ICC U19 CRICKET WORLD CUP WILL BE BROADCAST AND DIGITAL COVERAGE PLANED BY ICC

The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2018 is set to be the most widely available edition yet

The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup is set to be the most widely available edition in history. ICC thanks to expanded digital syndication of live coverage led by ICC’s global media rights partner, Star Sports. In 102 countries fans will be able to optically canvass the coverage via traditional broadcast which is set to be complimented by digital coverage in 204 countries, reaching a total of 1.3 billion viewers, ICC said on official website today.

Tapping into the growing popularity of digital streaming during past ICC events, Star Sports’ OTT platform, Hotstar, will stream live in over 70 territories including in the Indian sub-continent, Canada, USA, Central Asia and the Pacific Islands.

Fans will also be able to optically canvass future stars of the game on their mobile devices  with sundry broadcast partners simulcasting live ICC event coverage on their channel’s Apps or by Hotstar.

On television, the reach of the ICC U19 CWC will be spread across five continents as ICC will perpetuate its long-term partnerships with sundry broadcast partners including Star Sports (India and the rest of the Indian Sub-continent), Welkin Sports (Coalesced Kingdom & Republic of Ireland), SuperSport (South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa), OSN (Middle East & North Africa). Fox Sports (Australia), Willow TV (USA), Firmament TV (Incipient Zealand), Ten Sports (Pakistan), ESPN (Caribbean), Gazi TV (Bangladesh), SLRC (Sri Lanka) Fox Networks Group (South East Asia) and ATN (Canada).

ICC TV, will engender a 22-camera coverage of 20 of the 48 scheduled matches complimented by the strong commentary line up.