ATN offers Canadians IPL 2010 cricket

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTORONTO, Mar. 11, 2010 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- /CNW/ -- Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) (TSX-SAT) announced today that it will broadcast exclusively in Canada the third season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).The 2010 IPL comprises eight elite cricket teams playing 60 games from March 12, 2010 to April 25, 2010. It is a tournament of all star international players in a cricket league on par with North America's National Hockey League (NHL) or National Football League (NFL). This is the third exciting season of a fabulous five year agreement where ATN has secured the exclusive IPL TV rights for Canada and exclusive radio rights across North America.\"IPL is the most exciting new phenomena in World Cricket and we are delighted that we can offer it to more Canadians through more cable, satellite and Telco distributors than ever before,\" said Shan Chandrasekar, President and CEO of ATN, Canada's pioneer South Asian Broadcaster. ATN is Canada's largest distributor of World Class Cricket including the ICC World Cup 2011 and the ICC T-20 World Cup 2010.ATN will broadcast the 2010 games live on Pay per View across Canada on Bell TV and Shaw Direct; in British Columbia and Alberta on Shaw Cable and TELUS; in Saskatchewan and Manitoba on Sasktel and MTS respectively; and in Ontario and New Brunswick on Rogers Cable. Running commentary for IPL Season 3 will also be aired live on ATN Asian Radio across North America on XM Radio.The IPL's third season will be held in India. The league's first two seasons have garnered millions of viewers worldwide. Multinational corporations, entrepreneurs and top Bollywood stars lend their support to individual teams, adding to the excitement. Some of the highlights of Season 2 were players such as Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist who scored approximately 500 runs each during the series.New players to watch out this year will be Kieron Pollard of West Indies and Shane Bond of New Zealand who were picked for USD 750,000 each. Other new players picked this year are Kemar Roach of West Indies, Wayne Parnell of South Africa, Mohammad Kaif of India, Eoin Morgan of England, Damien Martyn of Australia, Justin Kemp of South Africa, Thissara Perera of Sri Lanka, Adam Voges of Australia, Yusuf Abdulla of South Africa.Last year English duo Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff attracte...

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