ATN Acquires Canadian Rights for the UNITECH CUP 2006 Cricket Series

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nTORONTO, Aug. 14 /CNW/ - Asian Television Network International Limited\n(ATN) (TSX-SAT), Canada's largest South Asian Broadcaster and Canada's largest\nDistributor of World Class Cricket, announces it has secured the exclusive\nCanadian Broadcast Rights for the UNITECH CUP 2006, triangular series\nfeaturing 7 ODIs between Sri Lanka, India & South Africa.\nThe tournament begins on 14th August with Sri Lanka hosting South Africa\nand concludes with the final taking place on 29th August. The three sides will\nface each other twice in a round robin format with the top two going through\nto the final. The Sri Lankan team will be oozing with confidence following\ntheir 5-0 demolition of England in the ODI series earlier in the summer and\ntheir memorable 2-0 Test series victory over South Africa earlier this month.\nMeanwhile India will be looking to bounce back after their disappointing\none day series in the Caribbean where much was expected from them but they\nwere unable to deliver. The South Africans will have the memory of their last\nODI match when they chased down a record 435 run target to claim victory over\nAustralia.\nCBN(Commonwealth Broadcasting Network-Caribbean channel) will telecast 5\nmatches and ATN will telecast 2 matches To subscribe to CBN or ATN and for\nscheduling and other details about the ODI's visit www.asiantelevision.com or\ncontact your local service provider.\n\nATN operates thirteen channels: ATN our flag ship channel with the best\nof ZEE TV programming, ATN B4U (Bollywood 4 You- our Movie channel), B4U\nMusic, ATN - ZEE Cinema, ATN - ZEE Gujarati, ATN-Aastha, ATN Bangla, ATN-Alpha\nETC Punjabi, ATN-Jaya TV, ATN-ARY, CBN (Commonwealth Broadcasting\nNetwork-Caribbean channel), SET Asia - Sony Entertainment Television and NDTV\n24/7 English news channel from India.\n\n\n","length":1884,"tagName":"div"}]

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