Name of the Organisation : Star Sports India Private Limited (“SSIPL”)
Type of Announcement : #ProKabaddi Contest

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS – ‘#ProKabaddi’ Contest
The following are the rules for the “#Prokabaddi” contest (the “Contest”) hosted by Star Sports India Private Limited (“SSIPL”) for promotion of content related to ‘Pro Kabaddi League’ (“Program”) on the platforms and media owned/operated by SSIPL or its group companies (“Channels”) to be conducted through the Star Sports India Twitter profile at the URL http://twitter.com/starsportsindia (the “Twitter Page”) through the handle @starsportsindia (“Star Sports Handle”). Any personal information gathered pursuant to this Contest shall be subject to the privacy policy available at http://www.starsports.com/privacy/index.html (“Privacy Policy“) which is incorporated herein by reference. This Contest shall be subject to the terms and conditions, comprising of the Principal Rules and the General Rules (the “Terms and Conditions”) as stated hereunder. By participating in the Contest, it is construed that the Participant(s) has read and understood these Principle Rules including the General Rules stated below and has agreed to abide by the same:

Principal Rules :
1. The Contest will be conducted on 29th August 2014 and 31st August 2014 during the time period as announced by SSIPL on the Twitter Page. (“Contest Period”). The Contest is a game of knowledge and skill. An official announcement shall be made on the Star Sports Handle inviting Twitter users to share posts/tweets during the Contest Period containing answers to 10 (ten) general knowledge contest questions about Kabaddi announced on the Star Sports Handle(“Contest Question”). Any person who wishes to participate in the Contest (“Participant”) shall fulfill all of the following requirements in order to qualify for participation:

(a) All Participants must be valid users of Twitter accounts and must be residing in India during the Contest Period.

(b) Each Participant is required to visit the Star Sports India Twitter Page and “follow” the Star Sports Handle.

(c) The Participant should submit their entry containing their answer to the contest questions in the form of a tweet posted through the Participant’s Twitter account (“Entry”) in response to a tweet with a Contest Question. Each Entry: (1) should contain the pre-decided hash-tag for the Contest, i.e. “#ProKabaddi”; (2) should contain the Star Sports Handle (@starsportsindia); and (3) should be submitted only during Contest Period. Any Entry which does not contain all of the elements mentioned in this paragraph shall not be considered a valid Entry and shall be deemed null and void without requirement of any intimation by SSIPL.

2. The editorial team of SSIPL shall select 1 (one) Participant among all those Participants that submitted Entries containing correct answers in relation to all of the 10 (ten) Contest Questions (“First Prize Winner”). The editorial team of SSIPL shall also, on each day of the contest, select 1 (one) winner out of all the Participants that submit correct answers in relation to all of the 10 (ten) Contest Questions during each of the two days on which the Contest is hosted (“Other Winners”). Such Winners shall be selected on the basis of the relevance and correctness of their Entries or other criteria as the editorial team shall deem fit. SSIPL’s decision in this regard and for all other matters relating to the Contest shall be final and binding upon the Participant(s). First Prize Winners and Other Winners will be announced on the Twitter Page on any day after the Contest Period, as announced by SSIPL. The First Prize Winner and the Other Prize Winners shall be referred to herein as the “Winners”.

3. All Winners would be awarded prizes (“Prizes”). The First Prize Winner would be awarded an Apple iPhone 5S. The Other Winners would each be awarded vouchers from Flipkart. SSIPL shall not be liable for non-receipt of any Prize by any Winner, including due to errors or failures or deficiencies in dispatch services or in address details provided by the Winner(s). All Prizes must be claimed in response to messages or telephone calls made to the Winner(s). Any and all taxes and/or levies applicable under the laws of India and any incidental costs direct and/or indirect, in relation to Prizes shall be borne by the respective Winners. Neither SIPL nor any of its group companies shall be responsible or liable for any technical disruption, failure and/or any other difficulties of such nature, due to which the Winner(s) is unable to claim the Prize from SSIPL. After dispatch of a Prize to a Winner, in case any loss/damage etc. is caused to or incurred by the Prize(s) during transit or otherwise, SSIPL will not be liable for any such loss/damage etc. Further, SIPL and/or any of its group companies shall not be held liable for any failure and/or any other defect in or damage to the Prize, if any, whether caused during transit or otherwise.

4. SSIPL reserves the right to forfeit a Prize in the event it is found by SSIPL has a reason to believe that any information provided by the Participant/Winner(s) is wrong, fraudulent or any misrepresentation is made by the Participant/Winner. SSIPL shall have the right to declare any other Participant(s) as the Winner(s) of the Contest, at its discretion and transfer Prize(s) to such other Participants. All Prizes are provided on an as-is where-is basis without assurances or warranties of any kind. Neither SSIPL nor its group companies nor their employees provide any assurances or guarantees regarding Prizes, including quality, merchantability or fitness for purpose. The Winner(s) agree not to hold SSIPL and/or its group companies and/or their respective employees responsible for any delay in receiving Prizes or any inability to enjoy Prize(s) due to any failure by Apple or Flipkart (as the case may be), or any of their agents, to honour the redemption of a Prize or otherwise or for any other problem in relation to a Prize. It is clarified that SSIPL and/or any of its group companies shall not be responsible for the brand, quality, value etc. in relation to a Prize and the supplier/ manufacturer shall be solely responsible for the same. SSIPL and/or any of its group companies shall not be held liable for any failure, inaccuracy, and/or any other defect or deficiency in the Contest. Neither SSIPL nor its group companies shall be liable for any delays or failures in any notifications, or the Contest in general.

5. The Participants agree that Prizes cannot be transferred, negotiated, refunded or exchanged. It is clarified that no other gratification, cash equivalent of the Prize or alternative prize will be awarded to the Winner(s) and the Winner(s) cannot exchange the Prize for cash or a gift of similar value. The Contest or the Prize(s) cannot be combined with any other contest or activity. It is clarified that SIPL has no obligation to record the act of collection of the Prize(s) or incorporate it in the Program or mention it in the Program. If the Winner(s) refuses to accept the Prize awarded, SIPL and/or its group companies shall be released from all obligations towards the Winner(s) in connection to the Prize or otherwise.

6. All Entries must be received during the Contest Period. Entries received before or after a Contest Period will not be considered for the Contest and shall be deemed null and void without requirement of any further intimation by SSIPL.

7. SSIPL and/or its group companies shall not be responsible in the event that Entries are not received or the Participant(s) is unable to participate or post/tweet his/her entry on Twitter in the Contest due to any network problem, breakdown in machinery or any other technical error of any nature whatsoever. For purposes of the Terms and Conditions, “receipt” of an Entry occurs when the website server records the Entry information upon the entrant clicking “Submit/Post” button. Any automated receipt confirmation does not constitute proof of actual receipt. For the avoidance of doubt, by submitting the Entry the Participant(s) is representing that the Entry or contents thereof are not confidential or comprise any sensitive personal information.

8. The Participant(s) shall ensure that the Entry being submitted by them is decent and is not immoral, defamatory, abusive, offensive, insensitive, libelous or blasphemous to any person, religious sect or section of the society, etc. The Participant(s) further represents and warrants that the entry being submitted by him/her shall be original and shall not infringe upon and/or contain any material that will infringe upon any third party rights including rights in intellectual property. SSIPL reserves the right to remove or disqualify any Entries that do not meet these criteria.

9. SSIPL reserves the right to change the entry system/mechanism and/or cease accepting Entries for the Contest during the Contest Period for any reason or take any other steps in relation to the Contest as it may deem fit in its sole and absolute discretion.

10. SSIPL reserves the right to disqualify any Participant(s) from participating in the Contest without assigning any reason. SSIPL reserves the absolute right and discretion to reject any Entry or any part thereof at any stage of the Contest, including after declaring the winning Entry, if SSIPL : (a) receives any notice or complaint relating to the Entry not being compliant of the Terms and Conditions including alleged to be infringing any form of rights including rights in any form of intellectual property of any third party; or (b) determines at its sole discretion that the Entry inter alia:, (i) belongs to another person and in which the Participant does not have any rights; (ii) is blasphemous, indecent, immoral, abusive, offensive, against the applicable laws or libelous and/or is contrary to any law in force; (iii) is grossly harmful, harassing, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever; (iv) harm minors in any way; (v) infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights; (vi) violates any law for the time being in force; (vii) deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature; (viii) impersonates another person; (ix) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource; or (x) threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation. The decision of SSIPL in this regard shall be final and binding upon the Participant(s).

11. SSIPL reserves the right to select and declare the Winners of the Contest and such decision shall be final and binding on the Participant(s) and the Winner(s). SSIPL shall select the winning Entries in accordance with applicable parameters, and the Winners shall be declared by SSIPL through the Star Sports Handle and any other means announced by SSIPL.

12. The Winners will be required to submit necessary supporting documentation to establish identity and compliance with contest terms and any applicable laws within timelines specified by SSIPL to be eligible for any gratification. In the event any person fails to adhere to the instructions, then his/her selection shall be invalidated. In such a case, (a) SSIPL and/or its group companies shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever and (b) SSIPL may, at its sole discretion, by the prescribed selection criteria choose other Winners instead.

13. The Participant(s)/Winner(s) agrees and consents to the use of the Entry and/or any part thereof by SSIPL or its affiliates as it may deem fit for the purpose of promotion of the Program and/or SSIPL and/or its group companies and/or any programs on any channels owned or operated by SSIPL or any of its group companies (the “Network”). In consideration of the participation in the Contest, the Participant(s)/Winner(s) hereby irrevocably, exclusively , perpetually and for the entire universe assigns all rights, titles and interests in the Entry including any rights of Exploitation thereof, to SSIPL, during or pursuant to the Contest.

“Exploitation/Exploit” shall mean the exploitation of the Entry and/or any part thereof including along with its cognate forms and grammatical variations, and includes the exploitation, use, alteration, broadcast, rebroadcast, communication, encryption, transmission, translation adaptation, publication, cutting, editing, and packaging of the Intellectual Property vested in the Entry or any part thereof, either in whole or in part, in any form/format or language, as well as the conversion of the Entry and/or any part thereof from one form/format to another and in relation to the Entry and/or any part thereof, for incorporation in a Cinematograph Film or Sound Recording, Communication to the Public, Broadcast, Performance in Public, adaptation, reprography, reproduction, distribution, sale, commercial rental, assignment, licensing, merchandising rights, remakes, sequels, prequels, versions, translations, dubbing and/or subtitling in any all languages/dialects in the world, converting the Entry in to a film for theatrical Exploitation, including but not limited to the broadcasting thereof by any form of radio, internet and any and all form of television including but not limited to terrestrial, satellite, direct to home, cable, IPTV, any form of video on demand (including but not limited to Pay-per-View, NVOD, SVOD, PVOD, FVOD made available for being seen or heard or delivered or Exploited through wire or wireless including but not limited to internet, websites including but not limited to social networking websites, blogs, internet or mobile streaming or download services (whether free, pay or subscription based) computing and networking devices, mobile /telecommunication system based platforms, mobile TV, theatrical or non-theatrical or any other means whether now known or existing or in commercial use or hereinafter invented or developed in the future in and to the Intellectual Property and all elements thereof.

The capitalized terms ‘Broadcast’, ‘Communication to the Public’, ‘Cinematograph Film’, ‘Performance /Perform in Public’, ‘Sound Recording’, ‘Visual Recording’ shall have the same meanings as defined in the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 as amended from time to time and all analogous rights subsisting under the laws of each and every jurisdiction throughout the world. ).

To the extent that the assignment of all rights, title and interest in the Entry and/or any part thereof if any subsisting in favor of the Participant(s)/Winner(s), in relation to future medium or mode of exploitation of the Entry and/or any part thereof is not held valid by operation of law, Participant(s)/Winner(s) hereby grants an irrevocable, exclusive, sub-licensable, perpetual right to SSIPL and its affiliates for such future medium or mode of exploitation of the Entry and/or any part thereof as may be developed in the future, for the entire world.

Notwithstanding the above, the Participant(s)/Winner(s) hereby agrees that the Participant(s)/Winner(s) shall not assign or in any other manner transfer the Entry including and/or any part thereof for such means and modes of Exploitation of the Entry and/or any part thereof, which are not mentioned herein and are not presently known or in commercial use and therefore by operation of law are not deemed to have been assigned to SSIPL without offering for assignment such modes or means of Exploitation of the Entry and/or any part thereof for the entire world and perpetuity to SSIPL.

The Participant(s)/Winner(s), agrees and acknowledges that any form of assignment or transfer of any rights, title and interest in any such future modes and mean of Exploitation of the Entry and/or any part thereof to any third party in breach of the such obligation herein, anywhere in the world shall be null and void. Further, SSIPL may Exploit the Entry and/or any part thereof at any time it chooses, and it is expressly agreed by the parties that Section 19(4) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 does not apply to this Agreement.

The Participant(s)/Winner(s) waves off his “Moral Rights” with respect to the Entry and/or any part thereof as required. The Winner(s) shall do all acts and execute all documents in such manner and at such location as may be required by SSIPL in its sole and absolute discretion to protect, perfect or enforce any of the rights granted or confirmed to SSIPL herein.