Originally Posted by mlt11:
“How do we know Sky’s exclusive deal for (men’s) cricket also covers all women’s cricket (ie not just women’s international cricket)?
This event hadn't even been thought of when the last ECB/Sky deal was signed.
There was a discussion on R5L a few weeks ago where they said no broadcaster was interested – no mention was made of Sky having exclusivity.
I’m not saying Sky definitely don’t have exclusivity – just questioning whether it is really known for certain that they do.”
“How do we know Sky’s exclusive deal for (men’s) cricket also covers all women’s cricket (ie not just women’s international cricket)?
This event hadn't even been thought of when the last ECB/Sky deal was signed.
There was a discussion on R5L a few weeks ago where they said no broadcaster was interested – no mention was made of Sky having exclusivity.
I’m not saying Sky definitely don’t have exclusivity – just questioning whether it is really known for certain that they do.”
Sky have an exclusive deal which covers any televised cricket from within England and Wales (areas under the jurisdiction of the ECB). It was one of the sticking points when there was an attempt to have some of the IPL over here a few years ago before Sky had the rights to that competition.




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