India's JioStar terminates Bangladesh IPL cricket broadcast agreement, shows letter
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's entertainment enterprise JioStar has terminated its broadcast deals in Bangladesh for the Indian Premier League
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India's JioStar terminates Bangladesh IPL cricket broadcast agreement, shows letter
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's entertainment enterprise JioStar has terminated its broadcast deals in Bangladesh for the Indian Premier League cricket tournament, saying its local associate defaulted on payments, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Bangladesh in January banned IPL broadcasts after one of its teams, Kolkata Knight Riders, dropped Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman on the Indian cricket board's instruction, just as tensions rose between the two countries following the killing of a Hindu man in Bangladesh.
Though Bangladesh is reviewing the prohibition and had on Saturday said any further steps will rely on the opinion of its sports ministry, the termination by JioStar means there will be no local broadcaster for the IPL season, even if the nation were to tilt its stance.
"The pact stands terminated with immediate effect," JioStar said in a letter dated February 17 to Bangladesh broadcaster TSports, which had sublicensed the entitlements from JioStar for IPL seasons from 2023 to 2027.
The firm cited its associate's "continued collapse and default in adhering to the remittance timelines stipulated under the pact".
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