Compaq Cup 2009 starts from September 08 2009 gained importance with chances of India getting to #1 spot in ICC ODI rankings surpassing South Africa. For the first time the series will be broadcast live on website by Ten sports. It is still unclear if North America users can access this free live streaming.

Here are few options available for Tri-Series Compaq Cup 2009 live streaming sites -

Free Ten Sports Live Streaming

Cricket fans of Indian sub-continent and Middle East will be able to enjoy free live coverage of Compaq Cup Tri-Series. Here is the link. http://www.tensports.com/liveschedule/

Willow TV

The popular internet cricket streaming site for North American cricket fans is yet to announce the package. Note Reliance bought major stake in Willow TV recently.

Sopcast links

Sopcast is another option to view these matches for free. Download Sopcast player and look for cricket channels. Sopcast links will be updated here.

TVUPlayer links

TVUPlayer is a P2P streaming player where the matches are streamed for free.

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IPL 2009 2nd season that starts from April 18 is getting ready for 6.88 million plus online visitors who got online in 2008. If you live in North America then only option to watch on TV is to get a dish connection otherwise to watch IPL on internet then Willow.TV is the only option to watch the streamed IPL 2009 matches. Willow TV, Inc. established in year 2002 is the cricket fans popular live Internet video streaming provider in North America (including the United States and Canada), Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Willow TV bagged the telecast rights for IPL tournament for next five years from World Sport Group (WSG). The five-year deal includes distribution rights of IPL on television, radio, broadband and internet.

Here are few options available for IPL live streaming from Willow.TV

Willow.TV package for $79

To watch IPL 2009 live streaming from willow.tv website a broadband connection is required, which can be either a DSL or High-Speed Cable Internet connection. Willow.TV may not work with dial up connections

Package which is available for $79 for all 59 games includes Live Video Streaming, On-Demand Replays, Video Scorecards and Commentary.

Details are available in this link.

Indian Premier League 2009 - Live video streaming, On Demand Replays of all 59 matches of the IPL 2009, starting April 18th

If you have questions of how to purchase the package, The below FAQ from Willow.TV will help.

Free Video online streaming from IPLT20.com

Visit www.IPLT20.com to catch all online action that includes live video footage of every match. I doubt if all the countries have this free IPL 2009 streaming available.

IPLT20 live streaming sites info

After receiving 6.88 million unique visitors during the inaugural season of DLF Indian Premier League, www.IPLT20.com is set to become the primary online destination during Season 2009 in South Africa. The URL will be televised on air during the matches to drive people to the site. The website's unique service offering includes live video footage of every match, video highlights, live multi-language audio and exclusive still images - all on a global level.

IPL 2009 live streaming for mobile or cell phones

ZengaTV acquired the streaming rights for mobile phones. Any one who has cell phones that 2G network or above should be able to get live clips, videos and updates from ZengaTV.



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Update - IPL 2009 posts are updated on 15 April 2009.
New posts - IPL 2009 TV Channels and IPL 2009 Live Match start times
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Labels: 2009, Cricket, free, IPL, IPL2009, IPLT20, live, streaming, Twenty20, watch online, willowTV

Willow.TV and reliance once again partnered in bringing first test match free for US cricket fans. If you buy live streaming package of $25 from Willow.TV then you can redeem those 25$ towards your reliance calling card which makes 1st test match free.

>Buy Willow.TV event for $25
>Log In to your reliance account and use coupon of $25 from Willow.TV
>Make $25 worth of calls to India
>Enjoy free test match of India vs Australia

Here are the details from willow.tv:

Reliance Global Call coupon and FREE First Test Match of Australia tour of India 2008 - Buy a Reliance Global Call coupon worth 25 dollars, and get live video streaming and on demand highlights of the First test match of the Australia tour of India 2008 from 9th Oct at Bangalore, on Willow.tv for FREE. This coupon can be used to recharge your Reliance India Call account with 25 dollars
Post purchase, the coupon will show up in your My Packages section, which can also be accessed anytime you visit www.willow.tv and log in using your Willow Id
To redeem your purchased Reliance India Call coupon, do the following
1. Visit www.relianceindiacall.com and login using your Reliance India Call Primary number and PIN
2. Click on the Balance and Recharge link in the top right section
3. In the payment page, put in the coupon code in the Promotional Code section
4. It could take a few hours for your account balance to be updated

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IPL 2009 posts are updated on 15 April 2009.
New posts - IPL 2009 TV Channels, Free IPL 2009 live streaming video sites and IPL 2009 Live Match start times

Media and IPL are still fighting over media restrictions on covering inaugural IPL tournament starting from April 18' 2008. Willow TV, Inc. established in year 2002 is the cricket fans popular live Internet video streaming provider in North America (including the United States and Canada), Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean.Willow TV bagged the telecast rights for IPL tournament for next five years from World Sport Group (WSG). The five-year deal includes distribution rights of IPL on television, radio, broadband and internet.

Here are few options available for IPL live streaming from Willow.TV

Willow.TV package for $59

To watch IPL live streaming from willow.tv website you will need to have a broadband connection, which can be either a DSL or High-Speed Cable Internet connection. Willow.TV warns that the streaming may not work with slow dial up connections

Package which is available for $59 for all 59 games includes Live Video Streaming, On-Demand Replays, Video Scorecards and Commentary.

Details are available in this link.

Indian Premier League All Access Pass - Live video streaming, On Demand Replays of all 59 games of the DLF Indian Premier Leage Buy Live Video and Replays (US $59)

If you have questions of how to purchase the package, The below FAQ from Willow.TV will help.

Free Mobile Video streaming

Willow TV writes on their website "Exclusive Partner Offers
Get access to IPL 2008 on signing up with our partners Reliance India Call & BigFlicks". The link takes you to the page that shows how to get IPL coverage on a cell phone. The service is free but cell phone companies may charge a data fee if its nort of your monthly package with phone company. The phones supported list is available from here. To view the IPL matches a mobile device client is to be downloaded from here. Once installed launch cricket and you will be able to access free coverage of IPL. The screenshots (left image) from Willow.TV show Mobile video coverage. How good is the quality ? I haven't tried myself and once matches start i'll post an update of my free mobile video streaming or coverage experience from willow.TV.

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India the commonwealth 2008 champions plays three tests against South Africa India in March/April of 2008. After IPL biddings some of the test players like Waseem Jafeer for instance who got the lowest bid is naturally unhappy and this I believe will have some cascading effect to all India test players effecting their performance in the test matches. Instead of discussing whether IPL concept works , it is high time to make sure international games wont be effected because of new form of the game - IPL

India v South Africa US schedule

1st Test India v South Africa March 25, 2008 11:00 PM
2nd Test India v South Africa April 2, 2008 11:30 PM
3rd Test India v South Africa April 10, 2008 11:30 PM

Here are some of live streaming options -

Willow TV ($29.99 package)

South Africa tour of India 2008. Bonus ICL 2020 - Live video streaming, On demand highlights and replays, interactive highlights of the 3 test matches of the South Africa tour of India. BONUS All matches of the ICL Twenty20 tournament

CricketOn TV ($35.00 package)

India v South Africa
Buy All Matches (Early Bird Offer):

$35.00
1st Test India v South Africa March 25, 2008 11:00 PM
$20.00
2nd Test India v South Africa April 2, 2008 11:30 PM
$20.00
3rd Test India v South Africa April 10, 2008 11:30 PM
$20.00

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