I am only waiting for the mega media right auction which should happen anytime this month. A staggering amount of INR 35k to 40k crores is expected by BCCI which is almost 150% of the last value rights. Many big companies will be participating in this auction. Dates haven't been announced yet but this will surely increase the profit of IPL to a great extent.
I guess the amount will be even higher. You are talking about an amount of around $5 billion. But I am sure that it will cross $10 billion. Look at what happened during the auction for the two new teams. The BCCI received almost $1.7 billion in the end, compared to the initial estimates of $700-1,000 million. There is a lot of demand from several big players and only one can win the bid. Disney+Hotstar is the no.1 bidder as far as I understood (they won the bid for 2017-21 by paying an amount of ₹16,347.50 crore or $2,178 million).
Apart from Disney-Star, others on fray are Viacom18, Amazon Prime Video and Sony Pictures Networks India.
