TNT Sports close to securing live UK rights for England white-ball cricket tour of Australia

Channel 5 in advanced talks over highlights packageOpening game may be also be free-to-air in dealTNT Sports is close to securing live UK rights for England’s white-ball tour of Australia next month in a deal that could see one of the matches broadcast free-to-air (FTA) on Channel 5.The Guardian has learned that Channel 5 is also in advanced talks with Cricket Australia over a highlights package for the eight-match tour, with the terrestrial broadcaster also in discussions over securing live rights for one of the five T20 internationals. Continue reading…

TNT Sports is close to securing live UK rights for England’s white-ball tour of Australia next month in a deal that could see one of the matches broadcast free-to-air TNT Sports is close to securing live UK rights for England’s white-ball tour of Australia next month in a deal that could see one of the matches broadcast free-to-air (FTA) on Channel 5. The Guardian has learned that Channel 5 is also in advanced talks with Cricket Australia over a highlights package for the eight-match tour, with the terrestrial broadcaster also in discussions over securing live rights for one of the five T20 internationals.

Channel 5 has live rights for two home men’s and two women’s T20s each summer in a four-year deal that began this year, but has never broadcast an England match from overseas. While the finer details are still being discussed, the opening T20 of the five-match series in Melbourne on 21 November is the game of greatest interest to Channel 5, as the start time of 8.15am on