ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has won the long-term global television production rights for the Champions League Twenty20.

The channel had recently acquired the global commercial rights of the league for a period of 10 years after a successful bid.

ESS and Champions League Twenty20 officials are currently finalising the necessary agreement.

The channel will use as many as 34 cameras at each venue to cover all the matches - the highest number of cameras used to cover any multi venue cricket tournament to date.

It will include angles like aerial views with Fly cameras, a boundary side field camera to showcase fielding and a new mid-wicket camera position to highlight running between the wickets that will deliver another new viewing dimension to viewers.

In addition, a special anthem for the tournament has been composed by the renowned musician A R Rahman.

"Champions League Twenty20 is the marquee global tournament where only the top Twenty20 club teams from top cricketing nations qualify to compete for the greatest honour, to be adjudged as the Champion of Champions," said Manu Sawhney, Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports.

"This World Championship therefore positions itself as a one of its kind international tournament. We are committed to setting a new benchmark in the way cricket will be produced, presented and distributed across the globe," he added.

ESS also holds the exclusive global telecast rights of all ICC events till 2015.

Lalit Modi, Chairman, Champions League 2020, said, "We are very pleased to award the global production rights to ESS. Over the years, ESS has produced and presented the game of cricket in a manner that is truly Gold Standard."

"We are confident that with many new innovative and unique features that ESS had planned for the inaugural Champions League 2020, fans across the globe can look forward to the most compelling and riveting action on television."

* The CL T20 starts on the 3 December 2008 - catch the matches LIVE on STAR Cricket!