Cricket

The England and Wales Cricket Board has held talks with all major terrestrial and subscription broadcasters, along with new media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, as it seeks to draw up a rights strategy for its new Twenty20 tournament.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in the United States to the Emirates Airline Twenty20 cricket tournament, just days after making its entry into the American market.

England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive Tom Harrison has said the organisation is in talks with free-to-air broadcasters over a rights deal for its proposed new domestic Twenty20 tournament, adding that fellow national governing bodies are considering the prospect of a unified internet subscription service.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired digital rights in Singapore for this year’s Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition.

Willow TV, a cricket-dedicated broadcaster in the United States, has acquired rights to the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition.

New Indian pay-television channel DSport is set to compete in the forthcoming tender process for rights to Twenty20 cricket competition the Indian Premier League.

South African public-service broadcaster SABC has hit out at the growing cost of sports rights after failing to agree a deal for the national cricket team’s tour of New Zealand.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has opened a new tender process for television and digital rights to the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition, according to multiple reports.

Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has agreed a two-season deal for rights to Twenty20 cricket competition the Pakistan Super League.

The RDA agency has agreed a three-year deal to distribute global media rights to Twenty20 cricket tournament the Emirates Airline T20.

Cricket Australia will earn about A$65,000 (€46,000/$49,000) per season from free-to-air deals struck in Fiji and Papua New Guinea late last year.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has committed to live coverage of the second season of domestic women’s Twenty20 cricket competition the Super League.

The England and Wales Cricket Board intends to launch a tender process for its whole portfolio of broadcast rights, including a new domestic Twenty20 tournament, this summer, according to the Daily Mail.

In-flight and maritime entertainment specialist Global Eagle Entertainment has further bolstered its sport portfolio by agreeing a partnership with the International Cricket Council.

Cricket Australia has signed rights deals in Fiji and Papua New Guinea for its national teams’ games and domestic Twenty20 competition the Big Bash League.

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has agreed a deal to show live coverage of Australia’s Big Bash League Twenty20 cricket competition, according to The Times.