World Cup Cricket — it’s now on Prime. All matches available to Prime members in Australia at no extra cost to their membership.
IIC and Amazon join together to announce Prime Video announced as the home of ICC cricket in Australia until the end of 2027, with every World Cup, World Test Championship Final, and Champions Trophy match streamed exclusive
and live.
Today in Sydney, The International Cricket Council (ICC) and Prime Video announced a four-year deal to provide exclusive live broadcast rights in Australia for ICC cricket, which will be available on Prime Video Australia. The partnership will see Prime Video Australia exclusively stream all men’s and women’s events, including the Men’s and Women’s Cricket World Cups, T20 World Cups, Champions Trophy, U19s and the World Test Championship Final. The deal includes streaming rights in Australia for 448 live games from 2024 to 2027.
The deal follows the success of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 which broke a number of records culminating in Australia lifting the trophy. The biggest Cricket World Cup ever set new records for instadium attendance and broadcast viewership, whilst becoming the most digitally engaged event to date, showcasing that the appetite and demand for World Cup cricket is bigger than ever.
The new partnership, which begins in January 2024, will give cricket fans across Australia exclusive access
to all matches in every tournament of elite ICC competition in all cricket formats, at no extra cost to a Prime membership.
Head of Prime Video Australia and New Zealand, Hushidar Kharas said:
“Prime Video has worked to create a single destination for audiences to find new movies, live sports, and their favorite TV shows. We
are always looking for ways to deliver more value to our customers and live sports is consistently one of their top requests.We are thrilled to be able to offer our customers the live broadcast of the Cricket World Cup included in their Prime membership!
The Cricket World Cup is one of the most viewed sporting events in the world; the recently concluded edition was watched by hundreds of millions of people!
Over the next four years, Prime members in Australia will be able to watch their favourite cricket teams and players compete for the game’s biggest prize, on demand, on the device of their choice—exclusively on Prime
Video.”
ICC Chief Executive, Geoff Allardice said:
“We are very excited to be entering a new four-year partnership with Prime Video for ICC cricket rights in Australia. The recently concluded Men’s Cricket World Cup has highlighted the interest and passion for ICC Events across the globe, and especially in Australia where cricket fans have enjoyed the recent success of their men’s and women’s teams.
We look forward to working with Prime Video Australia to provide an innovative coverage of world class cricket to more fans in Australia.”
Prime Video is a premier entertainment destination where millions of viewers around the world can
enjoy their favorite content and has demonstrated its commitment to delivering premier sports viewing
to Australian audiences through a series of acclaimed documentaries. These include the Test S1-2,
Making Their Mark, Shane, Warriors on the Field, and Kick Like Tayla.
Since 2019, Prime Video has commissioned 28 Amazon Original series in Australia—The Test S1-S3, LOL:
Last One Laughing Australia with Rebel Wilson, Back to the Rafters, Luxe Listings Sydney S1 – S3, awardwinning, feature-length documentary Burning, Head Above Water, Class of ’07, Deadloch, The Lost
Flowers of Alice Hart, The Moth Effect, the lifestyle special Hugh van Cuylenburg: G.E.M, along with a
series of ten stand-up comedy specials, Hot Potato: The Story of the Wiggles, Neighbours, the
upcoming Five Blind Dates, Dance Life, The Office, and The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
Prime members will be able to watch all live ICC matches anywhere and anytime on their Prime Video
app for smart TVs, mobile devices, Fire TV, Fire TV stick, Fire tablets, Apple TV and stream online. In the
Prime Video app, Prime members can download matches on their mobile devices and tablets and watch
anywhere offline at no additional cost.
Prime Video is available in Australia at no extra cost to a Prime membership. New customers can find
out more at www.primevideo.com and subscribe to a free 30-day trial.
Perhaps FreeTV could have focused their lobbying efforts here rather then ridiculous scare campaign about app placement and remote buttons.
Wow
Isn’t the World Cup final on the anti-siphoning list?
Yes, though this is streaming.
The WC is on the anti-siphoning list only for matches played in Australia.
Looks like we’ll all be paying $$s next time.
Hopefully in a better timezone too!.
Mark Avis the next WC is in the Caribbean and USA.
This is a very sad day for Australian cricket — the t20 World Cup, cricket world cup and the world test championship being shoved under a paywall for the next few years.