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Star India harnessing local actors to push viewership for IPL this year

Digital players ride the Indian Premier League roller-coaster with premium services and entertainment shows

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Bengaluru: Kings XI Punjab co-owner Priety Zinta, IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla, BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary and Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor during a press conference at the side line of the IPL auction 2018 in Bengaluru on Saturday. PTI P

T E NarasimhanUrvi Malvania Chennai/Mumbai
With actor Prosenjit for Bengali, NTR Junior for Telugu and Shiva Rajkumar in Kannada, Star India is harnessing the power of local actors and entertainers to push the non-Hindi, non-English viewership of the eleventh season of the Vivo Indian Premier League 2018 (IPL 2018). This is Star’s first time as IPL broadcaster, having won the rights for a whopping Rs  163.5 billion from rival Sony Pictures Network in 2017. Having seen its regional language penetration strategy work with entertainment and movies, the broadcaster is hoping to replicate the story in sports.
 
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