Zee Sports wins TV rights to Indian football

Zee Sports has been awarded the television and marketing rights to Indian football. The deal signed with the All India Football Federation is for a minimum of five years. AIFF president Priyaranjan Das Munshi earlier hinted that the organisation was not averse to making Indian soccer viewer and TV friendly, on the lines of what ESPN Star Sports, Indian Hockey Federation and Leisure Sports Management achieved with domestic hockey through the Premier Hockey League, India Television reported.

See also: Zee Sports closer to clinching Indian football (8 September 2005)