The Business Bytes
TBB BUREAU
MUMBAI, NOV 25, 2021
Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) today announced a worldwide partnership with German football media company OneFootball to broadcast the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) to over 200 countries across the globe.
Starting season 2021-22, fans will be able to catch the action of India’s premier football league with live matches and highlights being made available, free-to-air, on the OneFootball platform, accessed by upwards of 100 million monthly active users internationally.
The partnership further increases ISL’s growing global appeal especially amongst millennials. All live and on-demand match action will be available on smartphone and tablet via the OneFootball App (iOS/Android, incl. Apple AirPlay and Google Chromecast) as well as on desktop via the OneFootball Website.
“We are pleased to partner with OneFootball bringing another power-packed season of Hero ISL to fans worldwide. Hero Indian Super League has consistently engaged with the young audience, creating an intrigued base of fans across the globe,” said ISL spokesperson.
“Through our partnership with OneFootball, ISL will be able to continue its endeavour to appeal to the youth and globalise Indian football,” the Spokesperson added.
Nikolaus von Doetinchem, VP OTT & Media Rights OneFootball said: “The Hero Indian Super League is a young and rapidly growing competition. OneFootball will be the place for Indian football fans around the world to watch their teams from back home and for a larger international audience to discover ISL for the first time. At OneFootball we are committed to bringing fans closer to the action than ever before and with the ISL we have another amazing competition for football fans to experience.”
