Cricket

On the back of Twitter's purchase of the IPL rights tender and its announcement of several sports streaming deals in Asia-Pacific, Aneesh Madani talks to TV Sports Markets about the social media platform's future strategy regarding sports rights in the region.

Media group Sony Pictures Networks India has signed a long-term rights deal with the Cricket Australia national governing body.

Cricket Hong Kong has appointed production company Sunset+Vine to provide host broadcast services for the 2017 Hong Kong World Series and 2018 Hong Kong T20 Blitz.

Board of Control for Cricket in India chief executive Rahul Johri told TV Sports Markets selling global Indian Premier League media rights to Star India for $2.55bn (€2.14bn) was a “game-defining moment”.

Interview with Rahul Johri, chief executive of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, about the Indian Premier League's $2.55bn deal with Star India

Board of Control for Cricket in India chief executive Rahul Johri has hailed the role of the governing body’s new tendering strategy in securing the Indian Premier League’s lucrative rights deal with Star India, while the pay-television broadcaster’s chief executive, Uday Shankar, has maintained it has not overpaid for the contract.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has today (Monday) ousted Sony Pictures Network India as the main rights-holder to the Indian Premier League after securing the global television and digital rights to the Twenty20 cricket competition.

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has entered the cricket rights market by agreeing a deal to televise next month’s Twenty20 series between Pakistan and an International Cricket Council World XI.

The award of the next set of media rights for Twenty20 cricket competition the Indian Premier League has been hit by a further delay, with a total of 24 companies now said to be in contention for the contracts on offer.

Sportsfix, a new OTT service in Southeast Asia, has acquired rights to Bangladesh national cricket team home matches.

More than 20 broadcasters have expressed an interest in acquiring rights to the Indian Premier League Twenty20 club cricket competition.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired exclusive rights in Australia to the national cricket team’s forthcoming tour of Bangladesh.

The International Cricket Council has hailed a major uplift in broadcast and digital performance for the recently completed 2017 Women’s World Cup, stating the figures justify its enhanced investment in the event.

International media and entertainment company Discovery Communications and OTT operator YuppTV have entered into contention for the forthcoming rights sales process for Twenty20 cricket competition the Indian Premier League, according to multiple reports.

The England & Wales Cricket Board has extended its rights deal with UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5, with the new contract set to afford the women’s national team free-to-air exposure for the first time.

The Caribbean Premier League has secured a series of rights deals for this year’s edition of the Twenty20 cricket tournament.