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Zee fallout sees cricket deal cancelled

Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL), clearly suffering as a result of its collapsed merger with Sony’s Indian broadcasting interests, is pulling out of its contract with Disney India for a massive sub-licensing $1.4 billion (€1.29bn) agreement to cover key International Cricket Council (ICC) matches for the 2024-2027 seasons. ZEEL is already extremely late in paying an […]

January 29, 2024By Chris Forrester

ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup on ESPN+

Showcasing the world’s top 10 national cricket teams, the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup will stream live in the US on ESPN+ from October 5th to November 19th. The first of 48 ODI matches will begin with New Zealand facing defending champion England in a rematch of the 2019 World Cup final on October […]

September 28, 2023

Channel 5 to air Cricket World Cup highlights

Channel 5 has announced a partnership with Sky to bring daily highlights of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 to free-to-air TV for fans across the UK. The event takes place from October 5th to November 19th in India where ten teams will battle is out across 47 games and England are set to […]

September 20, 2023

All ICC Cricket World Cup matches on StarHub

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 takes place fro October 5th to November 19th and StarHub TV+ in Singapore customers can watch all 48 cricket games live on Hub Sports 4 and Hub Sports 5, starting with the opening match between defending champion England, and New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India. […]

September 18, 2023

Sky Sports, ICC extend rights deal

Sky Sports has agreed a new long-term deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC). Beginning in 2024, the partnership will see Sky and streaming service NOW retain the ICC Broadcast and Digital rights to show all men’s and women’s events, including the ICC Cricket World Cups and ICC T20 World Cups through to the end […]

January 27, 2023By Nik Roseveare

ICC TV, Sunset+Vine deliver ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

ICC TV and Sunset+Vine, who have worked together on ICC events since 2016, are collaborating again to deliver the Host Broadcast of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup which started this week in Australia. During this exhilarating four-week tournament Sunset+Vine, as part of ICC TV, will help produce live coverage of all 45 matches involving […]

October 19, 2022

Sport 24 to broadcast next 2 Cricket World Cups

Sport 24, the 24/7 live sports channel produced exclusively for inflight and in ship, has announced a deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC) to broadcast the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 and the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 for the first time. Sport 24, which is owned and operated by IMG, will […]

October 5, 2022

Disney Star secures ICC rights in India

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed Disney Star will be the home of all ICC cricket in India for the next four years having won the TV and digital rights to both men’s and women’s global events through to the end of 2027. The ICC said Disney Star won following a single round sealed […]

August 30, 2022

T20 World Cup delivers record viewership

Cricket and sports fans across the world enjoyed unparalleled coverage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, when the tournament returned after five years. The event, the biggest ever cricket tournament to be staged in the UAE and Oman, broke viewership records in several regions, including garnering a record television reach of 167 million, […]

November 26, 2021By Colin Mann

Etisalat, Starzplay to air ICC T20 World Cup in MENA

Etisalat, a telecom groups in emerging markets, has won the rights from Star TV Network to broadcast the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup across the MENA region, in partnership with Starzplay, MENA region SVoD service. The broadcast rights for the MENA belong exclusively to Etisalat and the partnership with Starzplay will give cricket fans access […]

October 6, 2021