Cricket Ireland is delighted to announce that UTV will be supporting Ireland’s 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup campaign, by exclusively broadcasting hour-long highlights packages on the evening of each Ireland fixture – kicking off this Monday, 16th February, at 11pm.
Michael Wilson, Managing Director of UTV Ireland, said:
“Partnering with Cricket Ireland to exclusively broadcast hour-long highlights of Ireland’s World Cup clashes is great for our audience and for our channel. We are keen to look at all sporting rights packages, on a case-by-case basis, as they become available, and backing the Ireland cricket team as they aim for World Cup glory was a natural fit for us.
“The team has enjoyed great success in recent years – generating a strong following and creating a new interest in the sport. We are delighted to be providing further exposure to the Ireland cricket team, as they focus on the most important Tournament of their sporting careers. We will also be broadcasting highlights packages for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final – so we wish the team every success and hopefully we will see them in the knock-out stages.”
Warren Deutrom, Chief Executive of Cricket Ireland, said:
“The announcement that UTV Ireland will carry highlights of all of Ireland’s matches at the 2015 World Cup is fantastic news for the sport here. Since Ireland’s first memorable performance at a Cricket World Cup in 2007, participation of the sport has grown rapidly right across the island of Ireland. Hopefully the team can emulate its exploits in the past two tournaments, and the visibility that cricket will receive through the availability of World Cup highlights on terrestrial TV through UTV Ireland will bring cricket to a much wider audience.”
Ireland will take on the West Indies in their World Cup opener at the Saxton Oval, in Nelson Australia, as part of the Tournament’s Pool stages. They will then go head-to-head with the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Zimbabwe, India and Pakistan, as they bid to progress to the quarter finals.
UTV Ireland is available on Sky channel 116, Saorview channel 6, UPC channel 110 and eVision channel 108. UTV Ireland also offers a catch-up service on www.utv.ie and on the UTV Player, available to download on smart devices.
For further information, go to www.utv.ie or follow us on Twitter and Facebook. For further information on the Ireland team, go to www.cricketireland.ie or follow @Irelandcricket on twitter.
UTV Ireland – Cricket Highlights Broadcast Schedule:
o Ireland V West Indies 23.00 16/02/15
o Ireland V UAE 23.00 25/02/15
o Ireland V South Africa 23.00 03/03/15
o Ireland Zimbabwe 23.00 07/03/15
o Ireland V India 23.00 10/03/15
o Ireland V Pakistan 23.00 15/03/15
o Quarter Final 1 23.00 18/03/15
o Quarter Final 2 23.00 19/03/15
o Quarter Final 3 23.00 20/03/15
o Quarter Final 4 23.00 21/03/15
o Semi Final 1 23.00 24/03/15
o Semi Final 2 23.00 26/03/15
o Final 23.00 29/03/15
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