Cricket
Google and Disney Plus Hotstar agree IPL ‘web stories’ deal
Internet search giant Google will show Indian Premier League match highlights this year via its Web Stories feature under a tie-up with Indian media group Disney Plus Hotstar
Enhanced County Championship production as matches streamed on ECB app
The England and Wales Cricket Board will stream live coverage of this year's entire LV= Insurance County Championship for the first time
YuppTV renews multi-territory rights for Indian Premier League
Streaming platform YuppTV has acquired rights for this year's Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament in nearly 100 countries
FanCode secures exclusive Cricket West Indies rights in India
Online streaming platform FanCode has acquired exclusive rights to broadcast the West Indies’ home cricket matches and competitions in India.
Discovery ‘targeting’ UK Ashes rights through Cricket Australia tender
Media group Discovery is in contention for Cricket Australia’s ongoing UK broadcast rights tender, with the company reported to be specifically interested in the next edition of the Ashes series between A…
ICC initiates negotiations with broadcasters for WTC final rights
The International Cricket Council has gone to market with international broadcast rights to the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and New Zealand, SportBusiness understands
ECB could offer BCCI ‘slice of media revenues’ to lure IPL players to The Hundred
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has reportedly discussed giving Indian Premier League teams a 25 per-cent stake in The Hundred franchises and offering the Indian cricket board a share of the…
Start-up Recast makes cricket move with African Premier League streaming in UK
Recast, the new direct-to-customer video platform, has secured exclusive rights to stream the inaugural Dafabet African Premier League to UK viewers
Seven vows to fight on after setback in Cricket Australia rebate battle
Australia free-to-air broadcaster Seven has suffered a major financial hit after an independent arbitrator ruled Cricket Australia must pay a rebate of A$5.3m ($4.1m/€3.4
BT shores up cricket content ahead of crucial Cricket Australia tender
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has taken advantage of Sky’s reduced appetite for international cricket board rights, securing deals with Cricket West Indies and New Zealand Cricket by committing to pay for each board’s entire available inventory.
FreeSports focuses on low-cost cricket in Afghanistan, Zimbabwe deals
FreeSports is hoping its two-year deal for exclusive rights to the Afghanistan and Zimbabwe national cricket teams’ home matches will help create a unique identity for the channel, which has long acted as a shop window for sister broadcaster Premier Sports.
Sky NZ is latest broadcaster to acquire Cricket West Indies rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has agreed a ‘long-term’ media rights deal with Cricket West Indies for all West Indies home matches played in the Caribbean.
FreeSports secures two-year deal with RDA for Afghanistan and Zimbabwe cricket
UK free-to-air broadcaster FreeSports has expanded its cricket offering for the next two years, acquiring exclusive media rights to the home Tests, ODIs and T20Is of Afghanistan and Zimbabwe
Cricket West Indies continues rights drive with SuperSport deal
Cricket West Indies has announced its third new broadcast rights deal in the space of a month after signing a four-year contract in sub-Saharan Africa with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport
IMG signs off ICC Pathway global streaming, commercial rights deal
The International Cricket Council and the IMG agency have signed off on an agreement that will lead to 541 ‘ICC Pathway’ events being streamed globally in a major step-up in broadcast coverage of matches fea…
Seven handed blow in bid for Cricket Australia rights rebate
Seven’s ongoing dispute with Cricket Australia over the value of a media rights deal has taken another twist after it emerged that an arbitrator has ruled that the commercial free-to-air broadcaster i…
Sky lands rights to India v England limited overs series
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive live rights to England’s forthcoming limited overs cricket series against India as part of a broader deal.