To nowTV cc Consumer council
You company must have been aware for some time that STAR cricket has lost its broadcast rights to provide LIVE Test cricket level, ODI andT20 broadcasts
Yet you continue to take income from subscribers without telling them you have no current way to provide such international top level men’s cricket streaming- is that fraud?
Now Channel 674 provides repeats from 2016 and 2017 and mickey mouse Indian league cricket in Hindi.
Your standard ‘refer to dedicated department’ reply is nonsense.
A divisive delaying tactic.
My message to your company and executives is, delay no more.
Are you changing cricket provider or not? STAR cricket has no International cricket series to provide. But you know that.
How will you compensate us for not revealing your cricket provider has no Test /ODI / T20 cricket broadcast rights ?
How long has your company known Star Cricket lost its broadcast rights as attached ?
Why did you not reveal this?
Sony to broadcast cricket in England in the subcontinent
Sony to broadcast cricket in England in the subcontinent - ESPNcricinfo
• ESPNcricinfo staff
Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) has continued acquiring rights to broadcast overseas cricket in the Indian subcontinent, having signed a deal to telecast - and stream online - matches played in England for the next five years.
Sony already has Indian rights to international matches played in Australia, South Africa, the UAE, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and the West Indies, and their latest venture with the ECB comes ahead of India's bumper tour in July, which includes five Tests, three ODIs and two T20Is. Pakistan are also scheduled to tour England this summer.
"The acquisition of media rights of ECB for a five-year term, effective now through 2022, provides for some exciting cricket viewership," NP Singh, managing director and chief executive officer of SPN said. "Cricket is a passion for most Indians and this term of ECB games includes three tours of the Indian cricket team which promises some thrilling cricket, the first of these coming close on the heels of the hugely exciting South Africa series."
Star Sports had previously held the broadcast rights for English cricket in India. This new cycle gives Sony access to upwards of 80 international matches played by both men's and women's teams from 2018 to 2022.
Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, said: "Today's announcement means millions of cricket fans across the Indian subcontinent can follow their favourite team in action the next time they tour England - as well as enjoying access to iconic cricketing contests like next year's Ashes. It will also help further raise the global profile of the English game - giving both the England men's and women's teams valuable exposure in a part of the world where people are passionate about cricket and avid followers of the global game as well as their own national team."
Sony is also likely to be one of the contenders for the BCCI's rights to international cricket played in India, which will be sold via an online auction on March 27.
ESPN has a long-term collaboration with Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) for the launch of SONYESPN-branded television channels and digital assets in India and the subcontinent.