Cricket
ECB takes up Sky extension option
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has agreed a two-year extension to its partnership with the England & Wales Cricket Board.
SABC seals long-term South Africa national cricket team deal
South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has acquired rights for live television coverage of all South Africa national cricket team home matches.
Counties renew free-to-air call for domestic cricket
Domestic county cricket could return to free-to-air television in the UK as soon as the 2015 season, according to Richard Gould, chief executive of Surrey.
PCB to reduce length of rights offering
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revised its media rights-selling strategy by reducing the length of the rights that will be put out to the market.
ESPN eyeing Cricket World Cup for online streaming in US – report
US sports broadcaster ESPN will utilise the 2015 Cricket World Cup to begin a new initiative of selling stand-alone streaming subscriptions for some sports programming, according to the Re/code website.
MEDIA RIGHTS: October 30 to November 12
Media rights clips from October 30 to November 12
Sky to provide ball-by-ball coverage of 2015 Women’s Ashes
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB will provide live coverage of a women’s cricket Test match for the first time when England hosts Australia in the 2015 Ashes.
Times Internet to create cricket media giant after acquisition
Times Internet, the online and mobile arm of Indian publishing company Times Group, is to create a giant cricket news service after it acquired a majority stake in web and mobile cricket news and information service Cricbuzz.
Liv Sports snaps up T20 Challenge digital rights
Indian media group Multi Screen Media has announced that its Liv Sports digital division has acquired mobile and internet rights for the 2014-15 edition of South Africa’s domestic T20 Challenge cricket tournament.
Sony Six adds South Africa’s T20 Challenge to sports roster
Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has acquired broadcasting rights in the Indian sub-continent to the 2014-15 edition of South Africa’s domestic T20 Challenge cricket tournament.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From October 16 to 29
Media rights clips from October 16 to 29
New channel to offer Australian sport to Asian markets
A new television channel offering coverage of Australian sports properties, and targeted at the Asian market, will launch on November 1.
WICB broadcast partner seeks clarity after India tour collapse
West Indies Cricket Board broadcast partner, regional pay-television broadcaster Digicel SportsMax, has expressed its concern to the governing body following the collapse of the West Indies’ tour to India.
Counties seeking terrestrial presence from ECB rights deal
The England & Wales Cricket Board’s member counties are applying pressure on the governing body to ensure domestic cricket appears on terrestrial television in the UK when the current rights deal with pay-television broadcaster BSkyB is renegotiated.
Gatekeeper deal with Star pushes ICC towards $3bn global revenues
Giles Clarke, the head of the International Cricket Council’s media-rights negotiation team, hailed this month’s deal with Rupert Murdoch’s Star pay-television operations as “hugely positive for the game around the world.”
MEDIA RIGHTS: From October 2 to 15
Media rights clips from October 2 to 15
Giles Clarke, chairman of the finance and commercial affairs committee, International Cricket Council
Interview with Giles Clarke, chairman of the finance and commercial affairs committee for the International Cricket Council, on the governing body’s new eight-year deal with Star India and Star Middle East.
OSN secures ICC rights in MENA region
Pay-television operator OSN has secured the exclusive broadcasting rights in the Middle East and North Africa region for all 18 International Cricket Council tournaments and qualifiers under the global governing body’s 2015 to 2023 rights cycle.