Cricket

An immediate consequence of the collapse in the proposed merger between Sony Pictures Networks and Zee Entertainment is that the latter now intends to withdraw its planned $1.4bn (€1.2bn) commitment to rival media group Disney Star towards rights fees for International Cricket Council events.

One week before the start of England’s five-Test tour of India, pay-television broadcaster TNT Sports has secured exclusive rights in the UK for the series in a deal that also covers all India home matches u…

Despite systemic weakness in the Pakistani economy, and chronic instability at the Pakistan Cricket Board, the Pakistan Super League T20 competition is on a sustainable path after securing strong increases in domestic media rights fees for the next two seasons.  

Media group ARY, which owns pay-television broadcaster A Sports, has secured exclusive linear rights to the Pakistan Super League in 2024 and 2025 after outbidding its rivals at an auction and agreeing…

Disney Star, rather than Zee Entertainment, will show the upcoming International Cricket Council U19 World Cup on its linear channels, in the wake of the delay in the merger between Sony Pictures Networks…

IMG Arena, the data and betting division of the Endeavor-owned IMG agency, has claimed its first move into cricket, landing the exclusive global data and streaming rights for Cricket West Indies (CWI).

Nine Entertainment and Foxtel renewed their England and Wales Cricket Board media rights in Australia from 2024 to 2031 at increased fees after extracting strong value from the ECB’s properties in recent years.

Foxtel has extended its Cricket South Africa (CSA) rights in a multi-year deal from 2024-25 onwards, reinforcing its position as the ‘home of cricket’ in Australian broadcasting.

Online retail giant Amazon “blew the competition out of the park,” to quote one source, in order to secure International Cricket Council rights for the next four years in Australia.

TNT Sports, the UK pay-television broadcaster, has acquired exclusive rights in the country to England women's cricket's upcoming tour of India

E-commerce giant Amazon has taken a major leap into cricket after securing exclusive media rights in Australia to International Cricket Council events from 2024 to 2027

More than 500 million people in India watched Disney Star’s linear coverage of the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, the pay-television broadcaster has announced.

New Zealand Cricket is facing its first TV blackout for a men’s Test or one-day international series since 2015, with the upcoming two-Test series against Bangladesh set to be shown on YouTube.

India's defeat to Australia in the ICC Cricket World Cup final on home soil drew a record peak concurrency of almost 59 million viewers on Disney Star's OTT platform yesterday (Sunday)

A consortium spearheaded by sports broadcaster T Sports has secured domestic rights to the Bangladesh Cricket Board until the end of 2024, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 competition in 2024 and…