TORONTO, May 30, 2017 /CNW/ - Asian Television Network
International Limited (ATN) (TSX-V-SAT), Canada's largest South Asian Broadcaster, is
pleased to announce that it has acquired the Canadian Broadcast
rights for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017.
The ICC Champions Trophy is a One Day International
cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council,
second in importance only to the Cricket World Cup. It was
inaugurated as the ICC Knock Out Tournament in 1998 and has
been played approximately every two years since.
The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, is scheduled to be
held in England and Wales from June
1st – June
18th, 2017. This will be the 8th edition of the
tournament. The top eight teams in the ICC ODI Championship
rankings as on 30 September 2015
qualified for the tournament. The eight teams were divided into two
groups of four as follows…
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Group
A
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Group
B
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Australia
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India
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Bangladesh
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Pakistan
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England
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South
Africa
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New
Zealand
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Sri Lanka
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"We at ATN are again delighted to be associated with this world
class Cricket Series through Star
Sports and ICC. We are also pleased to collaborate with
highly reputable cable and satellite platforms such as Bell,
Rogers, Shaw, TELUS and others across
Canada to offer our viewers a
fabulous experience in high definition," said Dr. Shan Chandrasekar President and CEO of ATN.
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.
The series will air LIVE on ATN pay per view on various Cable
& Satellite platforms across Canada.
We rely on safe harbour provision.
SOURCE Asian Television Network International Limited
