Mr. Menon Writes

Homegrown Viacom18 has bagged the rights to broadcast the Indian Premier League matches from 2023 to 2027. This should be seen as the Reliance Group’s foray into the Sports broadcasting industry. The significance of this venture apart from IPL being the second largest sports events (in case you’re wondering, its bigger than the EPL!) in the world, relates to the fact that the winning bid for the rights has risen exponentially. Here are the numbers: The 2017 rights (All broadcasting rights) were sold to Disney Star for Rs. 16,347.5 Cr. In 2022, these rights were split up as TV and Digital and were sold for Rs. 23,575 to Disney star and for Rs. 20,500 Cr to Viacom18 respectively. The growth has been nothing short of astronomical. For perspective, these rights were sold for Rs. 8,200 Cr for 10 years, that is Rs.820 Cr per year! The four broadcast packages: ·         Package A: TV Rights for the Indian Sub-continent ·     ...

It's been over an year since I had published anything here. I wrote my last article about Wallstreetbets in a span of 30 minutes, sitting in my boss' cabin waiting for his call to end. Revisiting that memory has given me something to think about: it doesn't take a lot of time to publish something. I just was not committed enough. This is not a first. I've tried to come up with something every once in a while in the past BUT never followed through. Part of this has to do with the fact that I've never really considered writing to be my thing, I was just curious to find out what it's like. Nevertheless, this time around I have a few other goals in mind apart from satisfying my curiosity. Consequently, I have decided to re-restart my blog "again".  There's one other thing I'd like to throw in: I'm interested in a lot of things. So, if you make up your mind to come visit me here, you might almost never know what to expect! This is what's wro...