by TNT sports approach an agreement to transfer the ash of this winter, but will only sign one use with a series and not the long-term contract that Cricket Australia has filled by cash.
TNT or its Forerunner BT Sports have broadcast the Australian international cricket in England since the middle of the last decade, including the last two Ashes tours for men in 2017-18 and 2021-22.
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They now appear in a one-horse race to extend their partnership with Cricket Australia. In the coming weeks, insiders expect that an agreement will be achieved in the coming weeks. Contacted by Telegraph sportTNT would only say that a deal still had to be signed.
However, it goes without saying that it is almost certain that the deal will only be for a single year. Cricket Australia initially went onto the market and was looking for a long -term value of at least four years of a total of around 15 million pounds per year. Perhaps apparently tnt by the price of a non-Ashes year ready to complete only a deal for the action of this winter. You could return to the negotiating table with Cricket Australia next year.
Sky would be the natural rival for TNT for the rights, but they seemed to show little interest. They have not broadcast the ashes since 2013 to 2014 and generally broadcast themselves from the bilateral cricket in overseas, in the conviction that it is overpriced. Instead, you have large offers with the cricket board and the international cricket council for summer and global events.
The interest of Sky an der Asche may have been even cooler, as you have concluded a five -year contract with Barry Hearn’s Professional Darts Corporation worth at least £ 125 million that will also take place in the festive time.
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If TNT secures the Ashes rights, this means that this winter you already have all English male-photographs cricket with white ball tours through New Zealand and Sri Lanka, where you already own the rights and own the series. At the end of the winter, the T20 World Championship takes place in India and Sri Lanka, which are broadcast on Sky as part of their Agreement with ICC. TNT also has a contract with the Board of Control for Cricket in India to show measures there.
TNT has always been interested in buying cricket right -wing packages, but less inclined to send a comment team to the tour. It is unclear whether you will send a full team to Australia or rely on the host station to get commentefeeds like you have done in the past.
The Ashes series is very expected by the fans, with Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum want to end a terrible record in Australia. England has not won the ashes since 2015 and lost 13 and pulled two of the last 15 tests in Down Under. But Mercurial Bazballers Harbor hopes to beat an aging Australia team in a blockbuster series.
It seems to be a stroke for Ca not to get a long -term broadcaster in Great Britain.
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The financial position of English Cricket is underpinned by a bumper shipping contract with Sky for all house broadcasts worth around £ 220 million a year until 2028. The outlook improved with the increase of around 520 million pounds for the counties and the leisure game through the sale of missions to the eight hundred franchises at the beginning of this year. Despite almost six months of negotiations negotiated – the initial period of exclusivity was six weeks – these businesses are now considered to be immediately imposed, and an announcement could even come this week.
Ca researches a similar sale of the Big Bas League with the help of the Boston Consulting Group and is even obtained from her English colleagues as a advice.
The Australian cricket deserves in the Summers, the India and England for Test Cricket Tours, but not the other two years in this other opponent, which could explain the creation under this winter of plans for two stages of test cricket and more meetings between “The Big Three”. The ECB distanced itself from the plans and a possible T20 league supported by Saudi Arabia in the “Grand Prix”, which supported the support of various influential figures in the Australian Cricket.
