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BookMyShow opens gates to IPL tickets; Partners exclusively with top four teams
MUMBAI: Packed stadia, cheering crowds rooting for their favourite player and team, the sound of the bat hitting the ball for a boundary, the anxiety of the last over and to top it all, the iconic IPL tune. If you haven’t experienced the thrill of a T20 game from the stands in a nail-biting finish, have you really watched it at all?
Skip the queues and block your tickets on India’s leading entertainment destination, BookMyShow, to witness all the action live. BookMyShow has tied up with four of the top VIVO IPL 2019 teams as their exclusive ticketing partner.
Fans from across the country and beyond can book their tickets on BookMyShow to watch reigning champions Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals live in action on their home grounds. Registrations for tickets to home boys Mumbai Indians' games go live today with public ticket sales kick-starting March 9th.
With this partnership, BookMyShow owns 50% of the entire ticket inventory for IPL 2019.
Through its compelling partnership with leading IPL teams across the league’s previous seasons, the platform has helped franchises steadily grow in scale and size, as millions of BookMyShow users throng to the stadium each year to watch their favourite match live.
Albert Almeida, COO – Live Entertainment, BookMyShow said, “We are excited to continue our association with the leading teams at IPL this year too. The four teams include defending champions Chennai Super Kings, the stellar Kolkata Knight Riders, house favourites Mumbai Indians and the champion challengers Rajasthan Royals. We are delighted to partner with each of these teams and provide their fans with BookMyShow’s unmatched suite of services. With IPL 2019, we look forward to upping the ante and providing a great seamless experience for the millions of fans right from the time they log onto our platform and until they leave each venue. May each game be more exciting than the other and fans have the time of their lives. May the best team win!”
BookMyShow will focus on engaging with crazy cricket fans across various online & offline campaigns throughout this 12th edition of IPL.
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Gurpreet Singh named President of DishTV Alumni Network
Former Dish TV executive to lead community building and collaboration.
MUMBAI: Back to the dish, but this time it’s about connections, not channels Gurpreet Singh is returning to familiar territory with a new mandate that swaps subscribers for relationships. Singh has been appointed President of the DishTV Alumni Network, a move aimed at strengthening ties among former employees and building a more engaged professional community around the Dish TV ecosystem. The initiative reflects a growing trend among large organisations to formalise alumni networks as platforms for collaboration, mentorship and business opportunities.
The appointment draws on Singh’s deep-rooted history with Dish TV, where he held multiple leadership roles over nearly a decade. As National Business Head between June 2019 and September 2020, he oversaw profit and loss as well as operations, managing revenues of Rs 6,000 crore and leading a team of around 1,250 employees across the country. His tenure included working alongside two regional business heads and 16 circle heads, underscoring the scale of operations he handled.
Prior to that, Singh served as Executive Vice President and National Head for Sales and Revenue from 2016 to 2019, and earlier as Senior Vice President and National Head for Sales and Revenue. He also briefly led international operations as Country Head for Sri Lanka, further expanding his exposure across markets.
His broader career spans leadership roles across telecom and consumer businesses, including a stint as Chief Operating Officer at Bharti Airtel’s Malawi operations, senior leadership roles at Reliance Communications, and earlier positions at Hindustan Sanitaryware and Kodak India, where he spent over a decade.
In his new role, Singh is expected to focus on reconnecting former employees, fostering collaboration, and building a structured alumni ecosystem that leverages shared experience and industry networks. As companies increasingly recognise the long-term value of their extended workforce, the DishTV Alumni Network appears set to turn nostalgia into a strategic asset, one connection at a time.
