Indian Premier League to be on FTA TV in Australia

[MattW]

THE Ten Network will challenge Nine's 30-year dominance of cricket broadcasting after securing the rights to the new Indian Premier League for five years.

Ten chief executive Grant Blackley and general manager of sport David White will today announce the network's coverage of the Twenty20 series, which starts on April 18.

Ten is believed to have paid between $10 million and $15 million for the rights, and will broadcast IPL matches from 9.30pm on its main channel followed by repeats on its high-definition digital channel, Ten HD. The station will broadcast each of the 59 matches over the 44-day tournament live from India. This means a match would be broadcast every night, except Monday.

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This is good news for people who don't have Pay TV like me.

 

[KBC]

Money is more popular than The sport Now. Looks like They are paying $10 for the rights, Phew!.

I hope channel Nine wouldn't steal away at the last moment....I GUESS!??!

 

[IloveGilly]

I'd say it's a good investment. Twenty20 cricket on the rise, a new form of cricket, watching players verse their own team-mates. Really hope it's big and pays off for Ten. Would be sweet if it were to match the EPL.

 

[manee]

I have heard that Channel Ten do not have very good commentators though.

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[vaibhav mehta]

Actually i am glad that Ten sports got the contract..so i can catch the action on SetMax..Otherwise its always Blackout for me....