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ATN bags exclusive Canadian rights for Indo-Pak cricket series
MUMBAI: South Asian broadcaster Asian Television Network (ATN) has won exclusive Canadian rights for the India Pakistan Cricket Series 2004, which gets off in right earnest Saturday.
ATN international limited announced it has bagged the exclusive Canadian rights to all forms of video and broadcast distribution live and delayed basis for the upcoming India – Pakistan cricket series. The rights also include television, wireless and all forms of alternative distribution, excluding the Internet, without limitation.
The cricket series consisting of five one day Internationals (ODIs) and three test matches for a total of 20 days, commences tomorrow on 12 March and goes on till 17 April 2004, says a company release.
“We hope this will be bigger than the last world cup and we are absolutely proud to bring this to cricket fans across Canada. We will make it available live on a pay per view basis to all Canadians through cable and Star Choice via Viewer’s Choice and through Bell Express VU Pay Per View. One hour highlights will be shown exclusively on the ATN channel, ” says ATN president and CEO Shan Chandrasekar.
Besides the Indo-Pak cricket series, ATN announced that it has an option to acquire the exclusive Canadian rights from ARYdigital to broadcast all Pakistani home matches vs India, England, Sri Lanka, Australia, Zimbabwe, West Indies and South Africa through 2008.
It was for the 1987 World Cup that ATN first beamed cricket in Canada and has since been a regular television distributor of the game in Canada.
ATN has programming alliances with leading South Asian broadcasters such as Zee TV, B4U, Sony Entertainment Television Asia, Alpha Punjabi and ARY Digital TV. It has won additional digital licenses from the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunication Commission (CRTC) for broadcasting to Canada’s multicultural communities, adds the release.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
