Sky to make cricket World Cup final free-to-air - if England make it
Sky will make the ICC Cricket World Cup final available on free-to-air television should England make it to the showpiece event at Lord's on 14 July.
Sky UK and Ireland Chief Executive Stephen van Rooyen said: "We are proud to be the broadcaster for a home Cricket World Cup - one of the world's biggest and most exciting sporting events. "Our aim has always been to celebrate what could be a 'once in a generation' moment of a home team in a big final on home soil. "So, if England reach the final, we will make the match available to everyone so the whole country can be part of a rare and special big sporting moment." Lets hope England make it to the final so those without a Sky subscription can watch it. I reckon it would be shown on the Pick channel. |
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Excellent news.:tu:
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I suspect we won't be watching it..
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A few games have been on Sky Sports Mix anyway, which doesn't need a Sky Sports sub , plus highlights on C4/Sky 1. Some cricket (albeit a naff 100 ball version) coming back to the BBC TV too next year. Get the impression the cricket authorities have woken up to the fact that putting everything on Sky is killing the game. Even soccer has some live terrestrial coverage. ---------- Post added at 21:44 ---------- Previous post was at 21:42 ---------- Quote:
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Mr K
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Thanks for that Mr K. I've just been looking at Freeview frequencies, and Pick is only available to 74% of homes, whereas More4 is available to 100%, so it seems more likely that Sky may do a deal with Ch4 to broadcast the final on More4 so they reach everybody https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/multiplexes
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I read The BBC and Channel 4 are in talks with Sky over this. The safe money is on Channel 4 winning the rights.
---------- Post added at 21:05 ---------- Previous post was at 21:03 ---------- *The Highlights is shown on Sky One and Channel 4. |
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Well the answer is a mixture of Channel 4 and More 4.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48957255 Shame they have to mess about with the Channels to accommodate the few nerds that watch F1 ... Why you'd want to watch blokes going round and round getting no where and polluting the planet when the cricket world cup final is on is a mystery ;). Well done England btw :) |
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