Cricket
Sony renews rights for Abu Dhabi T10 League
Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has acquired rights for the 2019 edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 League cricket tournament, taking place November 14-24
YuppTV to cover India’s home cricket season
OTT operator YuppTV has acquired digital streaming rights across a host of markets for India’s home cricket international matches in the 2019-20 season.
Indian cricket returns to the airwaves with AIR deal
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has agreed a two-year deal that will return national team and domestic cricket to the airwaves of All India Radio for the first time since 2014
Caribbean Premier League details wide-ranging coverage for 2019 season
The Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament has revealed details of its broadcast agreements in key markets around the world as the 2019 season gets underway today (Wednesday)
CSA extends GSC rights for Mzansi Super League
Cricket South Africa has struck a new deal with Global Sports Commerce, its commercial partner for the Mzansi Super League Twenty20 competition, extending the agency’s ties to the tournament by a further y…
Star India financials hit by cricket rights costs
Incremental rights fee increases for cricket’s Indian Premier League and World Cup, as well as a lukewarm advertising market, have been cited as reasons for pay-television broadcaster Star India suffering a…
ICC confirms digital rights tender details
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is launching a tender process for the sale of digital rights covering the governing body’s events between 2019 and 2023.
SABC retains CSA Twenty20 league rights
South African public-service broadcaster SABC has renewed a rights deal for the 2019 edition of Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Mzansi Super League.
Sports Channel Network picks up UK rights to cricket tournaments
Sports Channel Network has acquired rights in the UK to the European Cricket League and the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes competitions
Freesports gains FTA rights in UK to Global T20 Canada cricket tournament
Digital terrestrial broadcaster FreeSports has acquired exclusive free-to-air rights in the UK to this year’s edition of cricket’s Global T20 Canada.
New Zealand’s Sky Sport seals six-season Cricket Australia extension
New Zealand pay-television broadcaster Sky Sport has signed a new six-year rights deal with Cricket Australia
Parliamentarians to mull Cricket World Cup free-to-air mandate in UK
UK parliamentarians are reportedly to review the possibility of making the Cricket World Cup free-to-air in the country following the England team’s victory in this year’s competition.
Channel 4 to show Cricket World Cup final free-to-air in UK
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has reached a partnership deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports for the Cricket World Cup final that means Sunday's match between England and New Zealand will…
Sky to show ICC Cricket World Cup final on free-to-air TV if England qualify
Pay TV broadcaster Sky has announced that it will show the 2019 Cricket World Cup final on July 14 on free-to-air television if England qualify
Sky considers basic-tier coverage in UK of Cricket World Cup final
Pay-television broadcaster Sky is reportedly considering showing the final of the ongoing 2019 Cricket World Cup on its basic-tier entertainment channel Sky One rather than making it available free-to-air…
Cricket World Cup coverage propels Hotstar to record 100m daily active users
Hotstar, the OTT service from Indian pay-television broadcaster Star, had a record 100 million daily active users on June 16, the day of the India v Pakistan Cricket World Cup game
OSN to close last sports channels in July due to piracy
Pay-television operator OSN has blamed piracy in the Middle East and North Africa for its decision to close its cricket channel next month, the last of its dedicated sports channels
Sky mulls making Cricket World Cup final free-to-air in UK
Pay-television broadcaster Sky is considering making the 2019 Cricket World Cup final available free-to-air in the UK