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ARY earns Live-Streaming rights for West Indies, England series

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KARACHI: Following a transparent and fair tender process, ARY Communications has won live-streaming rights in the Pakistan region for the three ODIs against the West Indies and seven Twenty20 Internationals against England.

The three ODIs against the West Indies will be played in Multan on 8, 10 and 12 June, while the schedule of the T20Is against England will be announced in due course.

PCB Chief Executive Faisal Hasnain: “We are pleased with the sale of live-streaming rights for the Pakistan region for the three ODIs against the West Indies and seven T20Is against England. The latest agreement, which has seen a significant surge from the 2021-22 deal, reflects the value of Pakistan cricket and the earnings from this partnership will be reinvested into cricket.

“I want to congratulate ARY for winning the live-streaming rights and delighted that our partnership, which commenced in 2016 when they won the franchise rights for the HBL Pakistan Super League, continues to grow and get stronger.”

ARY Digital Founder and CEO Salman Iqbal: “ARY Communications is proud to become the official live streaming partner of the Pakistan Cricket Board for the upcoming white-ball series with West Indies and England.

I am extremely proud of the fact that ARY Communications has, once again, submitted the highest financial bid in a transparent and public PCB bid process.

As pioneers of innovation in the broadcast industry, we have focused on evolving with the needs of today and we are very excited to introduce ARY ZAP – our super application – to our fans.

Viewers can now easily access wide-ranging content ranging including news, current affairs, entertainment, and sports through a few taps on their mobile phones.

We hope that the Pakistan Cricket Team will be part of some very exciting cricket in the lead up to this year’s ICC T20 World Cup.”

President & CEO ARY Digital Network Mr Salman Iqbal receives Sitara-e-Imtiaz

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ISLAMABAD: President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi has conferred Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s one of the highest civilian awards to the President and CEO ARY Digital Network Mr. Salman Iqbal on Wednesday.

The owner of the Pakistan Super League (PSL)’s most-followed franchise Karachi Kings – Mr Salman Iqbal received the honour for his services for sports, especially in the field of cricket.

The ceremony was held at the Aiwan-e-Sadar in Islamabad, where President Dr Arif Alvi awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz to Mr Salman Iqbal.

Mr Salman Iqbal’s PSL franchise Karachi Kings has produced a number of quality cricketers. Whereas in June 2021, Mr Salman Iqbal also announced a new international cricket league called the 90-Ninety Bash which will soon take place in United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Earlier this month, ARY Digital Network joined hands with the Sindh Squash Association to host a high-profile sporting event – Karachi Open Squash Championship 2022, in an attempt to foster a sporting culture in the country.

In the event under the ACE Games initiative launched by the ARY group, a large number of international squash players including 40 foreign players took part in the PSA World Tour Bronze and PSA Challenger Tour of the Karachi Open Squash Championship.

It is pertinent to mention here that at the launching ceremony of Pakistan’s first HD Sports Channel — A Sports, last year in October, Mr Salman Iqbal pledged to promote every single sport in the country.

A-Sports will promote every single sport in Pakistan: Mr Salman Iqbal

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KARACHI: The CEO and President of ARY Digital Network, Mr. Salman Iqbal pledged to promote every single sport in the country through Pakistan’s first-ever HD Sports Channel, A-Sports. 

Speaking at the launching ceremony of A-Sports, Mr. Salman said he always wanted to promote local sports and talented athletes on a bigger platform.

“I always wanted to promote sports and our athletes locally, to give them ample opportunity to showcase themselves at a bigger platform. A-Sports is behind this cause, through this channel, we will try to promote every single sport in the country,” he said.

Mr. Salman shared that A-Sports will not only telecast this year’s T20 World Cup, but also next year’s mega T20 event in Australia and 2023’s ICC World Cup which is scheduled to be played in India.

“We partnered with PTV to win the bid of three mega ICC events in the next three years. Not only this year’s T20 World Cup, but A-Sports will also telecast next year’s T20 World Cup and ICC World Cup 2023,” he disclosed.