Cricket
Star adds IPL production contract to rights deal
Pay-television broadcaster Star India has been awarded audio-visual production services rights for the Indian Premier League following its acquisition last year of the global television and digital rights to the Twenty20 cricket competition.
YuppTV picks up Nidahas Trophy rights
Over-the-top platform YuppTV has acquired rights to the Nidahas Trophy, an upcoming Twenty20 cricket tournament that will be contested by the national teams of Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh.
DSport makes first big move into cricket with Nidahas Trophy deal
Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport’s acquisition of rights to the Nidahas Trophy T20 tri-series between Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh is its most significant deal since its 2017 launch.
DSport to share cricket coverage with Viacom18
Indian media group Viacom18 has struck a sublicensing deal with Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport to broadcast coverage of the upcoming Nidahas Trophy Twenty cricket tournament.
Sky extends IPL rights deal
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has renewed an agreement for rights to Twenty20 cricket tournament the Indian Premier League.
Broadcasters sign up for Hong Kong T20 Blitz
Cricket Hong Kong has unveiled a series of rights deals with pay-television broadcasters for the 2018 Hong Kong T20 Blitz cricket tournament.
Star embraces virtual reality for IPL debut
Pay-television broadcaster Star India has said it will provide virtual reality coverage of the Indian Premier League for the first time, ahead of its first season as the exclusive rights-holder of the Twenty20 cricket competition.
DSport to cover Indian cricket team for first time
Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport will broadcast the country’s national cricket team for the first time after acquiring rights to the upcoming Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 tournament.
Star India plans live streaming for debut IPL campaign
Pay-television broadcaster Star India has said it will live stream the Indian Premier League for the first time as it prepares for its first season as the rights-holder of the Twenty20 cricket competition.
Star set for legal challenge if IPL is added to Indian listed events
India’s listed-events legislation is expected to widen to include the Indian Premier League early next year, a move likely to prompt a legal challenge from Star India.
Sony Pictures Network India to show T10 Cricket League
The Sony Pictures Network India media group has acquired rights for the T10 Cricket League, a new franchise-based competition that will launch in the UAE next week.
Indian government considering move to grant Doordarshan IPL rights – reports
The Indian government is working on a directive that would force pay-television broadcaster Star India to share its IPL rights with public-service broadcaster Doordarshan.
BeIN adds to Cricket Australia deal with ECB rights across Mena
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) roughly doubled the value of its media rights in the Middle East and North Africa last month after carving them out from a future Asian deal.
Sport 24 snares Ashes rights as it tests out cricket content
Cricket Australia expanded its relationship with in-flight/in-ship broadcaster Sport 24 last week, to include coverage of this year’s Ashes Test series.
Competition watchdog imposes heavy fine on BCCI in IPL rights case
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has been hit with a fine of Rs520m (€6.94m/$8.36m) after being found guilty of breaches of competition rules when negotiating rights deals for Twenty20 tournament the Indian Premier League.
Sport 24 picks up Ashes rights
In-flight and in-ship channel Sport 24 has acquired rights to the upcoming Ashes cricket series between England and Australia.
BeIN to launch cricket channel after ECB rights deal
The England and Wales Cricket Board has signed a six-year rights deal with beIN Media Group covering the Middle East and North Africa, with the Qatar-based broadcaster set to form a new channel to accommodate its growing cricket content.
BeIN makes move on to OSN turf with Cricket Australia acquisition
BeIN Media Group agreed its first deal for cricket rights last week, marking a notable change in strategy and a clear statement of intent it will go after content traditionally held by its Middle-Eastern rival OSN.