ISL to be broadcast in UK, Brit Asia TV bags rights.
The Indian Super League will be broadcast live in the UK for the first time. Brit Asia TV has bagged the broadcast rights for India’s premier football league.
The channel has inked a multi-year deal to broadcast one of the most up and coming football leagues in the world. The free-to-air UK television will show 95 ISL games with the first broadcast scheduled for 17th November 2017. The broadcast will feature a triple header of games each week.The deal has been facilitated by the Birmingham-based Sporting Group International.The ISL coverage for the UK viewers will be delayed ‘as live’ on Friday and Saturday evenings, while the Sunday afternoon tie will go live on air.
The British football fans will get to see many familiar faces in action in the league. Former Ireland and Tottenham legend Robbie Keane will turn up for defending champions Atletico de Kolkota whilst former England and Manchester United Wes Brown will line up for Kerala Blasters.
Tony Shergill, Managing Director of Brit Asia TV, was delighted by the signing: “Brit Asia TV is a strong household brand amongst the Asian community and we’re keen to support and promote the cultural identity and voice of British Asians. The acquisition of the India Super League rights will open up a new audience to our station as we head towards our tenth anniversary.
“Free-to- air football is a rarity these days and we’re delighted to bring one of the world’s most up and coming leagues to the masses.”
as I read last time, both EB and ATK will be sharing YBK../
this will be interesting, EB fans will try all the way to show they are best fans in kolkata or has better reach than ATK( which they actually have though)
also ATK /Goenka would try to fill stadium hook by crook to prove what they said "Kolkata is theirs (something like that) which clearly not theirs
YBK will be used by 2 Clubs (Mohun Bagan & EB) & 1 Franchise team (AtK) this year. This has been announced by the WB State Sports Minister a few weeks earlier.
ISL CLUBS TO RELEASE PLAYERS FOR INDIAN NATIONAL CAMP
AIFF Media
Better planning has ensured that Stephen Constantine will see all his players report to the national team camp on time…
The Indian national team are scheduled to play two 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers before the end of the year. The first match being against Macau on October 11th followed by Myanmar tie on November 14th in Bengaluru.
Stephen Constantine and his crew will assemble on September 28th in Mumbai for a camp before they head to Bengaluru a few days before the game.
Indian Super League (ISL) clubs would have commenced their pre-season around the last week of September and in that case,
they have been instructed to plan in a manner that the national team players are released on time for the camp in Mumbai.
The next international matchday window is from November 6th until the 14th and the ISL clubs would once again have to release the players despite the fact that the league is expected to kick-off on November 17.
Club coaches need to prepare and adjust according to the international calendar however, there are no international games after November until mid-March 2018.
Meanwhile, the international friendly against Palestine which was scheduled for October 2 has been cancelled. It is believed that although coach Constantine was the one who picked the opponent, he wanted to have a longer camp before the said match as most of the players are in pre-season mode.
“There is no question of India shying away from playing opponents such as Palestine. In fact the opponent was chosen in consultation with the coach. However, since most players haven’t begun their pre-season, a little longer camp would have helped the coach get the players to the desired levels,”
informed an All India Football Federation (AIFF) official.
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this will be interesting, EB fans will try all the way to show they are best fans in kolkata or has better reach than ATK(
which they actually have though)
also ATK /Goenka would try to fill stadium hook by crook to prove what they said "Kolkata is theirs (something like that) which clearly not theirs
too much fun
They would use the facilities at DSK Shivajians in Pune for over 10 days with their Indian contingent.
Thereafter, they would fly to Spain