IPL is one of the T20 franchise tournaments in the world. There is no shortage of its popularity in the whole world. Cricket lovers from all over the world including India look forward to enjoying this league of T20 format. IPL gave good news to cricket lovers. No need to spend money to watch IPL anymore. This year’s event can be seen for free.
Viacom 18 has got the IPL broadcast rights from 2023 to 2028. As such, this time IPL will be shown online on Jio Cinema. And the organization is taking various initiatives to improve the upcoming season of IPL. The bosses of the organization want to give a taste of FIFA World Cup technology in IPL. An initiative has been taken by the organization to broadcast on ‘4K’ like FIFA World Cup. And to give an experience like the FIFA World Cup, IPL can be watched for free on Sports 18.
Meanwhile, Star used to show IPL for money. Although the television rights are in the hands of Star. But this also shows that the star is getting a big hit. This message is given by Sports18 with good news for IPL viewers. Earlier IPL could be seen in maximum 1080 pixels. But BCCI has been informed by Sports 18 that they want to show IPL in ‘4K’. Which is four times better than 1080 pixels. And BCCI also applauded this initiative of Sports 18.
Last FIFA World Cup they showed in ‘4K’. And it was a great use of technology. “Technology always teaches us new things. And this year’s FIFA was a big lesson for us. We have done a lot of work in the last two months. We have tried to improve the technology. We have tried to solve its problems. And we are here in IPL. Going to broadcast in high quality. Where cricket lovers will experience the highest taste of technology.”
The organization has given more good news to the cricket lovers. According to news sources, this year’s IPL will be broadcast in 16-17 languages on Jio Cinema. Where this event can be enjoyed in several languages like Bengali, Tamil, Telugu. That opportunity was not there before. Viacom18 informed, “We want to make IPL more popular. We want to localize it so that it reaches everyone. We want to make sure that it’s in everyone’s mother language and everyone can enjoy it.”
Note that this season’s IPL curtain will rise on March 25. A total of 10 teams will play in the tournament. There will be 74 matches. The curtain of the 16th season of IPL will come down with the finals on May 28.