SPN grabs English Cricket Board media rights, takes tally to seven

Channel says deal helps it sustain a robust calendar with 1,000 days of cricket over 4 years; reduces dependence on BCCI media rights

The playing field in Indian sports broadcasting seems levelling fast with Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) picking up the English Cricket Board (ECB) media rights for the 2018-22 tenure. The rights earlier rested with Star India. With this, SPN now has access to media rights from seven cricket boards including Australia, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, South Africa and England. 

This agreement with ECB gives SPN the rights to both televise and digitally broadcast within the Indian subcontinent, men’s and women’s international matches, including Test matches, T20 Internationals and ODIs, played in England. 

Matches in the 2018-22 period include