DirecTV and Ten Sports have extended their contract for five more years. This agreement will allow DirecTV to broadcast cricket matches on Cricket Plus. DirecTV will deliver cricket fans in USA with programming that include up-to-the-minute international cricket highlights from all games played at the ICC World Cup and Champions Trophy as well as in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Cricket Plus will also deliver most up-to-date news and events in the world of champion’s trophy hockey from the world hockey federation, horse racing and golf.
The Cricket Plus will broadcast programming from headquarters of Ten Sports in Dubai and programs include:
Unforgettables
Homes of Cricket
Talking Cricket
John de Armas, Vice President, WorldDirect, Inc said, “Our partnership with Ten Sports allows DirecTV to continue to offer the most robust Cricket and international programming available in the U.S. International sports fans in the U.S. can turn to Directv exclusively to satisfy their hunger for everything Cricket related in 100% digital image and sound.”
Peter Hutton, chief operating officer, Ten Sports said, “It is excellent news that we have extended our relationship with DirecTV to 2014. We are delighted with the feedback from the North American viewers and the strong working partnership with DirecTV.”
DirecTV delivers Cricket Plus on channel 2024 on DIRECTV HindiDirect I and HindiDirect II programming packages.
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