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Monday, September 12, 2011

LG ICC Awards 2011 to be seen across the world


The LG ICC Awards 2011 will be seen on TV in Asia (India, Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Singapore, Hong Kong and PNG), Middle East and North Africa ('MENA'), South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, UK, USA , the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.Whilst most of the broadcasters are the usual ICC event broadcasters - ESS (South Asia), GEO (Pakistan), ADD/Cricone (MENA), Fox Sports (Australia), Sky Sports (UK), Sky Sports (New Zealand) and SuperSport (South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa), there are exciting new players in the Americas.In Canada, Rogers? the largest communications company in Canada, which along with TV distribution is also involved in wireless technology, will broadcast the event while ESPN will show it in the Caribbean. The most exciting tie-up is in the US. The LG ICC Awards 2011 will be the first ICC Event broadcast on the massive ESPN 360 platform in the US. This platform has a reach of 70-80 million and also broadcasts popular American sports like baseball, college basketball and NFL.Apart from the ESS-driven broadcast distribution there are also other partnerships to spread the reach of the event and popularise it across all genres (sports, news and general entertainment).News channel partnerships
In India: Network 18 (CNN-IBN & IBN-7)
In UK: Sky Sports News
News clips distribution:
ICC's usual news access licensees - SNTV & Reuters
General Entertainment partnership:
STAR World
More information on broadcast timings around the world is given below:

NetworkDayAir Date Start Time
(Local)
DurationTitle
ESPN IndiaTUE9/13/201121:00:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
STAR Sports ChinaTUE9/13/201123:00:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
STAR CricketWED9/14/20117:00:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
STAR CricketSAT9/17/201110:00:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
STAR Cricket HDTUE9/13/201119:00:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
STAR Cricket HDWED9/14/20117:00:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
Sky Sport 3 (NZ)SAT9/17/201110:301:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
Sky Sport 3 (NZ)SAT9/17/201122:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
Fox SportsTHUR9/15/201111:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
Geo SportTUE9/13/201120:301:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
CricOneTUE9/13/201119:301:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
SuperSport (SS2, SS2A, SSHD2)WED9/14/201118:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
SuperSport (SS2, SS2A, CSN)WED9/14/201122:451:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
SuperSport (SSHD2)THUR9/15/201101:151:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
SuperSport (SS2,SS2A,M-Net)THUR9/15/201106:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
SuperSport (SS2,SS2A)THUR9/15/201121:301:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
SuperSport (SS2,SS2A)SUN9/18/201121:301:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
Sky Sports (UK) HD 1TUE9/13/201118:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
ESPN 3 (USA)TUE9/13/2011TBC1:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
ESPN (Caribbean)THRU9/15/201120:001:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
ESPN (Caribbean)FRI9/16/201113:301:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
ESPN2 (Caribbean)SAT9/17/201117:30 1:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011
Rogers (Canada)TBC  1:30:00LG ICC Awards 2011