Cricket

British Eurosport, the UK arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport, has acquired rights to the forthcoming international cricket series between Sri Lanka and the West Indies.

Sky paid a significant fee to secure rights to England’s tour of Bangladesh in 2016. The deal ensures Sky has rights to all England international cricket for the next two years.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky last week bought rights to the upcoming England v Pakistan cricket series in an attempt to shore up its cricket content.

Media rights clips from August 27 to September 9

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has locked down rights to all matches featuring the England national cricket team for the next two years after securing a deal for its tour of Bangladesh in 2016.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has been ordered to pay sports broadcaster and media and entertainment company Nimbus Communications Rs118.8m (€1.6m/$1.8m) following the second arbitration case resulting from its 2011 decision to terminate a media rights and production partnership.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired rights for the England national cricket team’s tour against Pakistan later this year.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport this week blindsided its main rival Sky by picking up Ashes cricket rights, paying a rights-fee increase of about 20 per cent.

Astra, the Australian group of pay-television broadcasters, has renewed calls to reform the country’s anti-siphoning rules in the wake of UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport’s acquisition of Cricket Australia rights.

BT Sport has dislodged rival UK pay-television broadcaster Sky as the live rights-holder for the next Ashes cricket series between England and Australia in 2017-18.

New Zealand cricket fans will be able to watch the remainder of the national team’s tour of South Africa after the Cricket South Africa governing body stepped in to provide free live streaming of games.

The Zimbabwe Cricket governing body has said that its partnership with Indian subcontinent pay-television broadcaster Taj Television remains intact following reports to the contrary yesterday (Wednesday).

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has hit out at the Cricket South Africa governing body after the two parties failed to agree a rights deal for the one-day international series between the countries.

The Cricket Australia governing body has launched a tender process for its UK rights, according to the Financial Times.

Sony-owned Indian broadcaster Multi Screen Media has reached an agreement for the cricket series between Sri Lanka and India to be live streamed by nexGTv, the digital application of Indian telecommunications group DigiVive.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has introduced new daily and weekly services to access its sports channels, adding it is hopeful of striking a late deal to cover the national cricket team’s tour of South Africa.