Cricket

The Pakistan Cricket Board is being urged to launch a new tender process for the broadcast rights to its new Pakistan Super League competition after legal action was launched in the Lahore High Court.

The Sporty Solutionz agency has acquired exclusive worldwide distribution rights for the new Masters Champions League cricket tournament.

Star India has been awarded the Asian Cricket Council’s next cycle of rights, while the Novi Digital Entertainment division of the pay-television broadcaster has been appointed as the exclusive digital clips licensee in India for all International Cricket Council events.

Sri Lankan state broadcaster Rupavahini has acquired rights for the ongoing Sri Lanka v New Zealand national team cricket series in a sublicensing deal with the Sporty Solutionz agency.

The International Cricket Council has said the 2016 U19 World Cup in Bangladesh will receive unprecedented broadcast coverage as it seeks to enhance the national team tournament’s position in the sport’s marketplace.

The International Cricket Council has named UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine as its live production partner under a four-year deal.

The chequered history of cricket’s Bangladesh Premier League contributed to a reduced rights fee on the Indian subcontinent for the competition, which is returning after a one-year hiatus.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has awarded media rights for its Pakistan Super League to the country’s public-service broadcaster PTV and pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports, with Tech Front acquiring global rights to the new Twenty20 franchise competition.

Australian commercial broadcaster Ten has hailed the successful introduction of day-night Test cricket, but has maintained that the country’s showpiece Melbourne and Sydney Test matches should retain their traditional daytime scheduling.

The Lagardère Sports agency’s Asia-focused division has been ordered to pay $27.9m (€26.2m) to the MSM Satellite (Singapore) unit of Sony-owned Indian broadcaster Multi Screen Media.

Indian pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports has acquired rights to Twenty20 cricket competition the Bangladesh Premier League.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India will launch a new process for the next set of broadcast rights to Twenty20 competition the Indian Premier League in May 2016.

UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired rights to Twenty20 cricket competition the Bangladesh Premier League, which returns after a one-year hiatus later this month.

The Asian Cricket Council has opened a tender process for certain media rights relating to its Asia Cup national team tournaments.

UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has been awarded the broadcast production contract for new Twenty20 cricket competition the Pakistan Super League.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has reportedly acquired rights to the Cricket All-Stars Series 2015, a new Twenty20 tournament backed by India and Australia legends Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne.