Domestic chains such as the 500-store Xi-Shu franchise are taking market share from state-owned Xinhua, while foreign publishers such as Pearson (part-owner of The Economist) and Bertelsmann's Random House are looking for local distribution channels.
Naismith was also added to the starting XI - with both Boyd and Nacho Novo on the bench following their midweek efforts against Panathinaikos in the Uefa Cup.
While some 350 homes in Ruyton-XI-Towns have already been connected using a fibre-to-cabinet approach (making use of existing copper cables), a further 1, 100 homes are expected to be able to access the faster fibre-to-premises line from April.
Scotland added a comprehensive 100-run victory over a TUKS Academy XI to a six-wicket triumph over TUKS CC, while they lost out to Gauteng Lions.
Somerset allowed them to then draft in second XI wicket-keeper Tom Burrows.
Chelsea trio John Terry, Frank Lampard and Claude Makelele won places in the World XI line-up, which was voted for by their fellow professionals.
The Rovers team was in essence an All-Ireland XI and the Northern Ireland governing body Irish Football Association had opposed the staging of the game.
Despite talk of a new era post-World Cup his team to face Bulgaria on Friday is likely to show just three changes from the XI beaten 4-1 by Germany.
In practice it was a bit of a disappointment, with a hastily-convened World XI failing to win a single match against Australia.
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Iqbal fell for 128 as a late collapse threatened the Bangladesh charge, but they finished the day on 321-5 - a lead of 252 over a second-string Windies XI.
Jones, raised in Australia and born in Papua New Guinea, has been the 2nd XI leading run-scorer for the past three seasons and impressed with the gloves in a the one-day friendly against India in June.
They will play 50-over warm-up contests against a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in Fatullah on Tuesday and Thursday before three one-day internationals against Bangladesh, followed by a two-match Test series.
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He wrote and directed a couple of TV dramas, including the mini-series Kuala Selangor XI, set during the British colonial era.
Bollywood star Preity Zinta, co-owner of Kings XI Punjab team, said every team had a "specific strategy" only to bid for certain players.
Each franchise was allowed to sign up to eight non-Indian players for their 16-man roster, but only four foreign players can feature in the starting line-up and each XI must also contain four Indian players under the age of 22.
Football's world governing body wants to stop clubs fielding more than five non-nationals in a starting XI, a move the EU says would be illegal.
The two sides have "some differences" but said they have "enormous shared interests" and should "handle this relationship from a strategic and long-term perspective, " Xi said.
England made 396-9 on the opening day od a two-day match against an Invitational XI at Dunedin.
He did not bowl during the two-day warm-up match against an Invitational XI in Dunedin which ended in a draw.
England will play a warm-up match against a KSCA XI in Bangalore on Wednesday ahead of the first ODI with India on Friday, 19 February.
His absence from the three-day match against an NZ Selection XI starting on Wednesday (2100 GMT) is expected to give Lancashire's James Anderson a chance to impress ahead of Chris Tremlett.
The pair put on 182 for the first wicket as Pakistan made 401-3 against a Rest of South Africa XI at Kimberley.
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It is a homecoming for the 26-year-old, who played for the 2nd XI as a youngster but was not offered a contract by at Rose Bowl bosses.
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Only four non-Indians are permitted to feature in each playing XI, with eight in each squad.
The 22-year-old, who also bowls leg-spin, was formerly of the Lancashire second XI.
That was after the Mumbai President's XI, asked to bat first, made 222-7.
But a lot of the teams, the so-called top teams, do put their best XI out there, and everyone's going for it.
Everton boss Dave Moyes had no such concerns, naming an unchanged XI from the team that started in the 1-1 draw against Birmingham.
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