Sports broadcasters
ESPN STAR and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday announced a
new seven-year contract for exclusive rights to telecast its domestic and home
international matches.
The deal, which runs
from 2013 to 2019, incorporates exclusive rights for television, online, mobile
and radio, covering major cricket markets of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh among others across Asia; the broadcast arrangement also includes territories
in North Africa.
As a part of this
agreement, ESPN STAR Sports will broadcast more than 300 days of live
international cricket action, including 47 Test Matches, 63 One—day
Internationals and 15 Twenty20 games.
Key highlights of
this new agreement include India's next two tours to England in 2014 and 2018
as well as three Ashes series in 2013, 2015 and 2019.
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