The International Cricket Council has announced the details of the broadcast arrangements for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the biggest ICC World Cup with 20 teams playing across nine host locations, bringing fans closer to the game than ever before.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup fever begins on June 1 with co-hosts USA taking on neighbors Canada in Dallas with the final to be played in Barbados on June 29.
The ICC, through its live streaming partnerships with world-class broadcasters around the world, aims to bring out-of-this-world coverage of all 55 matches to fans in what will be the biggest carnival spectacle of cricket.
In India, Star Sports Network and Disney + Hotstar will be the place for fans to watch as India look to lift the Men’s T20 World Cup trophy for the first time since the tournament’s inception in 2007. Apart from the English World stream, Star Sports will also telecast the tournament in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada and Disney+ digital platform Hotstar will host every match live.
The Star Network pioneered another innovation, increasing the accessibility of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup by announcing the Indian Sign Language stream, which provides the first-of-its-kind audio descriptive commentary for an ICC event.
We’re seeing the continuation of the hugely successful vertical stream, which debuted for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup last year, produced by ICC TV and powered by Disney Star, to give fans an easier and more intuitive mobile viewing experience phone of all 55 matches allowing users around the world to consume content on the go. Vertical streaming will now provide an enhanced user experience through AI-driven innovations designed to engage casual fans with an intuitive mobile-optimized viewing experience.
WillowTV will be the home of the first T20 World Cup in the USA for fans in the USA and Canada, while coverage will also be available through the Willow by Cricbuzz app. Fans and co-hosts in the Caribbean can watch all the action live via ESPN Caribbean on TV and stream via the ESPN Play Caribbean app.
Defending champions England are looking to retain their crown and UK cricket fans can watch the action live on Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action and digitally via SkyGO, NOW and the Sky Sports App.
Amazon will be the new home of ICC Cricket in Australia, with coverage of all 55 matches on Prime Video. For fans in New Zealand, Sky Sport NZ continues to go to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches.
Fans supporting South Africa, Uganda and Namibia can watch all the action live via SuperSport and its app, which will be available across South Africa and the 52 sub-Saharan African regions.
In the UAE and across the MENA region, all matches will be telecast live on STARZPLAY, with broadcast coverage available on CricLife MAX and CricLife MAX2 in the UAE.
Fans in Pakistan can watch all matches through our linear partners PTV and Ten Sports and digitally through Myco and Tamasha apps. Nagorik TV will be the linear broadcaster in Bangladesh, with Toffee making the entire tournament available on its app and website.
Maharaja TV in Sri Lanka continues its coverage of ICC events through TV1, Sirasa, Shakti TV in linear and their website in digital format. Fans will be able to enjoy coverage in Sinahlese commentary for the first time for Sri Lankan matches, through Maharaja TV. Fans can also watch the coverage of the event in Sri Lanka via the ICC TV app.
In a strategic move to support the growth of the game, the ICC will broadcast the Men’s T20 World Cup free-to-air via the ICC.tv app live and free to more than 80 territories, including continental Europe and South East Asia. This move will allow more fans in these markets to enjoy the sport while establishing icc.tv as a cricket destination. Apart from the live matches, there will also be ICC production programming and highlights available to viewers.
Fans in multiple regions will now be able to enjoy the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup coverage in Hindi. Apart from India, the Hindi stream will be available in the UK via Sky Sports (India matches + semi-finals and finals), Willow TV in the US and Canada (47 matches) and Prime Video in Australia (4 matches) .
The event also marks the first time that all official ICC licensees will exploit clip rights through their owned and operated platforms and social channels.
See the full list of broadcasters who will broadcast live coverage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, click here.