Kiwi series gets some takers

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has received some responses from some local and foreign companies for the television rights to the upcoming home series against New Zealand.
The BCB opted to negotiate with individual companies as none had submitted bids for the rights within the tender submission deadline of the first week of August. The Kiwis are scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on October 2 to play two Tests, three ODIs and a lone T20I against Mushfiqur Rahim's men.
It was learnt that two Indian companies and five local companies submitted their proposal to the board. “We asked for formal proposals from companies who expressed their interest in the TV deal for the upcoming home series and as far as I know seven or eight companies have submitted their proposals. We will wait two-three more days to get more and after that assess and evaluate the proposals before placing the best one to the board,” said BCB's commercial and marketing committee chairman Ahmed Sajjadul Alam yesterday.
“Some showed interest only in production, some for marketing and some for both, so we have to check every detail before reaching a decision,” he added. The ad-hoc committee of the board opted for the one-series deal as they believed that a long-term deal must be negotiated by an elected body because of the financial importance of the matter.
The BCB had floated a tender for a TV deal from November 1, 2012 to April 30, 2016 after a strong committee headed by vice-president Ahmed Sajjadul Alam prepared a guideline for the new TV deal but the underwhelming response forced the BCB to sell the worldwide broadcasting rights only for the home series against the West Indies last year to Virgo Media Ltd, owner of satellite television channel Channel 9, for 50,000 dollars.