The ICC ODI World Cup is just a few days away with all teams currently playing in the warm-up matches before the main showdown starting from October 5 onwards. The first stage of the tournament will be a round-robin format where all teams will play each other once, resulting in 45 matches. The top four teams at the end of the round-robin stage will qualify for the semifinals. Meanwhile, in this article we will take a look at all the official broadcasting partners for the World Cup.
As stated above, A total of 10 teams will participate in a round-robin format in the marquee ICC event. The 50-over tournament will be played at 10 venues across 46 days, comprising 48 games, including two semifinals and the final. The opening game will be played between defending champions England and runners-up New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on October 5.
Star Sports secured exclusive global broadcast rights for ICC Cricket World Cup from 2015 to 2023, including major tournaments like the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 and Women’s World Cup. This partnership, initially established in 2007 as ESPN Star Sports, extends its coverage primarily to the Indian Subcontinent and East Asia, reaching over 1.5 billion viewers worldwide.
Live Broadcasters for World Cup:
| Territory | Licensee | TV Exploitation | Digital Exploitation |
| Afghanistan | Ariana TV | Ariana TV Ariana News (Highlights, AUS vs SA, SA vs NED, Semi Finals and Final only) | arianatelevision.com sports.afghan-wireless.com ariananews.af (Highlights, AUS Vs SA on 12th Oct, SA Vs NED on 17th Oct, Semi Finals and Final only) |
| Australia | Fox Sports | FOX CRICKET FOX505 FOX503 Channel 9 HD 9GEMHD | FoxtelGo FoxtelNOW Kayo NineNow |
| Bangladesh | Gazi TV | GTV T Sports | Rabbithole |
| Canada | Willow TV | Willow TV | Willow TV |
| Caribbean Islands | ESPN Caribbean | ESPN ESPN2 | ESPN Play Caribbean |
| Central & South America and Mexico | ESPN | ESPN+ | |
| Brazil | ESPN | TBC | TBC |
| Continental Europe and SEA(excluding Singapore) | Yupp TV | YuppTV | |
| Hong Kong | PCCW | Astro Cricket via NowTV | YuppTV |
| India | Star Sports | Star Sports 1 Star Sports 1 HD Star Sports 1 HINDI Star Sports 1 HINDI HD Star Sports 1 TELUGU Star Sports 1 TELUGU HD Star Sports 1 TAMIL Star Sports 1 TAMIL HD Star Sports 1 KANNADA | Disney+ Hotstar |
| Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan | Star Sports | TBC | Yupp TV |
| Malaysia | MEASAT | Astro Cricket | AstroGO Yupp TV |
| MENA | Etisalat | CricLife CricLife Max (UAE only) | StarzPlay Switch TV |
| Netherlands | TBC | TBC | TBC |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport NZ | Sky Sport | skygo.co.nz skysportnow.co.nz |
| Pacific Islands | Digicel | TBC | TBC |
| Pakistan | PTV ARY | PTV Sports PTV National A-Sports | ptvflix Daraz Jazz ARY ZAP |
| Singapore | StarHub | HubSports 4 HubSports 5 | StarHub TV+ |
| Sri Lanka | Maharaja TV | TV1 Sirasa TV Shakthi TV | sirasatv.lk |
| South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa | SuperSport | SuperSport Grandstand SuperSport Cricket SuperSport Action | SuperSport app |
| UK | Sky Sports | Sky Sports Cricket Sky Sports Main Event Sky Sports Mix Sky Showcase CHANNEL 5 (highlights and Final) | SkyGO Sky Sports App MY5 App (highlights and Final) |
| USA | ESPN+ Willow | WillowTV | ESPN+ app |
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