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Media Notes: Sky Sports To Show Test Cricket In Ultra HD

Sky Sports will show Test cricket in Ultra HD this summer when England takes on South Africa in "their Test series across July and August." In a first for Test cricket, Sky Q customers in the U.K. and Ireland "can look forward to every ball of the four-match series in Ultra HD." The four Test matches against South Africa "form part of Sky’s biggest ever summer of sport and will be shown exclusively live throughout July and August." The multi-camera coverage, available with Sky Q, "will be supported by Ultra HD graphics, Hawkeye and enhanced statistical offerings" (ADVANCED TELEVISION, 4/20).

FIFA opened an invitation to tender for the worldwide in-flight and in-ship media rights to the 2018 World Cup, the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and the Women’s World Cup 2019. In-flight rights allow for audiovisual coverage of the events on a live and/or delayed basis for reception by means of any in-flight entertainment system. In-ship rights allow for audiovisual coverage of the events on a live and/or delayed basis for reception aboard cruise ships in int'l waters (FIFA). 

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