Sky and BT are expected to lock horns in a £1bn bidding war for the broadcast rights to the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) new Twenty20 tournament, with the BBC favourite to acquire the available free-to-air rights.
The ECB has held talks with various broadcasters during the past month and will now take final bids for the proposed deal, which will run from the launch of the tournament in 2020 until 2024, by 10am tomorrow (28 June).
Sky and BT are the two front runners expected to walk away with bulk of the rights and, according to Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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