Cricket

Media group Viacom18 has secured rights in India to the inaugural edition of the US-based Major League Cricket tournament

Media group Disney Star has secured exclusive rights in the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East and North Africa to the Lanka Premier League T20 tournament

Pay-television broadcaster Rush Sports has secured exclusive Cricket West Indies (CWI) digital rights for 18 months, from June 2023 to November 2024

The gripping first match of the 2023 Men’s Ashes series was the most-watched home Test in the UK since Sky took England’s home fixtures behind its paywall in 2006.

Anil Jayaraj, Viacom18’s chief executive officer for sports, has told SportBusiness Media that domestic digital advertising revenues from the 2023 Indian Premier League were almost three times higher than last year.

The BBC, the UK's public-service broadcaster, has renewed its long-running live audio rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) until 2028

More than 500,000 people saw Australia win the ICC World Test Championship final on free-to-air channel Seven

Indian subscription OTT service Disney+ Hotstar has detailed plans to provide free-to-air coverage of this year’s Cricket World Cup and Asia Cup for smartphone users.

Viacom18-owned OTT platform JioCinema will provide coverage of the Indian cricket team’s upcoming tour of the West Indies after agreeing a sublicensing deal with online streaming platform FanCode.

Pay-television broadcaster Disney Star has secured 28 sponsors for its coverage of India’s meeting with Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final.

Disney Star has announced record audiences for this year's Indian Premier League, which concluded in dramatic fashion earlier this week

Indian streaming service JioCinema has set a new global record for the most concurrent views for a live streamed event after over 32 million viewers tuned in to its coverage of the 2023 Indian Premier…

The Hundred has a “long and successful future” ahead, the chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has insisted, despite reports suggesting the controversial competition could be scrapped.

Record viewership for the IPL on Disney Star’s channels points to the enduring strength of linear, Sanjog Gupta tells SportBusiness Media.

Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport renewed its rights to International Cricket Council global events from 2024 to the end of 2031 at a slight uplift, despite an absence of competition in the region.

Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has extended its domestic media rights deal with Cricket South Africa until the end of the 2026-27 season