BCCI releases RFP for service related to VIVO IPL 2017

MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has released the Request for Proposal (RFP) for Indian Premier League for the right to be appointed as a media agency in relation to the IPL. 

The proposal documents in sealed envelopes shall be delivered in person by an authorised representative of the interested party by 3pm on 2 March 2017 to The Cricket Centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai 400 020. 

This document -- the “RFP” -- constitutes a request for proposal from persons who consider that they have the desire, competence and expertise to be appointed to take on the right and obligation to be appointed as a media agency in relation to the IPL in accordance with and as contemplated by this RFP and the Services Agreement. The successful Interested party shall be obliged to provide the Services in respect of the 2017 and 2018 Seasons and, if the BCCI exercises its right to renew the Services Agreement, in respect of the 2019 Season. The attention of interested parties is drawn to Section 7 which sets out the deadline for the submission of Proposals.

BCCI is seeking proposals from reputed third parties to acquire the right to be appointed as BCCI’s exclusive media agency in relation to the League in the manner described in and contemplated by this RFP and the Services Agreement. No proposal from any party who intends to re-sell the right to provide the Services will be accepted.

Requisite Experience

 

Each proposal must be from  an  interested  party  which  can  demonstrate  the  following,  supplying  evidence thereof as part of its proposal:

 

(a) extensive and relevant experience in providing services which are the same as or similar to the Services;

(b) significant experience of dealing with vendors of TV, print and OOH advertising throughout India and of purchasing such advertising on behalf of “blue chip” companies;

(c) Global and India wide presence;

(d) a strong financial background (in relation to which the attention of Interested

(e) sufficient human and other resources to provide the Services as contemplated in this  RFP  and  as  is  reflected  in  the  Services  Agreement  including  without limitation a sufficient number of suitably qualified employees who will be involved in providing the Services and one person who will act as the prime account  manager  and  the  point  person  between  BCCI  and  the  successful

(f) Sufficient contacts, expertise and resources in order to provide the Services; and

(g) References satisfactory to BCCI from entities for which the Interested party has supplied services which are the same as or similar to the Services.

Proposals will be evaluated on their overall merits to include, without limitation, the proposed Fee, the Media Plan, the standard of delivery of the services.

BCCI reserves the right, to be exercised in its sole discretion, to waive each and any of the conditions and requirements in relation to any Interested party.

Guarantees

Depending upon the financial strength and/or depth of other resources available to the successful interested party, BCCI reserves the right to insist upon a parent company guarantee in the manner contemplated by the Services Agreement. The failure to provide such a parent company guarantee (if requested) shall constitute a material breach of the Services Agreement and may lead to its termination.

Eligibility requirement

For the purpose of this RFP, any entity in the world (which expression includes,  as  regards  corporate  entities,  each  Interested  Party  and/or  its  parent  or subsidiary companies), which satisfy the following requirements as at the date of this RFP (or such other specific date as is specified in this RFP in relation to any individual criteria) is eligible to participate in this process.

Financial strength

The most recent audited annual turnover of each Interested party must have exceeded Rs. 30 crore and, for these purposes, only the annual turnover for the financial year of the Interested party is relevant and turnover from any company in the same Group as the Interested party may not be consolidated with or  otherwise added to the Interested party’s turnover for the purposes of satisfying this threshold.

Proposal rejection

Any proposal submitted by a person which fails to satisfy the eligibility requirements set out in this RFP may be accepted or rejected by BCCI in its absolute discretion. BCCI shall not pre-judge or advise an interested party whether it is qualified or not. The interested party must submit its proposal in accordance with the process specified in this RFP and enable BCCI to then evaluate its proposal. 

BCCI reserves the right not to accept or to reject any proposal.

Providing services

Details of the Services are set out in Schedule 1 to the Services Agreement. The Services are to be delivered and invoiced to BCCI in the manner which is contemplated in this RFP and as is set out in the Services Agreement. The Services to be provided for the 2018 Season and, if the Services Agreement is renewed by BCCI, for the 2019 Season will remain as they were for the 2017 Season unless BCCI, it its sole discretion, decides to change them to any material extent in which case the BCCI and the successful Interested party will discuss and agree any necessary change to the fee.

BCCI will countersign  the  Services  Agreement  within five days  of  announcing  the successful interested party.

Requests from interested parties for clarification and/or further information relating to this RFP must be addressed to BCCI and marked for the attention of Hemang Amin and received by  BCCI by  6.00  pm  IST on  or  before 22 February 2017  by  way  of electronic mail (e-mail) sent in .doc or .docx format to rfp@bcci.tv. Any clarification issued  by  BCCI  will  automatically  become  part  of  this  RFP.

BCCI intends to ask each relevant Interested party (being Interested parties whose documents in Envelopes A, B and C conform with the requirements of this RFP) to make a presentation to the BCCI on the day on which the proposals are submitted, being 2 March 2017.  

IPL 2017 auction: Ben Stokes, Tymal Mills top overseas buys, Karn Sharma biggest Indian buy

MUMBAI: England’s all rounder Ben Stokes at Rs. 145 million (RPS) followed by compatriot Tymal Mills at Rs. 120 million (RCB) were amongst the top foreign buys, while Indians player Karn Sharma was picked by MI for Rs. 35 million at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 auction that began in Bengaluru Monday morning.

The auctions are on for the tenth season of the IPL, which will run from 5 April – 21 May, 2017. At the auctions in Bangalore, 351 cricketers are under the hammer. The eight franchisees will bag players with an aim to balance their sides.

The spotlight was on English players Ben Stokes, Tymal Mills and Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy, South Africans Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir, Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan and Kiwis Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, Corey Anderson and Colin de Grandhomme.

A total of 66 players were sold, including 27 overseas players in the IPL auction 2017. Here is the list of the players bought by the teams.

Delhi Daredevils Players sold: Angelo Mathews (Rs. 20 million), Corey Anderson (Rs. 10 million), Kagiso Rabada (Rs. 50 million), Pat Cummins (Rs. 45 million ), Ankit Bawne (Rs. 10,00000), Aditya Tare (Rs. 25,00000), Murugan Ashwin (Rs.10 million), Navdeep Saini (Rs. 10,00000), Shashank Singh (Rs. 10,00000) Players retained: JP Duminy, Mohammed Shami, Quinton de Kock, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Shreyas Iyer, Zaheer Khan, Sam Billings, Sanju Samson, Chris Morris, Carlos Brathwaite, Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant, CV Milind, Syed Ahmed, Pratyush Singh. Total players in the squad: 26. Total slots left: 1. Overseas slots left: 0. Unspent Purse: Rs. 90.5 million.

Gujarat Lions Players sold: Nathu Singh (Rs. 50 lakh), Basil Thampy (Rs. 85 lakh), Tejas Singh Baroka (Rs. 10 lakh), Manpreet Gony (Rs. 60 lakh), Jason Roy (Rs. 1 Crore), Munaf Patel (Rs. 30 Lakh), Chirag Suri (Rs. 10 Lakh), Shelly Shaurya (Rs. 10 Lakh), Shubham Agrawal (10 Lakh), Pratham Singh (10 Lakh), Aksh Deep Nath (10 Lakh) Players retained: Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, James Faulkner, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo, Aaron Finch, Dwayne Smith, Dinesh Karthik, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Andrew Tye, Ishan Kishan, Pradeep Sangwan, Shivil Kaushik, Shadab Jakati, Jaydev Shah. Total players in the squad: 27. Total slots left: 0. Overseas slots left: 1. Unspent Purse: INR 10.50 Croreore

Kings XI Punjab Players sold: Eoin Morgan (Rs. 2 Crore), Rahul Tewatia (25 Lakh), T Natarajan (3 Crore), Matt Henry (50 Lakh), Varun Aaron (2.80 Crore), Martin Guptill (50 Lakh), Darren Sammy (30 Lakh), Rinku Singh (10 Lakh) Players retained: David Miller, Manan Vohra, Axar Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Shaun Marsh, Wriddhiman Saha, M Vijay, Nikhil Naik, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, KC Cariappa, Armaan Jaffer, Pardeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh, Hashim Amla. Total players in the squad: 27. Total slots left: 0. Overseas slots left: 0. Unspent Purse: INR 13.90 crore.

Kolkata Knight Riders Players sold: Trent Boult (5 Crore), Chris Woakes (4.20 Crore), Rishi Dhawan (55 Lakh), Nathan Coulter-Nile (3.5 Crore), Rovman Powell (30 Lakh), R Sanjay Yadav (10 Lakh), Ishank Jaggi (10 Lakh), Darren Bravo (50 Lakh), Sayan Ghosh (10 Lakh). Players retained: Gautam Gambhir, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Shakib Al Hasan, Chris Lynn, Umesh Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Sheldon Jackson, Ankit Singh Rajput, Andre Russell. Total players in the squad: 23. Total slots left: 4. Overseas slots left: 0. Unspent Purse: Rs.5.40 crore.

Mumbai Indians Players sold: Nicholas Pooran (30 Lakh), Mitchell Johnson (2 crore), K Gowtham (2 crore), Karn Sharma (3.2 Ccore), Saurabh Tiwary (30 Lakh), A Gunarathna (30 Lakh), K Khejroliya (10 Lakh). Players retained: Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Harbhajan Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Gopal, Lendl Simmons, Vinay Kumar, Parthiv Patel, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nitish Rana, Siddhesh Lad, J Suchith, Hardik Pandya, Jos Buttler, Tim Southee, Jithesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Punia. Total players in the squad: 27. Total slots left: 0. Overseas slots left: 0. Unspent purse: Rs. 3.35 crore.

Rising Pune Supergiants Players sold: Ben Stokes (14.50 Crore), Jaydev Unadkat (30 Lakh), Rahul Chahar (10 Lakh), Saurabh Kumar (10 Lakh), Dan Christian (1 Crore), Milind Tandon (10 Lakh), R Tripathi (10 Lakh), Manoj Tiwary (50 Lakh), Lockie Ferguson (50 Lakh) Players retained: MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Steven Smith, Faf du Plessis, Mitchell Marsh, Ashok Dinda, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Ankit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Adam Zampa, Jaskaran Singh, Baba Aparajith, Deepak Chahar, Usman Khawaja, Mayank Agarwal. Total players in the squad: 26. Total slots left: 1. Overseas slots left: 1. Unspent purse: Rs. 30 lakh.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Players sold: Pawan Negi (1 Crore), Tymal Mills (12 Crore), Aniket Choudhary (INR 2 Crore), Praveen Dubey (10 Lakh), Billy Stanlake (30 Lakh) Players retained: Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Mandeep Singh, Adam Milne, Sarfaraz Khan, S Aravind, Kedar Jadhav, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Samuel Badree, Iqbal Abdulla, Travis Head, Sachin Baby, Avesh Khan, Tabraiz Shamsi Total players in the squad: 24. Total slots left: 3. Overseas slots left: 0. Unspent purse: Rs. 2.42 crore.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Player sold: Tanmay Agarwal (10 Lakh), Mohammad Nabi (30 Lakh), Ekalavya Dwivedi (75 Lakh), Rashid Khan (4 Crore), Pravin Tambe (10 Lakh), Chris Jordan (50 Lakh), Ben Laughlin (30 Lakh), Mohammed Siraj (2.60 crore) Players retained: Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, David Warner, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha, Ricky Bhui, Kane Williamson, Siddarth Kaul, Bipul Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Cutting, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mustafizur Rahman, Barinder Sran, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar. Total players in the squad: 25. Total slots left: 2. Overseas slots left:0. Unspent purse: Rs. 12.25 crore.

Ajay Bhalwankar-led Sony's maiden inhouse show partners Beyond Dreams

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Network India is all set to produce its first show in-house for the network which will be led by the industry veteran Ajay Bhalwankar.  Also, Sony’s internal production house has partnered with Yash Patnaik’s Beyond Dreams for their first show.

A source close to the development informed  that the production house will be headed by the creative director Bhalwankar.

Bhalwankar, an industry veteran of 20 years, was earlier the content head of Zee TV. Prior to joining to Zee TV, he worked as the programming head for SET from November 2009 to June 2011.  In 2014, he rejoined SET as the chief creative director.

At the launch of Sony’s historical show Peshwa Bajirao, SPNI CEO NP Singh informed, “The first show of our production house is going into production early next month. It will be a fiction series and will go on air in 3- 4 months time.”

This is not the first instance that a broadcast network is getting into TV production. Zee Network has its Essel Vision, which has been involved in many of its marquee properties. Star India had taken a 25.99 per cent stake in Balaji Telefilms in April 2004, only to exit it on 5 August 2015.

Sony Pictures Networks India to foray into TV production

Speaking to the website about growth for SPT, Amburg had said: “…Where does growth come from and where does profitability come from? I think it comes from being a smart, thoughtful, global company. And more importantly, are there still growth markets internationally? I would say a hundred percent yes. China is a very interesting market, I think a lot of people have been examining that. We’re already producing a hit series there, Mad About You, we have two or three other projects that are in the mix right now. We had a dynamic conversation today about India. We have a huge networks footprint there.”

The network he was referring to is of course Sony Picture Networks (SPN) India, which is headed by CEO NP Singh. SPN India, has a motion picture division in India which is headed by Sneha Rajani, and which produced the successful Amitabh Bacchan-starrer Piku last year. This apart, Sony Pictures Entertainment Films has been releasing international films from its parent stable in the country.

And today confirmation came in from SPN India that it was indeed foraying into TV production. “SPN has decided to produce fiction shows in-house for our network. While we are starting with one show, we will scale up as we go forward,” said a company spokesperson in an email response to a query from Indiantelevision.com.

No further details were forthcoming on who would be heading the production initiative, at the time of writing.

SPT in has an envious slate of shows to its credit: The BlackList, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Night Shift, Days of our Lives, The NightShift, BloodLine, Drop Dead Diva, The Art of More, Rules of Engagement, Dr Ken, Preacher…

This is not the first instance that a broadcast network is getting into TV production. The Zee Network has its Essel Vision, which has been involved in many of its marquee properties. Then Star India had taken a 25.99 per cent stake in Balaji Telefilms April 2004, only to exit it on 5 August 2015 at a price of Rs 108 crore.