Facebook Secures Digital Rights For ICC Cricket Events (techcrunch.com) 32
An anonymous reader shares a report: If you're a cricket fan, you will be visiting Facebook way more often in the coming months and years. The social juggernaut announced on Thursday it has partnered with the International Cricket Council (ICC), the global governing body of cricket, to secure exclusive digital content rights until 2023 for global ICC events in the Indian subcontinent. As part of the four-year deal, financial details of which were not disclosed, Facebook will show post-match recaps and in-play key moments and other "feature content" of the matches in the Indian subcontinent. The exclusive rights are limited to the Indian subcontinent; elsewhere the company will carry post-match recaps. Facebook said it hopes to serve "hundreds of millions of cricket fans" through this "unprecedented" and "ground-breaking" deal. A Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company won't be live-streaming the matches in any market.
All the Slashdot Cricket Fans are Thrilled (Score:2)
Both of them.
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I agree, lets keep sports off /.
And a;though there may be no cricket fans on this website, if you take the whole world there are probably more fans of cricket than there are of American Football . (Places like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England, Australia and New Zealand)
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It is not really a sport, more of a way of life actually.
After all, if a game is worth playing why not play the game all week? [wikipedia.org]
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I love a bit of cricket myself. 400,000 people applied for tickets to the India-Pakistan game at Old Trafford (25,000 seater stadium) during this past summer's world cup. Over 1 billion people watched the equivalent game in 2015 on TV. After the Football World Cup, UEFA Champions League Final, Olympics, Tour de France, Rugby World Cup, Asian Games, Cricket World Cup etc, I bet their isn't one American sport in the top 10 global viewing figures.
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I know this may come as a shock to you, but more than just americans read this site.
Although over time the number of US specific "news" stories that have taken over the site, the number of non-US readers has probably dwindled.
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Pretty sure there are plenty of Brits, Aussies etc. on here. Including myself.
This is troubling new strategy (Score:3)
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Umm, turn on your T.V.? Visit a sports bar if you don't have a T.V.?
Obviously assuming they have a license... (Score:1)
From Facebook.
Which includes installing a "smart licensing device" (spying system) in your bar, display large FB ads, pay for a FB PRO account, and have a bouncer who checks that everyone has his FB account and the accompanying anal probe camera. ;)
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Not as big of a deal as you think.
Back in the Day CBS, NBC and ABC were the only TV Stations available, when they started to show the Super Bowl, they often did that at the expense of those who didn't have a TV and wanted to listen to it on the Radio. There wasn't that big of an uprore about it. Because people would either get a TV, or go without. Later Fox got on board in 1997 for the Super Bowl, which didn't have the same coverage as the original three, however there wasn't that much of an problem, as
Re:This is troubling new strategy (Score:4, Insightful)
Yes we have the Hipster who will proudly say they don't have a Facebook account and will never get one. But we had people like that for TV's as well.
Nothing "hipster" about not wanting to sacrifice your security by getting a Facebook account, that's an absurd loaded comparison. You would have to be a *Nazi-paedophile* to think that!
/ Using inappropriate loaded insults to give fake weight to a statement is fun!
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They might get more fans though if they make it easier to watch. I don't have cable, and I only get a few channels with my antenna. The amount of sports I watch has gone way down, because there's almost no way to watch sports live without paying a lot of money. If they provide a way to watch sports that's easy then people will watch. The MLB has done a few games on YouTube this year. I tuned in for a game and loved the format. No commercials, Easily watch on any device I already own. Good quality stream
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Can I assume you get at least the 3 major networks on your OTA antenna?
If so, on Saturdays, you should be able to catch college football games most all day on one or more of the big 3....and the NFL on Sunday shows games pretty much all day.
Well, maybe I should say big "4"....adding in Fox to NBC, ABC and CBS.
But with OTA, on the weekends during football season you should be able to pull in plenty of sports....it's on all day pretty much
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Can I assume you get at least the 3 major networks on your OTA antenna?
You can assume what you wish, and it may be true for the OP, but my OTA doesn't get them all.
Watching a particular school (Score:2)
on Saturdays, you should be able to catch college football games most all day on one or more of the big 3
That works for some viewers during the regular season. It doesn't necessarily work for those who seek to watch the match involving one particular college, such as the one that a family member attends or attended, if that match is on national or regional cable. And the college postseason tends to be cable-exclusive, with Disney's ESPN as the College Football Playoff's long-term television partner. Likewise if the pro team to which your favorite player was traded is playing in a Monday Night Football match.
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Imagine if you are a fan and do not have FB account - now you are pressured to create one to access this content. Yes, this is Cricket and far-away places, but what if FB secured digital rights to Super Bowl?
Oh that'd be great! In past years I haven't seen any free online ways to watch the Super Bowl - they've all been behind paywalls of cable TV service subscriptions.
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The ECB have basically admitted they screwed themselves over by signing an exclusive deal with Sky. 20 years of this means a whole generation has grown up in England without seeing cricket. The popularity of the game has gone down. It's amazing to see the cultural differences with England's biggest rival, Australia, where the game is shown proudly for free on the ABC. This past summer, the World Cup was back on free TV in England; I hope it's not too little too late.
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I just want muh damned cricket (Score:2)
That's all. Stop the stupidity, make it possible.
I love cricket! (Score:1)
Roasted, on a tortilla with a nice spicy hot sauce.
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Roasted, on a tortilla with a nice spicy hot sauce.
Why would you put a budget cell phone in a tortilla?
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It's filled with minerals
Who here is a cricket fan? (Score:1)
((crickets))
STOP (Score:2)
"If you're a cricket fan"
I stopped reading right there, just like 99.99999% of slashdot users.
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And cricket is played in more countries than almost all of the US-centric sports combined.
Hell, just the Indian cricket watchiers would outnumber the entire population of the US
Arse! (Score:2)
I thought I escaped cricket when I left the UK.
Now Facebook is going to spam me with silly midoffs and Duckworth Lewis methods.
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In fact there are 3 meanings to a wicket, the pitch on which the game is played, the wooden stumps and in relation to the batsman getting out, losing his wicket. There’s no sport I enjoy more than the test of concentration, tactics and subtlety that is cricket.
Not really. (Score:2)
If you're a cricket fan, you will be visiting Facebook way more often in the coming months and years.
No, if I were a cricket fan I would be looking elsewhere for my fix, legality be damned. Facebook is banned and blocked from my devices.