Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports, which operates in the Indian subcontinent, has acquired rights for Pakistan’s 2014 cricket series against the Australia and New Zealand national teams.

Media rights clips from September 4 to 17

SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in Sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for the 2014 edition of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine will look for “more and more” opportunities for rights acquisitions following its four-year archive rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

Media rights clips from August 21 to September 3

UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has agreed a four-year archive rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has extended a rights deal for the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has acquired rights to the third season of state-level Twenty20 cricket competition the Karnataka Premier League.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has attracted just two bids for the television rights to its national team’s series against Australia and New Zealand later this year, according to the IndianTelevision.com website.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has paid a significantly increased fee to hold on to New Zealand’s domestic cricket rights, facing one rival bidder and the threat of new market entrants.

Media rights clips from July 24 to August 20

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights for the Australia national cricket team’s upcoming One-Day International matches against South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has partnered with telecommunications company Vodafone India to become the country’s first broadcaster and brand advertiser to participate in the Amplify platform of social networking website Twitter.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has signed a six-year extension to its rights agreement with New Zealand Cricket, the governing body for the sport in the country.

UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has agreed a wide-ranging social media content partnership with Marylebone Cricket Club that includes management of the Lord’s Cricket Ground channel on video-sharing platform YouTube.

Indian pay-television channel Sony Six is thought to have faced no competition when agreeing a one-year extension to its rights deal for the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition.