Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has bagged the unique TV and digital rights to broadcast Roland Garros between 2022-24. As a part of the collaboration, SPN will broadcast the tennis event on its sports activities channels throughout India and the subcontinent together with, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives. Additionally, the event may also be out there for live-streaming on its OTT platform, SonyLIV.
Following the printed of the Australian Open, the corporate has acquired the media rights of the Roland Garros, Rajesh Kaul, chief income officer, distribution and head, sports activities enterprise, Sony Pictures Networks India, said. “The pedigree of the French Open will help us cater to the growing tennis fanbase in India. With this acquisition, we reiterate our goal to position Sony Sports Network as the home to marquee global sports events,” he added.
The upcoming version of Roland-Garros is scheduled to be performed between May 22 to June 5, 2022. Taking its tennis repertoire into consideration, SPN shall be giving Roland-Garros related protection because the Australian Open, as per the corporate.
For Gilles Moretton, president, French Tennis Federation, this new settlement ensures publicity in India and its subcontinent. “It means our tournament will be celebrated in the part of the world where tennis fans and Roland-Garros fans are numerous,” he mentioned.
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) is an oblique wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation, Japan. SPN has a number of channels together with Sony Entertainment Television (SET and SET HD), MAX, MAX 2, WAH, SAB, PAL, PIX, Sony BBC Earth, Sony AATH, YAY!, SONY SIX, SONY TEN 1, SONY TEN 2, SONY TEN 3, SONY TEN 4, amongst others. Additionally, the corporate has digital VOD platform SonyLIV and Studio NEXT, the unbiased manufacturing enterprise for authentic content material and IPs for TV and digital media. SPN is out there in 167 nations.
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