PTV, ARY acquire ICC media rights for 2020-23
ISLAMABAD PR – Pakistan Television Corporation Limited (PTVC) and ARY Communications Ltd have acquired the ICC Media Rights for the 2020-2023 (broadcast and streaming) from Star TV Network. This will include all ICC events for the next 3 years for the territory of Pakistan. The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 shall be broadcast on PTV Sports, Tensports and A Sports.
Pakistan Television Corporation Limited, the state broadcaster, and only terrestrial CnS network in Pakistan has also picked up the streaming (digital) rights in partnership with ARY Digital Network and sublicensed them to Daraz, Pakistan’s largest e-commerce portal.
Aamer Manzoor, Managing Director of the Pakistan Television Corporation Limited, said, “We look forward to our partnership with GroupM/ARY Network to help expand the total outlay and to provide more visibility to the people of Pakistan, a sports-loving country where cricket is followed hysterically and with an unending passion.”
CEO ARY Group, Salman Iqbal said, “As a cricketing nation, the audience will greatly benefit from this collaboration. Our vision to see Pakistan grow stands firm and this is another step in the right direction.”
“This is an exciting milestone for cricket fans in Pakistan, a country with such a rich cricketing heritage, we’re confident this association will broaden and enhance the viewership across the country,” Harry Griffith, head of syndication, Star TV Network.
Dr. Nauman Niaz, Head of PTV Sports and Director Sports and Syndication of the Pakistan Television Corporation Limited, sounded happy to see the sports broadcasting benefiting from such public-private partnerships.
Source: The Nation
