Foxtel, a pay TV company, in Australia has announced that they have secured multi year extensions to
continue covering international cricket matches from England, India and South Africa. These agreements
grant Foxtel the rights to broadcast top tier national team cricket from these three countries on their
linear and streaming channels. The coverage will include tests, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and
Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) during tours in India and South Africa. It's important to note that the
deal with England does not include the Ashes series, as Nine Network recently acquired the rights for
the England series until 2031. These extensions further strengthen Foxtels cricket offerings after
Amazon Prime Video recently announced their acquisition of rights to ICC events for the 2024 28 cycle.
Foxtel had previously held these rights. Covered the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. Amazons increased
presence in sports in Australia marks an expansion from its limited involvement. Currently Australia’s
men’s team is scheduled to participate in one test series each in India and South Africa before the
conclusion of the ICCs tour schedule, in 2027.
The network retains enduring partnerships between Foxtel and Cricket South Africa (CSA), the England
and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which predate Foxtel
by more than a decade between and Anglo-South African cricket The agreement was completed in
September 2020 (ECB) and December 2020 (CSA). Foxtel now has exclusive domestic cricket rights for
matches played in Australia, with a cooperation deal with FTA broadcaster Seven revealed in January,
worth $1 billion and Foxtel New Zealand Cricket, franchise-based Indian Premier Year Includes contracts
and tournaments sold separately from the TV rights of the Indian national team In total, Foxtel confirms
its cricket portfolio takes in 1,131 Tests, 2,525 One-Day Internationals and 389 Twenty20s.
Rebecca McCloy, Foxtel Group’s executive director of commercial for sport, said ” We have been proud
partners of Cricket South Africa, the English and Wales Cricket Board, and the BCCI for more than a
decade. These renewed deals mean that the Foxtel Group will continue to deliver customers unrivaled
coverage of the biggest and best line-up of international and local cricket.
