Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has agreed a three-year rights deal with the Cricket Australia national governing body.

The Indian government has issued a ruling ordering privately-held broadcasters to share rights to key matches played by the national cricket team with public-service broadcaster Doordarshan.

Impress Matra Consortium has acquired global broadcast rights for the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 club cricket competition.

Europe-wide Pakistani channel Prime TV has secured rights in the UK to the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 club cricket competition.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has apologised to bidders in the tender process for the next set of rights to the Indian Premier League after electing to postpone the scheduled auction for the Twenty20 competition.

Uncertainty is surrounding the bidding process for the media rights to the Indian Premier League in the wake of Friday’s latest order from the Supreme Court over matters relating to the wide-ranging overhaul of the governance of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired highlights rights for England’s two-Test cricket series against Bangladesh.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has today (Tuesday) hailed an “overwhelming response” to its latest rights tender for the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition after confirming that 18 media and technology entities have purchased the invitation to tender document.

Cricket Australia is hoping to persuade the national government to give the governing body the chance to take some short-form national team matches off the so-called anti-siphoning list.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has changed the tendering format for the next set of rights to the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition to allow a “consolidated bid” for all packages, according to the Times of India.

The sports division of media group Sony Pictures Networks India has extended its rights deal for domestic Twenty20 cricket competition the Karnataka Premier League.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has opened a tender process for the next cycle of rights to the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition.

UK sports production company Sunset+Vine will provide broadcast production services for this weekend’s Twenty20 cricket matches between India and the West Indies, which will be staged in the United States.

The Cricket Australia national governing body is close to agreeing a deal with Qantas that would result in the airline live streaming international matches on its flights.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has informed current Indian Premier League rights-holder, Sony Pictures Networks India, that it must compete with other parties in a bidding process for the next set of rights to the Twenty20 competition, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.

YuppTV, an over-the-top service that specialises in providing South Asian content to viewers in North America and the Caribbean, has acquired rights for the upcoming Twenty20 cricket series between India and the West Indies.