ATN scores big in 2006 world cricket

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nTORONTO, Sept. 1 /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 that it has secured the exclusive\nCanadian Broadcast Rights for the ICC Champions Trophy featuring ten top\ninternational teams playing 21 ODIs. The ICC Champions Trophy is cricket's\none-day international tournament second in importance only to the Cricket\nWorld Cup. It was inaugurated as the ICC Knock Out tournament in 1998 and is\nplayed every two years. The tournament changed its name to the Champions\nTrophy in 2002. This year's tournament will see the top teams from the LG ICC\nODI Championship table battle it out in 21 matches at four venues between 7th\nOctober and 5th November. The teams include Sri Lanka, the West Indies,\nZimbabwe, Bangladesh, Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan, New Zealand\nand England.\nATN has also secured the exclusive Canadian Broadcast Rights for The\nMalaysia Tri-Series featuring 7 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between\nAustralia, India & West Indies and begins on 12th September and concludes with\nthe final taking place on 24th September. The tri-series would mark the start\nof India's new international season.\nAll the games will be shown live, exclusively on CBN, Commonwealth\nBroadcasting Network, and rebroadcast as well at prime-time. CBN is available\neverywhere in Canada on Bell ExpressVu Channel 630 and in many areas of\nOntario on Rogers channel 640. CBN is available in certain parts of western\nCanada on Telus TV.\n\nATN operates 13 channels, including CBN, and has programming alliances\nwith leading International Broadcasters.\n\nTo subscribe to CBN or for more details about the cricket schedules and\ntimes of live broadcast please visit www.asiantelevision.com or contact your\nlocal service provider.\n\n\n","length":1939,"tagName":"div"}]

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