TORONTO, Nov. 27,
2024 /CNW/ - Asian Television Network International
Limited (ATN) (TSXV: SAT), Canada's largest South Asian broadcaster and
pioneer broadcaster of Cricket, is pleased to announce that is has
acquired and renewed the Broadcast rights for New Zealand
Cricket for 3 more years exclusively for Canada.
ATN will have the exclusive Canadian rights for all home
matches, including international games featuring the BLACKCAPS
(men's team) and the WHITE FERNS (women's team), as well as
domestic competitions like the Super Smash. New Zealand Cricket's
2024-25 home season features a busy and competitive schedule, with
series against England,
Sri Lanka, and Pakistan across multiple formats. During the
2025–26 & 2026-27 seasons, New
Zealand has a packed home cricket schedule featuring series
against Australia, England, West Indies, South Africa, India and Sri Lanka.
With over 120 days of International Cricket, all games will be
aired LIVE on 2 popular sports channels namely CBN and ATN Cricket
Plus and both channels are available nationally on various Cable
and Satellite platforms across Canada.
"We are thrilled to announce the renewal of the exclusive
broadcast rights for New Zealand
cricket for another 3 years. This partnership underscores our
commitment to delivering world-class sports entertainment to fans
across Canada "said Dr. Shan
Chandrasekar, President and CEO of ATN. "We look forward to
bringing the excitement of New
Zealand cricket LIVE to all the passionate Canadian fans,
ensuring they never miss a moment of the action "he added
New Zealand known as one of the
world's top cricketing nations, boasts a rich history in the sport
and a reputation for producing disciplined and innovative
cricketers like Kane Williamson
(regarded as one of the best batsman in the world), Trent Boult & Tim
Southee (A formidable pace bowling duo), Devon Conway, Tom
Latham, and Mitchell Santner
(Key contributors across formats)
A long-time broadcaster of international cricket, ATN was the
first to bring the World Cup of Cricket live via satellite to
Canada in 1986.
About ATN-Asian Television Network International
Limited
ATN serves Canada's diverse
cultural communities with over 50 specialty television channels.
The Company offers its flagship ATN-HD general interest service
along with 7 other general interest channels, 3 sports Channels, 7
news Channels, 5 Bollywood movie channels and a variety of channels
that include music, lifestyle, and several regional language
channels that includes Punjabi, Tamil, Bengali, Urdu, Gujarati
& Marathi. ATN has been a pioneer in the Production of
Multicultural Television Programming in Canada. ATN has programming alliances with
leading international broadcasters like Sony Entertainment
Television, Disney/Reliance- Star, Viacom/ India Cast, CNN News 18, Zee Network,
Doordarshan, Times Television, B4U, NDTV (Good Times), Republic TV,
ABP News Network, Jaya TV, ARY, FOOD FOOD Network and many more.
ATN is also a pioneer broadcaster of Cricket in Canada and has exclusive broadcast rights for
various International Cricket Boards. ATN has its own State Of The
Art Production facilities. ATN's content is also available on
Amazon Prime in USA & UK, Bell Media's Crave in Canada and also operates a 24X7 South Asian
Radio Service on Sirius XM Radio across The United States and Canada. ATN's high class Studio Facilities
have also been used by Production Companies associated with
Netflix, CBC and others.
For more information on ATN please visit
www.asiantelevision.com
SOURCE Asian Television Network International Limited
