Live & Louder Media secures two-year Cricket Australia rights deal for the Caribbean (and one-year for Latin America)
- Agreement covering Australia men’s and women’s internationals and the men’s and women’s Big Bash
- Rights cover the Pan-Caribbean region for two years and Latin America for one year
- Live on the Rush Live & Louder linear channel and the Live & Louder app
- Coverage is already under way with the Australia v New Zealand Women’s T20I series
- England’s white-ball tour of Australia follows in November
Live & Louder, the new streaming platform dedicated to live cricket, has secured a two-year agreement with Cricket Australia for exclusive live coverage of Australia’s home international and Big Bash cricket across the Caribbean and a one-year agreement in Latin America.
The deal covers Australia’s men’s and women’s home internationals and both the men’s and women’s Big Bash. Every match will be shown on the Rush Live & Louder linear channel and streamed live on the Live & Louder app.
Coverage began with Australia Women’s three-match T20I series against New Zealand at North Sydney Oval. The next major series is England men’s white-ball tour of Australia. Harry Brook’s England side open with three ODIs in Perth (13 November), Adelaide (15 November) and Hobart (18 November), followed by five T20Is between 21 November and 2 December.
Francois Vainker, Head of Live & Louder Media, said:
“Live & Louder Media is fast becoming the home of Cricket in the Caribbean, bringing together the very best action from around the globe. We are delighted to be bringing The Big Bash, Women’s Big Bash, and Men’s and Women’s Australia home internationals live to fans across the Caribbean and Latin America. Our viewers will have a front-row seat to one of the biggest summers in world cricket.”
James Ralph, Head of Legal – Commercial & Media Rights, Cricket Australia, said: “Australian and West Indies cricket has a storied history and we are delighted Live & Louder will stream the Australian international season and the Big Bash Leagues in the pan-Caribbean region and Latin America.
"West Indies players feature heavily in the Big Bash Leagues and we are particularly pleased viewers will get to see some of their home favourites starring in the BBL and WBBL.”
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About Live & Louder Media
Live & Louder is a new OTT streaming platform dedicated to live cricket, bringing fans across the Caribbean closer to the game. Its growing portfolio of live rights includes the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and the Limacol WCPL, alongside Australia men’s and women’s internationals, Ireland internationals, The Hundred, Super Smash, the Global Super League (GSL), the European T20 Premier League (ETPL), the World Championship of Legends (WCL), the Atlanta Open T20, NCL GT20 Canada, Caribbean Edition and the West Indies Breakout League.
Live & Louder Media is also home to the acclaimed Super Over Podcast, hosted by former West Indies captain and 2016 T20 World Cup winner Carlos Brathwaite and broadcaster Nikhil Uttamchandani.
Live & Louder is available across the Caribbean and Latin America at https://watch.liveandlouder.com/home
