Atlanta, 11 February 2016: YuppTV, the world’s largest Over-The-Top
(OTT) provider for South Asian content, is happy to announce that it has secured
the digital media rights for the Asia Cup T20, 2016 to be held on February 24th
- March 6th, 2016. While YuppTV has secured exclusive rights
to stream Asia Cup 2016 live in USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand
and Malaysia, cricket fans in Singapore will also be able view the tournament via
YuppTV app on multiple Internet enabled devices such as Smart TVs, Smart
Blu-ray players, streaming media players, laptop, gaming console, smart phones
and tablets. The Asia Cup 2016 is scheduled to take place in Dhaka, Bangladesh with
the Indian T20 team taking on the host nation on the inaugural day. The much
awaited match between India and Pakistan is scheduled for February 27, while India
faces the defending champions Sri Lanka on March 1.
Speaking on the announcement, Uday
Reddy, Founder & CEO, YuppTV said, “Cricket has always been a sport that
has incited much passion and following amongst South Asians. By bagging the
exclusive digital media rights for the Asia Cup 2016, we are enabling live,
on-the-go access to the tournament for the expat community. This partnership
will provide them with seamless, real-time access to all the matches and allow
viewers to watch their favorite teams in action on their preferred device!”
In addition to Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, non-test playing nations Afghanistan, Hong
Kong, Oman and UAE will also be competing for a qualifying spot for the
tournament. The qualifying round is scheduled to take place at the Khan Shaheb
Osman Ali Stadium (KSOAS) in Narayanganj, Afghanistan, between February 19 and
February 22, with the winner of the qualifiers then joining the test playing nations
in the main event.
YuppTV users can catch all the
action on www.yupptv.com/cricket/asiacup.aspx or via the YuppTV
app on their smart TVs, smart Blu-ray players, streaming media players, gaming consoles,
smartphones and tablets.
About YuppTV
YuppTV is one of the world’s
largest internet-based TV and On-demand service provider, offering more than
200+ TV channels, 5000+ Movies and 100+ TV Shows in 12 languages from South
Asia. YuppTV has 25000 hours of entertainment content catalogued in its
library, while nearly 2500 hours of new on-demand content is added to the
YuppTV platform every day. YuppTV offers Live TV and Catch-Up TV technology.
YuppTV has its presence in more than 50 countries. YuppTV is currently ranked
#1 Internet Pay TV platform for South Asians living abroad and also the largest
Internet TV platform from premium content availability in India. YuppTV is the
most downloaded South Asian SmartTV app and it also boasts of 8 million mobile
downloads with 4.0 user rating.
For more information:
http://www.yupptv.com/
