ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board)
ECB set to launch new rights tender
The England & Wales Cricket Board is set to launch a tender for domestic rights this autumn, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Sky backing English T20 relaunch – report
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has offered the England and Wales Cricket Board £40m (€56.3m/$62m) annually for the global rights to a proposed city-based Twenty20 tournament slated to launch in 2017, according to The Observer.
ECB chief downplays relevance of terrestrial television in future strategy
Tom Harrison, the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has labelled terrestrial television as “less relevant every year,” suggesting that the body’s focus will remain on pay-television platforms in the future.
Sky pays more for ECB extension
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB is thought to be paying a small increase for the rights to English cricket in its extension with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Sunset+Vine appoints former ECB executive
UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has appointed John Perera in a commercial consultancy capacity.
Chairman-elect Graves highlights ECB’s terrestrial challenges
Colin Graves, chairman-elect of the England & Wales Cricket Board, has suggested the governing body will struggle to accommodate calls for more cricket on free-to-air television in the UK.
ECB takes up Sky extension option
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has agreed a two-year extension to its partnership with the England & Wales Cricket Board.
Counties renew free-to-air call for domestic cricket
Domestic county cricket could return to free-to-air television in the UK as soon as the 2015 season, according to Richard Gould, chief executive of Surrey.
Sky to provide ball-by-ball coverage of 2015 Women’s Ashes
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB will provide live coverage of a women’s cricket Test match for the first time when England hosts Australia in the 2015 Ashes.
Counties seeking terrestrial presence from ECB rights deal
The England & Wales Cricket Board’s member counties are applying pressure on the governing body to ensure domestic cricket appears on terrestrial television in the UK when the current rights deal with pay-television broadcaster BSkyB is renegotiated.
ECB archive gives Sunset+Vine taste for the rights game
UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine will look for “more and more” opportunities for rights acquisitions following its four-year archive rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Sunset+Vine acquires ECB archive rights
UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has agreed a four-year archive rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board.
ECB to stream live coverage of England women’s series
The England and Wales Cricket Board has announced that this summer’s One-Day International women’s national team series between England and India will be streamed live on the governing body’s official channel on video-sharing platform YouTube.
Fox Sports in late deal for England v India series
Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights for the upcoming England v India cricket series.
News UK pads up with ECB clip rights
The England and Wales Cricket Board has entered into a two-year partnership with News UK that will allow the newspaper publishing group to show near live video clips of the England team’s international matches across its digital platforms.
ICC looks to double its money to cement contested overhaul
The ICC’s ambitious income target for its next cycle of media rights sales
One World Sports takes England cricket to North America
Pay-television broadcaster One World Sports has announced a multi-platform agreement to carry every home match of the England national cricket team through 2017 in North America.
Sky secures rights for England cricket tours to Sri Lanka
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has reached an agreement to show the England cricket team’s next two tours of Sri Lanka.