▁owned ▁the ▁title ▁rights ▁of ▁the ▁league . ▁A ▁tender ▁for ▁new ▁title ▁rights ▁spons or ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁by ▁T N CA . ▁ ▁Broadcast ing ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Star ▁India ▁acquired ▁the ▁media ▁rights ▁for ▁ ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁broadcast ▁partners ▁of ▁the ▁league . ▁The ▁deal ▁is ▁worth ▁between ▁ ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁year , ▁and ▁ ▁in ▁the ▁second , ▁based ▁on ▁calculations . ▁Star ▁India ▁broadcast s ▁the ▁matches ▁in ▁Star ▁Sports ▁ 1 ▁and ▁Start ▁Sports ▁ 1 ▁HD ▁with ▁English ▁comment ary ▁and ▁in ▁Star ▁Sports ▁T amil ▁with ▁T amil ▁comment ary . ▁Star ▁also ▁broadcast s ▁via ▁their ▁O TT ▁platform , ▁Hot star . ▁ ▁Crit ic isms ▁and ▁controvers ies ▁ ▁Fran ch ises ▁facing ▁financial ▁difficulties ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 6 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁several ▁franch ise ▁own ers ▁under ▁financial ▁dist ress ▁wrote ▁to ▁T N CA ▁asking ▁for ▁changes ▁made ▁in ▁the ▁up coming ▁season . ▁The ▁le aked ▁letter ▁signed ▁by ▁teams ▁T uti ▁Patri ots , ▁Ly ca ▁K ov ai ▁Kings , ▁Sie chem ▁Mad ur ai ▁Pan thers , ▁Ruby ▁Tr ich y ▁War riors ▁and ▁i D ream ▁K ara ik udi ▁Ka al ai ▁was ▁confident ial ▁in ▁nature . ▁The ▁franch ise ▁own ers ▁and ▁T N CA ▁were ▁both ▁ups et ▁about ▁the ▁leak ▁of ▁the ▁letter ▁which ▁had ▁caused ▁negative ▁image ▁towards ▁the ▁league .