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DELHI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS), has invited interested parties
to participate in the tender process for the TV broadcast
rights outside India for the high-profile ICC events from
2008 to 2011.
The
invitation to tender for various rights outside India is to
be released shortly to participating parties, which could
include broadcasters, broadcasting unions, sports rights agencies,
cable operators and affiliates, as well as media companies
across the globe.
Late
last year, ESS' affiliate, EML, was awarded the exclusive
global telecast rights from the International Cricket Council
(ICC) for all of their events from 2007 to 2015.
The
ICC cricket calendar over the next four years is filled with
a number of key events every year, including
- ICC
Champions' Trophy in Pakistan (2008),
- 2nd
edition of the ICC World Twenty 20 in England (2009),
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ICC Champions' Trophy in West Indies (2010)
- ICC
Cricket World Cup in the Indian subcontinent scheduled to
be held in 2011.
- ICC
Under-19 Cricket World Cup (2008 and 2010),
- ICC
Women's World Cup (2009),
- ICC
World Cup Qualifier (2009),
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and the World Cricket League (2011) are also included in
the package of rights on offer.
ESPN
Star Sports MD Manu Sawhney says: "As the global ICC
Broadcast & Production Partner, we are heartened by the
success of the recent ICC World Twenty20.
ESS
showcased the inaugural edition of the ICC World Twenty20,
held in September 2007 in South Africa, in over 110 countries
spanning North America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Australia,
New Zealand, Europe, Greece, Cyprus, Mauritius, South Asia,
the Indian subcontinent and North Asia - including China for
the first time.
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