ESPN3 Continues Its Exclusive Live Coverage of Cricket in the U.S. with the Champions League Twenty20
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On the heels of the conclusion of the ICC World Twenty20 Championship, ESPN3 continues its exclusive live coverage of cricket in the U.S., as the Champions League Twenty20 officially begins with the group stage this Saturday, October 13th. Once again, the multi-screen sports network will make the tournament available to 73 million households nationwide at no additional cost to fans. All the action from the pitch live from South Africa is accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members.
In 2011, ESPN signed two four-year agreements with the ICC and Champions League Twenty20, adding more than 1,000 additional hours of cricket coverage to ESPN3’s programming slate through 2015. Previously, ESPN3 carried Bangladesh home matches against top-tier visiting national teams, Sri Lanka Premier League, the 2010 Asia Cup, the Caribbean Regional Twenty20 Tournament and more.
Champions League Twenty20 features the world’s top national teams, including clubs from the Indian Premier League and others from Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. The complete Champions League Twenty20 Championship schedule on ESPN3:
Online, ESPNcricinfo will provide news and reports with contributions from writers including Firdose Moonda and Liam Brickhill. On mobile, ESPNcricinfo offers fans refreshed versions of its mobile apps on Apple and Android devices and a recently-launched iPad app allowing for personalisation by users’ own favourite teams and players. The iPad app offers a “Full Screen” mode which delivers content on a full screen, and, a new “specials” section features content specially highlighted for the app. These apps, alongside the mobile Web, feature all the key content that sports fans expect from ESPNcricinfo.
About ESPN3
ESPN3 is ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network, a destination that delivers thousands of global sports events annually and accessible online via WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members. It is currently available to 73 million homes at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. The network is also available at no cost to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networks and on-base military networks.
About ESPNcricinfo
ESPNcricinfo is the world’s leading online destination for cricket and among the top five most-visited single-sport online destinations in the world. Founded in 1993 and acquired by ESPN in 2007, ESPNcricinfo is available to cricket fans through online media and on a host of mobile platforms and handheld devices. ESPNcricinfo continues to grow, averaging more than 9 million unique users monthly in the past 12 months (up 22 percent year-on-year). Across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa the site averaged more than 2 million monthly unique users during the same period.
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