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Cricket fans in North America will be able to watch IPL matches on Willow TV.
Willow TV, Inc. has acquired the broadcasting rights to distribute on television, radio, broadband and Internet, for the Indian Premier League (IPL) in North America.

Live coverage of the 59-match inaugural season of IPL will start on April 18, 2008. IPL will have eight teams playing each other over 44 days. The League was created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) with approval from the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Lalit Modi – Chairman & Commissioner, IPL, said, “BCCI-IPL would like to welcome Willow TV, as its broadcast licensee, and is pleased to be working with Willow TV on the broadcast of the DLF IPL in the Americas and is confident that this will be a successful working partnership. We are sure the cricket fans in America could look forward to an exciting line up of matches as International and Indian cricket Stars compete with each other to offer the best of cricketing action.”

Venu Nair, President, South Asia, World Sport Group, the Worldwide Media, said “The popularity of cricket in this part of the world is immense. With the introduction of IPL, international players who were one time opponents stand a chance to be playing in the same team, which makes IPL very exciting to its viewers. We are glad to partner with Willow as they have one of the best distribution networks and have a very large subscriber base in this region.”

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