Cricket

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.

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.

In-flight and in-ship channel Sport 24 has acquired rights to the upcoming Ashes cricket series between England and Australia.

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 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.

Two scheduled India tours has helped the Pitch International agency finally sell New Zealand Cricket rights in the Indian subcontinent after three years without a deal.

BeIN Media Group has made its first move into the cricket rights sector after signing a long-term partnership with the Cricket Australia national governing body.

Cricket Australia has agreed a deal with financial services company Commonwealth Bank to provide a global live stream of a women’s Ashes Test for the first time.

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has agreed a three-year rights deal with New Zealand Cricket, the governing body of the sport in the country.

Cricket Australia’s media rights in the Indian subcontinent have significantly dropped in value in a new long-term deal with Sony Pictures Networks India.

The Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 competition begins this Saturday with limited international coverage due to a dispute over who can legally sell the rights.

Cricket South Africa has filled the gap created by the postponement of this year’s T20 Global League with the T20 Challenge, a decision that will go some way to repairing its relationship with SuperSport

Cricket Hong Kong has entered into a partnership with professional services company Accenture and Cricket Australia that will result in the development of new digital media platforms for the revived Hong Kong World Sixes tournament and the Hong Kong T20 Blitz.

Hotstar, the video streaming platform owned and operated by pay-television broadcaster Star Sports, has agreed a deal to live stream the 2017-18 edition of India’s Ranji Trophy club cricket tournament.

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has acquired rights for the Pakistan Super League club cricket competition.

Mamamia, an Australian women’s lifestyle website, has sealed a deal to show the Women’s Big Bash League Twenty20 cricket tournament.