ONdigital - making history, showing history being made
8th March 1999
History has already been made in ONdigital's first two exclusively live and free sports events.
First ONdigital carried Iron Mike Tyson's comeback fight exclusively live and free of course. Second, last weekend, only ONdigital's customers were able to watch live and free Anil Kumble's astonishing feat of ten wickets in a Test match, the first time it had happened in 43 years, and only the second time in history.
ONdigital, the world's first commercial digital TV broadcaster through an aerial, now brings its customers a triangular cricket one day series between India, Pakistan and one day world champions Sri Lanka, as they all gear up for this summer's World Championship in England.
The series runs from 19 March to 4 April and the times and venues are set out below.
Dates/Venues
Fri 19 March - Pakistan v Sri Lanka Jamshedpur
Mon 22 March - India v Sri Lanka Nagpur
Wed 24 March - India v Pakistan Jaipur
Sat 27 March - Pakistan v Sri Lanka Visakhapatnam
Tue 30 March - India v Sri Lanka Pune
Thur 1 April - India v Pakistan Mohali
Sun 4 April - FINAL (day/night) Bangalore
Programme Schedule - Channel 33
3.30am to 11.15am Live Programme (lunch: 7am to 7.45am)
12noon to 7.45pm Extended Highlights
9pm to 3.30am Edited Highlights
FINAL - Sun 4th April:
9am to 4.45pm Live Programme (lunch: 12.30 . 1.15pm)
6.00pm . 01.45am Extended Highlights
Edited highlights to run the next day, from 9.00a30pm to 1.15pm)
6pm to 1.45am Extended Highlights
Edited highlights to run the following day from 9.00am until midnight. (NB: the final may finish late)