Fazal
September 19, 2006, 02:52 PM
Azad Majumder
The first year of the soon-to-be-struck television deal could fetch just $2.4 million for the Bangladesh Cricket Board, according to an estimate made by the local cricket body.
The BCB is due to pen a television deal, which is the main source of income for all Test-playing nations including Bangladesh, next month ahead of the November home series against Zimbabwe.
The BCB officials had earlier said that they expected not less than $20 million in five years from the future television deal, but the official estimation showed it has hardly any possibility.
The BCB made the calculation in its annual global budget for the financial year 2006-07, which will be presented to the councilors for approval in the upcoming October 3. Annual General Meeting.
It has already raised quite a few eyebrows among the councilors as the estimated figure shows that Bangladesh cricket could hardly improve its net value in the last five years.
Bangladesh earned $11.75 million from its first television deal, struck immediately after the country had been awarded Test status in June 26, 2000. It meant Bangladesh’s annual income from the first television agreement was $2.35 million, a little less than the current prediction.
Bangladesh will play 41 Tests and 105-132 ODIs up to 2012, a large chunk of which will be held on home soil. The BCB also planned to host at least three triangular tournaments with two involving India during the period.
Citing the figure, a councilor expressed his surprise over the estimated amount, made by the officials.
‘The number of matches suggests we should earn a far better amount with the future television deal than the previous one, though it is not going to be the case probably,’ said the BCB councilor.
‘When the first television deal was struck, we had been struggling in international cricket, but now we have started to win matches. So, we must get a higher price by selling television rights,’ he added.
In the annual global budget, the BCB also estimated to earn $1.2 million as participation money from next month’s ICC Champions Trophy while $2 million from the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean. [newAgeBD (http://www.newagebd.com/spt.html)]
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If the news is true, whoever involved in the tv deal from BCB is not doing a good job I guess. But where is the accountability for their job performance, thats the real question.
The first year of the soon-to-be-struck television deal could fetch just $2.4 million for the Bangladesh Cricket Board, according to an estimate made by the local cricket body.
The BCB is due to pen a television deal, which is the main source of income for all Test-playing nations including Bangladesh, next month ahead of the November home series against Zimbabwe.
The BCB officials had earlier said that they expected not less than $20 million in five years from the future television deal, but the official estimation showed it has hardly any possibility.
The BCB made the calculation in its annual global budget for the financial year 2006-07, which will be presented to the councilors for approval in the upcoming October 3. Annual General Meeting.
It has already raised quite a few eyebrows among the councilors as the estimated figure shows that Bangladesh cricket could hardly improve its net value in the last five years.
Bangladesh earned $11.75 million from its first television deal, struck immediately after the country had been awarded Test status in June 26, 2000. It meant Bangladesh’s annual income from the first television agreement was $2.35 million, a little less than the current prediction.
Bangladesh will play 41 Tests and 105-132 ODIs up to 2012, a large chunk of which will be held on home soil. The BCB also planned to host at least three triangular tournaments with two involving India during the period.
Citing the figure, a councilor expressed his surprise over the estimated amount, made by the officials.
‘The number of matches suggests we should earn a far better amount with the future television deal than the previous one, though it is not going to be the case probably,’ said the BCB councilor.
‘When the first television deal was struck, we had been struggling in international cricket, but now we have started to win matches. So, we must get a higher price by selling television rights,’ he added.
In the annual global budget, the BCB also estimated to earn $1.2 million as participation money from next month’s ICC Champions Trophy while $2 million from the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean. [newAgeBD (http://www.newagebd.com/spt.html)]
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If the news is true, whoever involved in the tv deal from BCB is not doing a good job I guess. But where is the accountability for their job performance, thats the real question.