Indian Premier League 2010
ITV bags IPL rights in UK
Mar 4, 2010 Cricket coverage in the UK will return to free-to-air television after the IPL agreed a deal with ITV for the third season
For 60 years the BBC covered all home Tests but in 1999 they lost the rights to Channel 4. In 2005 the ECB awarded rights to BSkyB, leading to a ferocious row as cricket went off terrestrial TV in the UK, leaving only viewers with satellite TV able to watch the action.
Indian Premier League 2010
Mar 4, 2010 Cricket coverage in the UK will return to free-to-air television after the IPL agreed a deal with ITV for the third season
Dec 23, 2009 The 2000s saw cricket's television economy grow unprecedentedly and begin to dictate terms like never before
Nov 24, 2009
| Guest Column
The battle between the ECB and the government works at two levels
TV rights
Nov 12, 2009 England's home Ashes Tests are expected to be recommended for a return to a revised list of major sporting events that should be shown on free-to-air TV
Broadcasting rights
Oct 11, 2009 Future Ashes series in England may be available on free-to-air television in the UK following a review of the 'crown jewels' of sports events
Sky TV deal under the spotlight
Aug 26, 2009 Just under two million watched the climax of the 2009 Ashes compared with 7.4 million when it was on free-to-air TV in 2005
Giles Clarke
Jan 13, 2009
| Interviews
Twenty minutes with the chairman of the board
England news
Nov 19, 2008 A confidential memo from the broadcaster Setanta has described the ECB's handling of their TV rights deal a "charade", and accuses Giles Clarke of "making up the rules as he went along"
Broadcast news
Aug 5, 2008 The ECB has announced a four-year extension to its existing television contract with BSkyB and Channel Five in a deal worth around £300 million
TV deal rumbles on
Feb 1, 2006 A House of Commons committee will criticise the ECB and the government over the handling of the TV deal with BSkyB