TORONTO, July 25, 2016 /CNW/ - Asian Television Network
International Limited (ATN) (TSX-V-SAT), Canada's largest South Asian Broadcaster, is
pleased to announce that it has acquired exclusive Cricket rights
for Cricket Australia, England Cricket Board, Cricket Ireland and
Caribbean Premiere League.
The rights consists of all the games played in Australia from 2016 – 2021 including Big Bash
League – (Men's & Women's), three bi-lateral series played in
England in 2016 & 2017, three
bi-lateral & one tri-series played in Ireland from 2016 – 2018 and the on-going
Caribbean Premiere League 2016.
All the series acquired will be aired on CBN & ATN Cricket
Plus and will feature all top teams like India, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, Australia,
England, South Africa, New
Zealand, Bangladesh,
Ireland and the West Indies.
Caribbean Cricket League is an annual T20 Cricket tournament,
established by the West Indies Cricket board, held in the
Caribbean featuring 6 teams with a
mix of Domestic & International players. Apart from the top
players from the West Indies Cricket Team like Chris Gayle, Kieron
Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Darren
Sammy, the league also features some of the top
International players like AB De Villiers, Dale Steyn, Shoaib
Mallik, Umar Akmal,
Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Kumar Sangakara, Michael Hussey, Shane
Watson & many more.
Cricket is the 2nd most watched sport in the
World & the fastest growing in Canada and this announcement will excite
cricket and sports lovers alike. ATN already holds the exclusive
Canadian rights for The Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI), Cricket South Africa
and New Zealand Cricket, which makes ATN the largest Cricket
distributor in Canada.
"ATN was the first to bring the World Cup of Cricket Live Via
satellite to Canada in 1987 and
ever since then we are pleased that we have played a pioneering
role in bringing the best of Live International Cricket to our
subscribers across Canada," said
Dr. Shan Chandrasekar, President and
CEO of ATN. "We are delighted to acquire these rights on a long
term basis and this will be a real treat for all Cricket fans in
Canada," he added.
About Asian Television Network International Limited:
ATN serves Canada's diverse
cultural communities with 54 specialty television channels. The
Company offers its flagship ATN-HD general interest service, 3
sports Channels, 4 news Channels, 5 Bollywood movie channels and a
variety of channels that include 4 music Channels, 4 lifestyle
Channels, 3 Chinese Channels, 6 Punjabi channels, and several
regional language channels. ATN operates a South Asian Radio
Service on Satellite Radio across The
United States and Canada.
Some ATN content is also available on any Bell mobile phone that
supports video. ATN has programming alliances with leading
international broadcasters like Doordarshan, Star Network (News
Corp), Sony Entertainment Television, Viacom, Times Television
Network, B4U Network, NDTV, Disney, ARY Group and many
more. ATN channels are available on various Cable, Satellite
and IPTV Platforms across Canada
like Shaw Cable, Bell TV, Rogers Cable, Bell Fibe TV, TELUS Optic
TV, Shaw Direct, Cogeco Cable, V Media and Others.
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SOURCE Asian Television Network International Limited
