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ESPN STAR Sports Partners With Al-Jazeera Sport For Cricket Broadcast

ESPN STAR Sports, the exclusive Asian rights holder for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) domestic and home int'l matches, has formed an agreement with al-Jazeera Sport for the TV broadcast rights of the Friends Life Twenty20 2012, according to the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA. The deal "marks a significant landmark" for cricket broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa with al-Jazeera Sport televising cricket for the first time ever with live coverage of 25 matches from ECB's domestic Twenty20 league. ESPN STAR Sports licenses ECB broadcast rights throughout North Africa and the Middle East, along with various other parts of Asia (PTI, 6/13).

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