One of the private satellite channels of Bangladesh is expected to get the television rights of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for the upcoming home series against New Zealand scheduled to be held in October-November this year.
The BCB ad-hoc committee member Ahmed Sajjadul Alam informed to the media yesterday that the deal is under process and will be confirmed soon.
“Few local and foreign firms have shown interest in buying the television rights of the bilateral series (New Zealand’s tour of Bangladesh). Hopefully we will get a result in a day or two,” informed Sajjadul.
“The local firms have shown interest in taking both the marketing and the production while the foreign firms are only looking for the production part,” he added.
The BCB had floated the tender of the television rights in July, but was surprised for not having any interested applicant.
The BCB failed to pen down a long-term TV right since the expiry of the previous contract with Nimbus in April 2011. However, Nimbus brought the rights of the home series against West Indies and Pakistan in 2011 while Channel 9 bought the rights of the home series against West Indies last year.