formula1man
International Cricketer
I was just wondering what matches channel 9 have the rights for this world cup?
I remember that 96 coverage - really good selection of games. But last world cup in West Indies it certainly wasn't that much. I think Channel Nine only showed the Super 8s and onwards. Maybe the match with SA in the first stage. But they certainly didn't show the Aus v Scotland or Netherlands games.
I doubt they show the unimportant Aussie games this time either. Especially since the games will start at 8pm AEST this time. That's the middle of prime time TV and I doubt Nine will want Zimbabwe, Kenya and Canada filling that. Hopefully they show the 2nd innings though, and the SL, NZ and Pak games might be a bit more lucrative.
It takes a month to get through all that so the first games they are probably guaranteed to show are the quarter finals: starting March 23.
Fox are showing the warm up matches, THAT IS COOL! Couldnt care less what channel nine show, it wont be in HD anyway, bloody idiots.
I doubt it works that way, just because the won the rights to broadcast in one country does not mean they can use that feed to show people in other countries.