Ind-Pak on Dishnetwork

[Rajiv]

EchoStar Secures Exclusive TV, Radio, Broadband and Internet Rights to Distribute All Board of Cricket Control India (BCCI) Matches in North America ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2006--EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. and Nimbus Sport International, Pte., Ltd., which owns the Board of Cricket Control India (BCCI) rights, announced today that EchoStar has acquired exclusive radio, television, broadband and internet distribution rights in North America including Caribbean Nations for all BCCI matches occurring on the soil of India from 2006 to 2010. The BCCI series of events is one of the most popular cricketing events and draws hundreds of millions of worldwide viewers annually. "EchoStar continues to be the leader in the distribution of cricket by delivering major oneday international events and regular test matches for the past 10 years to the South Asian and cricketing community living in the U.S.," said Michael Kelly, executive vice president of EchoStar. "This acquisition furthers our status as the leader of cricket programming. EchoStar plans to continue to add major cricket events for our North American customers." The BCCI events include national cricket, test cricket and international cricket beginning with the England Tour of India commencing March 2, 2006. Other events include: -- TBD - January 2007 -- Australia Tour of India - October 2007 -- Pakistan Tour of India - November 2007 -- TBD - January 2008 -- Australia Tour of India - October 2008 -- England Tour of India - March 2009 -- Australia Tour of India - October 2009 -- Sri Lanka Tour or India - November 2009 -- South Africa Tour of India - February 2010 EchoStar is the exclusive distributor of the Indian National, One Day and Test cricket in the following territories: the United States, Mexico, Canada and all Caribbean nations including Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and British Guiana, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, the Dutch Antilles, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Surinam, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands. For more information on sublicensing rights, please contact EchoStar at 720-514-5351. About EchoStar EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) serves more than 12 million satellite TV customers through its DISH Network™, the fastest growing U.S

[Guest Hiten.]

what about rogers ? are they still gonna be ***** and make it PPV event ? :angry_smile:

[Rajiv]

http://www.viewerschoice.ca/schedule/

[Cricketics]

i knew these bastardz will do thiz.. btw i read willow offering zee sports channel.. and it specially sayz zee sports to show India-pak.. and i see adz of India-pak too i don't think it woul be going to ppv on dish

[Guest Hiten.]

http://www.viewerschoice.ca/schedule/

WTFFFFFFFFFFF mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn... rogers ki maaa ki (*#&(*&@&*@&@&(... bhen ke lode saaale :angry_smile:

[bigdhoni7]

**** **** **** **** **** !!!!! :mad::mad::mad: that means i got zee sports for nothing?!?!?!! !!! :mad::mad::mad: thank god i didnt pay for that $149.99 annual deal... ****!

[bigdhoni7]

$40 for a odi!?!!? ****ing bullshyt!!! greedy bcci bastards! edit: : wait a minute, that press release says march 2006??? the australia tour of india 07 is on that list but zeesports just showed the entire series?

[CMeLater]

yeah it going to be on Zee Sports, show an ad the other day on Zee TV, should be great hearing 1-800-Dish-dISH It so annoying

[sm332]

this is messed up ... internet feed zindabad

[DesiChap]

This means facking PPV ! Internet is the way to go

[Rajiv]

This was signed in 2006, Zee Sports just came in so maybe they will show it