Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights to the national cricket team’s upcoming two-match Test series in South Africa.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has acquired rights for the upcoming Twenty20 cricket matches in the US between India and the West Indies.

Canadian broadcast group Asian Television Network has acquired rights to a host of cricket properties, including deals with the England and Wales Cricket Board and Twenty20 franchise competition the Caribbean Premier League.

Cricket Australia improved its exposure and income from North America in a series of deals with NBCSN, Willow and the Asian Television Network.

TV Sports Markets' Richard Welbirg looks at Cricket Australia's media rights in sub-Saharan Africa 

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in the UK to the forthcoming cricket series between Sri Lanka and Australia.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has been ordered by the country’s Supreme Court to carry out a series of reforms of its governance structure, but a key proposal that would have severely damaged its revenues from broadcast rights has been rejected.

Cricket Australia has sealed rights deals with sports broadcaster NBC Sports Network and cricket-dedicated media company Willow TV in the US and Asian Television Network in Canada.

The Caribbean Premier League has secured a landmark deal for the 2016 edition of the Twenty20 cricket tournament to be streamed live via the Facebook social network.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights for the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

UK commercial channel Dave continued its move into live sport with a deal for rights to this year’s Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket series.

North American sports broadcaster One World Sports has agreed a multi-year rights deal with the Caribbean Premier League as the Twenty20 cricket competition prepares to play its first matches in the United States this season.

The England & Wales Cricket Board is set to launch a tender for domestic rights this autumn, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

UK free-to-air entertainment channel Dave has acquired exclusive rights for the 2016 Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Five national cricket boards are behind a plan to overhaul the existing system for selling broadcast rights to international cricket – a proposal that will be discussed at the International Cricket Council’s annual conference later this month, according to ESPNcricinfo.

Sri Lankan state broadcaster Rupavahini and pay-television operator Dialog Television have acquired rights to the remainder of the Sri Lankan cricket team’s tour of England as part of a sublicensing deal with the Sporty Solutionz agency.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has agreed a five-season deal for rights to new Twenty20 cricket competition the Tamil Nadu Premier League.

The erosion of SuperSport’s portfolio in sub-Saharan Africa continued last week following Cricket Australia’s decision to divide its rights between the region’s two biggest rivals.