Cricket
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
Facebook seals partnership deals in Australia with NRL, AFL and Cricket body
Social media giant Facebook has sealed global content partnership agreements in Australia with rugby, Aussie Rules and cricket rights-holders, it said on Wednesday
ICC to exploit World Cup rights on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
The International Cricket Council is broadcasting World Cup content for the first time on social media platforms Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
South Africa’s SABC to sublicence Cricket World Cup from SuperSport
South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has agreed a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport for free-to-air rights to the forthcoming Cricket World Cup
ICC extends Sunset+Vine partnership ahead of World Cup
The International Cricket Council has agreed a four-year extension to its partnership with sports production and media company Sunset+Vine
ICC engages ByteDance on Cricket World Cup content drive
The International Cricket Council has partnered with technology company ByteDance to deliver content across social media platforms TikTok and Helo during this year’s Cricket World Cup.