Re: ARY showing Pak vs. Eng and Pak vs. India in US
2003: World cup, Pakistan versus England ODI series, Pakistan versus South Africa in Pakistan, Pakistan vs NZ in Pakistan, India vs Australia in Australia
2004: Pakistan versus NZ in newzealand, Pakistan versus India in Pakistan, VideoCon cup in Holland, ICC champions trophy, Pakistan versus Srilanka in Pakistan including the trinangular series,
2005: Pakistan versus India in India
These are the series I watched on Dish PPV. More than 50% of the matches were shown on ARY in different parts of the world. But not in USA since dishnetwork had the rights.
Before ordering the 2004 Indo Pak series I asked Dish network customer service rep that why ARY is not showing the cricket and instead showing its regular programming when it has got the official rights to show it every where. His response was that I have no idea who got the exclusive rights in other countries but as far as USA is concerned we have got the exclusive rights.
So my friend this is coming from someone who has experienced the dishnetwork monopoly in USA. Have you ever seen Dish PPV telecasting a cricket match and at the same time its partner international channels also showing it. I repeat any channel whether it is ARY, ZEE, SONY , GEO cannot show cricket if the same match will be shown by Dish PPV, because they all are part of Dish International channel package. There were two instances when SONY and ARY showed a big cricket event. ARY showed Asia cup because Dish PPV was not showing it. Zee showed Srilanka versus South Africa series last year and again DIsh PPV was not showing it.
It doesn’t matter if they have exclusive rights or not. As long as Dish PPV is showing something there partner channels WILL NOT be showing it. But yes in such a case Direct TV can show the matches as well if Dish hasn’t got the exclusive rights. And if Dish has got the exclusive rights, than forget ARY, even direct TV cannot show the matches. And i personally think that Dish has got the exclusive rights for Pakistan cricket till 2008.