All the key Indian broadcasters, together with Disney Star*, Viacom, Sony and Zee, can be bidding for the Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) media rights on the public sale on Monday. The BCCI has adopted a closed bid public sale technique for the day-long occasion, and can announce the winner on the identical day.
ESPNcricinfo has discovered that eight potential bidders had purchased the tender doc which was placed on sale in December. The rights, spanning a five-year interval between 2023-27, comprised three classes: linear (TV), digital and mixed (TV and digital). The rights can be bought globally, together with India.
The WIPL media rights are important as a result of it constitutes the vast majority of the central business pool from which franchises will get 80% of their revenues. In the tender doc for franchise rights, the BCCI has talked about that it could share 80% of the business rights earnings it derives from WIPL with the 5 groups within the preliminary 5 years, 60% within the following 5 years, and 50% after that. In addition, the franchises will even get 80% of the cash derived from the central licensing rights.
Having performed the Women’s T20 Challenge initially as an exhibition occasion, the BCCI final 12 months lastly determined to launch the WIPL with the inaugural season set to be performed in March. While the BCCI has not but introduced the match dates, it’s understood that the primary season, spanning 22 matches, is more likely to be performed between March 5 and 23.
The BCCI has additionally set January 25 because the date to open the monetary bids for the WIPL venues and their house owners, with a plan to announce the winners on the identical day. The BCCI has listed 10 cities within the bid doc. So far, at the least eight of the ten males’s IPL franchises have confirmed they’d be bidding for a franchise.
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