GCV to manage Champions League Twenty20 website

Televisionpoint.com Correspondent | Mumbai
Global Cricket Ventures (GCV), a joint venture between Live Current Media and NetlinkBlue, has reached an agreement to build, manage and monetise the official website of the Champions League Twenty20 for a period of 10 years.

The site will feature video highlights, a live video scoreboard, mobile content as well as official photographs, press releases, player interviews, schedules, statistics and newsletters. Revenues generated from the website will be split evenly between GCV and the Champions League.

Mark Melville, chief corporate development officer, Live Current, said, "We are very fortunate to have obtained the rights to the official website of the Champions League Twenty20, one of the most exciting new sporting events in the world. This is another key milestone for our cricket media business and we look forward to working with the Champions League to create an unrivaled user experience and commercial success."

The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 will be held in India from December 3-10, 2008 and will include the reigning winners and runners-up from the domestic Twenty20 competitions in India, Australia and South Africa, as well as the reigning Twenty20 champions from Pakistan and England who will compete for global T20 supremacy and $6 million prize money.

Last month GCV had launched www.bcci.tv, the official online home of the BCCI. GCV also operates www.iplt20.com, the official website of the Indian Premier League.