New Delhi: The broadcast rights for the Indian Super League (ISL) 2025-26 season have been awarded to FanCode after their technical and commercial bids edged six other competitors. Kaleidoscope Production and Services (KPS Studios), meanwhile, have been awarded the production rights for the world feed. All India Football Federation (AIFF) opened the bids on Monday having released the Request for Proposal (RFP) tender on January 18.AIFF Deputy Secretary General M Satyanarayan said, “We are pleased to have concluded the ISL media rights process and to partner with FanCode, one of India’s leading sports platforms. FanCode’s focus on accessibility and fan experience aligns with our objective of expanding the league’s footprint and engaging more football fans across the country.”
FanCode had shown interest in Packages A, B and D which covered world feed production, linear TV and digital streaming. But they will be responsible for only the linear TV and digital broadcasts for the 91-match league. The previous broadcast deal was worth Rs 275 crore/season (Rs 1.68 crore/match).“The Indian Super League is a significant addition to FanCode, as it represents the very best of Indian football. With the league’s strong and loyal fan following, we see a big opportunity to elevate how fans experience ISL through reliable, high-quality broadcast and a product designed around modern football audiences. This is in line with Dream Sports group’s overall vision of making sports better,” said FanCode co-founder Yannick Colaco in a statement.FanCode’s initial bid of Rs 8.62 crore for Package A remains to be ratified considering they will not be responsible for the production of the ISL. That job has been awarded to Kolkata-based KPS Studios LLP, who had only for Package E. KPS Studios had previously handled the production of I-League, Durand Cup and Bengal Super League matches.FanCode, UK-based Two Circles, Anandabazar Patrika (ABP), JioStar, Monarch with PR Solutions, Sportzworks and Kaleidoscope (KPS Studios) had shown interest in broadcasting and producing the ISL.Two Circles and Monarch with PR Solutions were both disqualified during the commercial bids evaulation part of the process. The others progressed forward After two rounds of clarifications, final submissions were received before the February 1 deadline. Sony Sports and Zee Sports had attended the pre-bid meeting but stayed away from making a final push.The AIFF reached a conclusion on the broadcast rights winner on the basis of a combination of technical and commercial bids. After technical bids were evaluated on the basis of broadcast and production experience, infrastructure and cameras, platform reach and prior experience, the process moved to the commercial bids.As per the final scoring formula, the bidders were adjudged on a 70:30 weightage formula with 70% going towards the technical know-how and rest on the financial metric.The current tentative schedule sees the truncated ISL season get underway on February 14 with a double-header between Mohun Bagan SG vs Kerala Blasters and FC Goa vs Inter Kashi. However, the fixture list is subject to changes based on the broadcaster’s requirements.Bids for ISL broadcast packages:FanCode (Package A, B, D)JioStar (Package D)Sportzworkz (Package E)KPS Studios (Package E)ABP Network (Package D, E)Monarch with PR Solutions (Package D, E): Disqualified for not meeting the net worth criteriaTwo Circles (Package C, D, E): Disqualified for not submitting required monetary despoitISL media rights packages:Package A – World Feed production + linear TV broadcast + digital streamingPackage B – Linear TV broadcast + digital broadcastPackage C – Linear TV broadcast onlyPackage D – Digital broadcast onlyPackage E – World Feed production only
