“JioStar’s Uday Shankar Warns Cricket Boards Over Unsustainable Rights Pricing | Nova Globa” — what this page in the network covers. Uday Shankar, vice-chair of JioStar, has issued a sobering warning to the global cricketing establishment, asserting that cricket boards are rapidly pricin... Uday Shankar, vice-chair of JioStar, has issued a sobering warning to the global cricketing establishment, asserting that cricket boards are rapidly pricing their broadcasting rights out of the Indian market. As the leader of a platform that invests nearly $4 billion annually in content, Shankar’s critique highlights the growing friction between the escalating demands of sports governing bodies and the actual economic reality of the Indian consumer.
The rapid inflation of media rights has created a cycle of dependency that is increasingly viewed as unsustainable by major industry stakeholders. As platforms look to diversify their portfolios to hedge against the volatility of cricket-rights cycles, the sector faces a potential correction. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.