ATN wins Canadian Rights for the super test series India vs. South Africa

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTORONTO, March 24 /CNW/ - Asian Television Network International Limited\n(ATN) (TSX-SAT), Canada's pioneer South Asian Broadcaster and Canada's largest\nDistributor of World Class Cricket including the recently completed ICC World\nCup and the Twenty-20 World Cup, announces it has secured the exclusive\nCanadian Broadcast Rights for the cricket test match series between India &\nSouth Africa commencing tomorrow March 25th 2008. All games will be shown live\non CBN and re-broadcast on ATN-Cricket Plus.\n\n\nThese games between India & South Africa feature very strong competitors\nespecially with the number 2 position in test ranking as the prize to the\nseries winner. Indian captain and leg spinner Anil Kumble will team up with\noff spinner Harbhajan Singh in Chennai, Ahmadabad and Kanpur, where the series\ntakes place. The Indian team backs up their Captain with a young pace attack\nand an experienced batting lineup which played so well in Australia.\n\n\nThe South African team has also been playing high caliber cricket. The\nteam recently won six test series in a row since their defeat in Sri Lanka in\nAugust 2006. South Africa is confident they have the firepower to rattle\nIndia, despite the row centred on their new ball attack.\n\n\nIndia has been unable to dominate at home and is keen to win big for\ntheir fans at home. South Africa meanwhile wants to destroy the myth that\ntheir batsmen cannot play spin.\n\n\nCBN and ATN-Cricket Plus are part of the 14 channels that ATN operates.\nATN has programming alliances with leading International Broadcasters. To\nsubscribe to CBN or ATN-Cricket Plus and for more details about the cricket\nschedules and times of live broadcast please visit www.asiantelevision.com or\ncontact your local service provider.\n\n\nThe TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy\n\n\nor accuracy of this release.\n\n\nWe rely on safe harbour provision.\n\n\n","length":2005,"tagName":"div"}]

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