Pakistan versus West Indies LOI Series (2021) Broadcast thread

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Cricket fans from every corner of the globe will now be able to watch Babar Azam’s side in action against the West Indies as the Pakistan Cricket Board enters a partnership with ICC TV.

The partnership - part of the PCB’s efforts to increase its broadcast reach - will allow fans residing in the non-broadcast partner territories (Australia, Mainland Europe, South East Asia and rest of the world, complete list below) to watch the most successful T20I side of the year in action.

ICC TV is available on web and android and iOS supported mobile devices. The countries where the West Indies tour of Pakistan can be watched live on ICC TV are: Andorra, Antarctica, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bouvet Island, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos Island, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, East Timor, Ecuador, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Faroe islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guyana, Heard Island, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgystan, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Caledonia, North Korea, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Vietnam and Venezeula

The PCB, through its strategic planning, previously signed broadcast deals with Etisalat (Middle-East and North Africa), Flow Sports (Caribbean), Sky NZ (New Zealand), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), Sony (South Asia outside Pakistan), Super Sports (Sub-Saharan Africa) and Willow TV (North America) to broadcast home international season and the HBL Pakistan Super League till 2023.

Fans in Pakistan can continue to live-stream all the action of the six white-ball matches on Daraz’s official app and listen to live commentary at FM106.2.

Pakistan and West Indies will lock horns in three T20Is and three ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League ODIs from 13-22 December at the iconic National Stadium, Karachi.

 

[James]

Good stuff!

Will be watching on Sky in the UK.

 

[MenInG]

Bump for those who have not seen this.

 

[Saj]

Fantastic, none of the ridiculous PTV adverts to watch.

Whoever comes up with some of those desi adverts needs their head looking at.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

Good day, what time is the t2o supposed to start pakistan time? Is it 9am, I am a bit confused. Thanks for the info.

 

[Savak]

So I guess we are covered every where in the world now?

 

[MenInG]

Good day, what time is the t2o supposed to start pakistan time? Is it 9am, I am a bit confused. Thanks for the info.

6pm Local Time = 1 pm GMT

 

[gazza619]

Finally i will be able to use my bloody sky sports subscription!!!

 

[MenInG]

On Starzplay in the MiddleEast so good news

 

[Savak]

Inspite of these broadcast deals, the PCB is reporting a loss this year? Something doesn't add up

 

[Last Monetarist]

Inspite of these broadcast deals, the PCB is reporting a loss this year? Something doesn't add up

The value of these deals is nominal for the PCB, most of any board's broadcast revenue is from the domestic market. International bilateral cricket isn't very lucrative for foreign broadcasters, unless it involves an India tour, so most buy these rights cheaply.

 

[Captain]

Inspite of these broadcast deals, the PCB is reporting a loss this year? Something doesn't add up

No matter who PCB makes a broadcast deal with... Whoever organizes the schedule for the games needs to be shown the door... Out of six day games only one game is on the weekend.. and then we complain about viewership and revenue... what world do they live in !

 

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All broadcast details in this thread.

 

[Crucifier]

Incompetent ICC can't be bothered to fix their own ICC.TV livestream

ICC.TV is the official live streaming platform from the ICC.

We're now 39 minutes into the Pakistan Vs West Indies 2nd T20 and the audio for the live stream has been completely out of sync. The audio for the ball hitting the bat is coming roughly 1-2 seconds after it actually happens.


You can imagine how annoying this can be. I cannot believe not a single person has proof checked their own live stream.

Yes, they are charging for the stream. $4 for the entire series. I would love to know if anyone is using this service to watch the Ashes and whether it has the same problem.