ECB's new TV deal

[Kevin S]

• A combined income of £1.1 billion for all media rights – audio-visual, digital and audio – for use in the UK and Ireland.
• A powerful approach for driving engagement and fuelling grassroots cricket with premier broadcast partner Sky Sports, shaped by the impactful Sky Ride model.
• Live international T20s, matches from the women’s and new T20 competitions, prime-time evening highlights, digital clips and radio’s Test Match Special delivered by BBC.

Media rights distribution 2020-2024

[edit - 'internationals' refers to home series only I think]

Sky Sports:

• Test matches – Live/Highlights/Clips
• International T20 (men) – Live/Highlights/Clips
• One-Day Internationals (men) – Live/Highlights/Clips
• England Women’s Internationals – Live/Highlights/Clips
• New T20 competition – Live/Highlights/Clips
• Women’s T20 competition – Live/Highlights/Clips
• County Championship – Live/Highlights/Clips
• County T20 – Live/Highlights/Clips
• One-Day Cup – Live/Highlights/Clips

BBC TV:

• Test matches – Highlights/Clips
• International T20 (men) – 2 x Live/Highlights/Clips
• One-Day Internationals (men) – Highlights/Clips
• England Women’s internationals – 1x T20 Live/Highlights/Clips
• New T20 competition – 10 x Live including Final/Clips
• Women’s T20 competition – 8 x Live including Final/Clips
• County Championship – Clips
• County T20 – Clips
• One-Day Cup – Clips

BBC Radio:

• Live coverage of all competitions, domestic and international

[E10 Rifle]

Still not enough on terrestrial telly (at which Channel 4 was a superior cricket broadcaster to the Beeb FWIW), but it's a start.

[Etienne]

Yeah, if the Beeb had all the new T20 that'd be a start. Just some of it means that it's likely to fall between the cracks.

[Kevin S]

I'm unsure whether or not the numbers quoted for the T20i are matches or series. And I presume these are annual, rather than total numbers over five years.

If the Beeb can only afford one thing then I'm glad they've gone down the T20 route; I think that offers the most hope of driving participation.

[longeared]

Was amused by Sky's press release saying they would be investing in participation and grass roots "following its hugely successful Sky Ride cycling initiative". That would be the same Sky Ride they withdrew their funding from last year, then.

Pleased that there's women's cricket in the new deal. Has there ever been any women's cricket shown live or highlights on free to air telly before?

[Satchmo Distel]

Does the deal stipulate that the BBC must show highlights at reasonable times of day, not post-11pm?

What deal is in place for the 2019 World Cup?

[Haddock]

Does the deal stipulate that the BBC must show highlights at reasonable times of day, not post-11pm?

Apparently, yes.