Neo to air Bangladesh Premier League cricket


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Rebecca Hawkes

| 19 November 2015




Indian pay-TV channel Neo Sports has acquired the rights to broadcast the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) twenty20 cricket tournament across South Asia.



The third edition of the tournament begins on 22 November 2015, with a Bollywood star-studded opening ceremony scheduled two days earlier.
“It has been a good tournament over the past two seasons in terms of quality of cricket and players' participation and hence we acquired its telecast rights,” said Mautik Tolia, programming, EVP, Neo Sports.

“We will use our network as well as other broadcasters to promote the tourney. Also what we have witnessed so far the league has been hugely popular among youth and we will be targeting them through digital media too,” added Tolia.

Pay-TV giant Star Sports had broadcast the two previous editions of the BPL T20 tournament across the Indian subcontinent.

The BPL tournament involves six team franchises: Dhaka Dynamites, Chittagong Vikings, Barisal Bulls, Rangpur Riders, Sylhet Superstars and ComillaVictorians.

The matches will be played at the National Cricket Stadium and Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.