Live cricket will return to the BBC following an 18-year absence as part of the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) new broadcast strategy which also sees Sky hold off competition from BT to retain the bulk of the rights.
The new deals are the most lucrative yet for the ECB and will run from 2020 through to 2024. The BBC’s agreement grants it 10 live matches from the ECB’s new Twenty20 competition as well as two England Twenty20 internationals.
Sky meanwhile retained the bulk of English cricket’s coverage after outbidding BT Sport in the tender process. Its coverage is Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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