Cricket

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.