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ICC hold meeting on cricket TV rights issue

A series of International Cricket Council (ICC) meetings concluded in Karachi today with an Executive Board meeting at which the Indian cricket TV right saga was discussed and the venues for the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 were confirmed.

ICC President Ehsan Mani said that a separate meeting on the topic of television rights in India had been very beneficial.

“It has been very helpful to draw together all of our Full Members and many of the major TV rights holders in international cricket to discuss this important issue,” said Mr Mani.

“We now have a much better understanding of the potential implications of the recent government directive regarding sports television rights in India.

“It was very important to open a wide-reaching dialogue on this issue and we will continue to monitor the issue along with all of these important stakeholders.”

The meeting involved discussions between representatives from all ICC Full Member countries and several major broadcasters and media rights holders.

CSI Octagon, Doordarshan, ESPN Star Sports, Sony Entertainment Television, TEN Sports, TWI and ZEE were all given an opportunity to present to the meeting.

These presentations were followed by a group discussion involving all of the delegates.

The cricket TV rights will come under the spotlight again later this month. Keep it with Biz Asia for more updates.

The representives consisted of Creagh O’Connor (Australia), David Morgan (England), Sharad Pawar (India), Sir John Anderson (New Zealand), Shaharyar Khan (Pakistan), Duleep Mendis (Sri Lanka), Ray Mali (South Africa), Tony Marshall (West Indies), Peter Chingoka (Zimbabwe).

In other cricket news, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi will host matches in the 10-team tournament which will start on 7th October and finish with the final in Mumbai on 5th November. The seedings for the event will be determined by the LG ICC ODI Rankings on 1st April 2006 and the match schedule will be determined after this date.

This was the only issue discussed by the Executive Board. There will be a full meeting of the Board in Dubai in March.