The agreement also sees the production of Goal TV’s two all-football channels shift to the Ten Sports headquarters in Dubai. Goal TV founder Thomas Kressner said “it is an excellent development for us to partner with the Indian sub-continent’s leading sports channel, with its huge daily audience and solid production experience”.
Goal TV’s content includes exclusive live action from the French, Scottish and Dutch premier leagues and programming from top English clubs Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea, and Spanish La Liga club Barcelona.
Ten Sports senior vice President Peter Hutton said “this volume of excellent football content is part of a growing bouquet of football rights on Ten and Zee Sports. It supports our existing deals with the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Supercup, FIFA, AFC, the English championship and the All India football federation”
The new agreement means that Taj TV, parent company of Ten Sports, will now produce and transmit nine channels from its Dubai based headquarters, ranging from the “Cricket Plus” channel for Directv in North America to the “Football Channel” for Singapore cable operator Starhub.
