Cricket

Cricket Australia has said that viewing figures for the first half of the Big Bash League have justified the national governing body’s decision to switch coverage of the Twenty20 cricket competition to free-to-air television and defer the start of the event.

The Star India broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has acquired rights for the 2014 Asia Cup national team cricket tournament.

Cricket South Africa has furthered the reach of the 2014 edition of its flagship domestic Twenty20 competition, the T20 Challenge, by agreeing a rights deal with Indian subcontinent pay-television broadcaster Taj TV.

Media rights clips from 5 to 18 December

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has agreed a deal to award domestic rights for the national team’s home series against Sri Lanka to pay-television broadcaster Maasranga Television.

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has secured the exclusive broadcasting rights to the international cricket series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which is being hosted in the United Arab Emirates.

Caribbean Premier League has big ambitions in the US for the T20 series

The West Indies Cricket Board has made a public appeal for television companies in the region to acquire the broadcast rights for its on-going tour to New Zealand.

Cricket’s Caribbean Premier League has issued an invitation to tender for the domestic and international media rights to the Twenty20 series for three seasons, from 2014 to 2016.

Cricket Australia has extended its live streaming of the 2013-14 Ashes series by announcing that England’s forthcoming tour game in Alice Springs will be offered live coverage.

Media rights clips from 7 to 20 November

Pay-television sports broadcaster SuperSport, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has launched a new 24-hour cricket channel.

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has taken legal action against multiple-system cable-television operator GTPL Hathway for alleged illegal transmission of the former’s channels during India’s recent Test cricket series against the West Indies.

Sports media company Perform has agreed a four-year deal with the England & Wales Cricket Board to deliver live and on-demand coverage of the England cricket team’s home international matches to North America and the Caribbean.

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has agreed a deal with the Cricket South Africa governing body to provide live coverage of all national team matches during the forthcoming 2013-14 home international season.