTV has launched its exclusive on-demand movie streaming service, YuppFlix, which is backed by an extensive library of more than 5000+ movies across various languages.

About Emerald Media 

Emerald Media is a Pan-Asian platform established by KKR to invest in the fast-growing media and entertainment industries across Asia for which KKR has committed up to $300mm from its KKR Asian Fund II. Emerald Media is led by industry veterans Rajesh Kamat and Paul Aiello, supported by an experienced team of investment and operating executives. Paul and Rajesh together have a combined experience of more than 30 years in the industry and bring a unique blend of operational and investment acumen to their business approach.

The platform primarily focuses on providing growth capital to media, entertainment and digital media companies. The platform looks to invest approximately $15-75mn per investment to acquire control or significant minority positions in growing public and private media companies.

About YuppTV 

Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, YuppTV is the one of the world’s leading over-the-top (OTT) content player for South Asian Content, live TV, video on demand, and on-demand Movie Solutions. YuppTV a pioneer in OTT space delivers more than 250 television channels in 14 languages, 4500 videos (daily), movies, and a lot more. Content is offered to viewers through a single subscription-based service in the form of Live TV, Catch-up TV and Movies that can be viewed on any of the six screens for video content consumption - Connected TVs, Internet STBs, Smart Blu-ray players, PCs, Smart Phones and Tablets.

YuppTV services, currently has one of the industry’s highest content user engagement rate. Not surprising that millions of satisfied customers across the globe select YuppTV for their choice of entertainment. 

For more information: http://www.yupptv.com/