We are larger and more profitable without IPL: Sony MD and CEO N P Singh

We are making big investments in content and technology, says Singh

Just two weeks before the reports of Sony’s possible acquisition of Viacom18 broke, Vanita Kohli Khandekar met N P Singh, managing director and CEO, Sony, to talk about life sans IPL. Edited excerpts:

Are you missing IPL?

I missed it for one day because of the emotional connect with the property. We have had it for 10 years. But I woke up the next day and it was work as usual. At the price at which it went, monetising it will be a challenge. Without IPL, we are now larger and more profitable. 

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