Cricket

A downturn in domestic ratings for the early stages of cricket’s 2012 Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament is causing concern about the long-term growth of the competition, according to t…

The Pitch International agency agreed an eight-year deal with New Zealand Cricket to distribute the international media rights to the home matches of the New Zealand national team from 2012-13 to 2019-20

Pakistani pay-television broadcaster Geo TV and Sri Lankan free-to-air broadcaster the Carlton Sports Network have acquired rights for cricket’s Indian Premier League in one-year deals for the 2012 season.

Asian pay-television broadcaster Star TV, which is owned by media conglomerate News Corporation, has acquired worldwide rights for all India national team Test, one-day international and Twenty20 matches…

Bennett Coleman & Co, the Indian media group that publishes the Times of India newspaper, and media company Network 18 have acquired tender documents for the global media rights of the Board of Control…

Lagardere needs its friends in Qatar to keep Al Jazeera at bay

World Cup should boost ESS ICC revenues in Australia; Sony, Zee and ESS in battle for BCCI's retendered world rights

Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ has acquired highlights rights for the remaining knockout matches of the International Cricket Council World Twenty20 qualifying tournament currently taking place …

The Board of Control for Cricket in India included new media rights in its global tender for India national team matches in an attempt to achieve a higher rights fee

Bids in the tender for the next cycle of the International Cricket Council’s rights in Australia, from 2012 to 2015, must be submitted by this Friday, March 9, according to Asian pay-television broadcaster E…

Indian pay-television broadcaster Taj Television will show action from Golf Channel on its soon-to-be-launched Ten Golf channel in India after agreeing a sublicensing deal with Golf Channel’s parent c…

The marketing committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India will meet this Wednesday, March 7, to decide how to package its worldwide rights for domestic and international cricket in the 2012-13…

A quieter Indian cricket schedule could lead to advertising revenues for the country’s sports broadcasters being reduced by about Rs3 billion (€46 million/$61 million) in 2012, according to the IndianTelevision web…

ECB suffers drop as competition dries up

FOOTBALL Football:Pan-European cable and satellite sports broadcaster Eurosport extended its rights deal for the Africa Cup of Nations for the next two editions of the tournament, in 2013 and 2015

Broadcast production and manufacturing company Sony is likely to acquire Board of Control for Cricket in India worldwide rights ahead of launching a new sports channel, according to Indian newspaper the…

Sporty Solutionz, the agency appointed by satellite broadcaster Channel 9 Bangladesh, global rights-holder of the Bangladesh Premier League, agreed deals in a number of territories for rights to the Twenty20…

FOOTBALL Football: Public-service broadcaster the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation acquired the rights for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in a deal with the Sportfive agency