Cricket
SuperSport pulls support for South African T20 league
Foxtel to show 4K cricket coverage
Star Sports, Twitter secure CPL rights
Fox Sports Australia retains Caribbean Premier League rights
Caribbean Premier League extends Sunset+Vine deal
Sky picks up Caribbean Premier League rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired rights in the UK and Ireland to cricket’s Caribbean Premier League.
Broadcast partners sign up for Global T20 Canada
Organisers of the Global T20 Canada, a new Twenty20 cricket competition, have revealed broadcast partners for the event ahead of its opening day tomorrow (Thursday).
India’s Ireland tour rights picked up by Sony
The Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) media group has confirmed the acquisition of exclusive rights for the India national cricket team’s upcoming tour of Ireland.
Light at the end of the tunnel for CSA as T20 league takes shape
Cricket South Africa has finally delivered a workable concept for a new domestic T20 competition via a joint venture with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport.
DAZN adds cricket content to Canadian offering
DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired rights in Canada to a host of international cricket content.
Sportskeeda moves into rights market with cricket series deal
Indian digital media company Sportskeeda has acquired live streaming rights to the two-match Twenty20 cricket series between Scotland and Pakistan.
ECB carves out Caribbean rights, agrees direct deal with ESPN
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has sold its rights separately in the Caribbean for the first time, earning a strong increase on their previous allocated value in the region.
TSM lands ACB’s media rights ahead of Afghanistan’s maiden Test
The Total Sports Marketing agency has agreed a five-year deal for worldwide media rights to all international matches and domestic tournaments organised by the Afghanistan Cricket Board.
ESPN lands ECB rights in Caribbean
International sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in the Caribbean to events organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Foxtel to pay lion’s share of new Cricket Australia TV rights deals
Australian media-rights experts believe Foxtel and Seven’s deal for Cricket Australia rights works for all parties, despite Foxtel bearing the brunt of a 67-per-cent fee increase
Sky to show historic Ireland cricket Test match
Cricket Ireland has struck a rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky to show live coverage of the national team’s inaugural Test match against Pakistan on May 11-15.
IPL coverage returns in Australia as Fox agrees late deal with Star
The Indian Premier League T20 competition is being broadcast in Australia again after a six-season hiatus, via a deal with Fox Sports.
BCCI defies expectations as Star takes full control of the market
Fierce competition helped the Board of Control for Cricket in India earn a substantial increase in the value of its global media rights last week.