Super League Kerala signs five-year Rs 100-crore streaming rights deal with Sports.com
'This is a Rs 100-crore deal and the contract is for five years. The global live streaming rights are now with Sports.com,' Mathew Joseph, the CEO of the Super League Kerala (SLK), told Sportstar on Monday.
'This is also Sports.com's first entry into India; it will become the exclusive OTT platform for the SLK, and it will be free of cost. That is what we are more interested in,' he added.
Joseph revealed that the deal, signed in Dubai, will also help build more content around the SLK, which attracted nearly 13 million viewers for its debut season last year.
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'They will also help us with content creation around the SLK which they have done globally for many sports…behind the scenes, they create a lot of interesting documentaries,' said Joseph.
'This deal represents a huge leap forward for the SLK. It allows us to amplify our reach across continents while delivering world-class fan engagement and streaming experiences to millions who love Kerala football,' said Firoz Meeran, Director, SLK.
'This is more than a sports rights deal. To enter the Indian market through Kerala, a State with an electrifying football culture and millions of global fans, gives us a high-growth, cash-yielding product to launch the Sports.com app with force,' Firoz added.
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