BBC Motion Gallery Adds Cricket Footage

April 23, 2009 World Screen

LONDON: A new agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board makes BBC Motion Gallery the exclusive global representative of an archive that features all England home Test, One-day and Twenty20 matches.

BBC Worldwide’s clip licensing business is already home to more than 70,000 hours of iconic sports footage. It now adds the entire archive of the England and Wales Cricket Board programming, up to the most recent tours and includes 64 separate tours of England by countries including Australia, India, South Africa and the West Indies. 

Matt Wills, BBC Motion Gallery’s sports sales manager, said: “These are exciting times for cricket with interest in the game at an all time high and the deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board means we can offer our clients in the U.K. and across the globe access to a catalogue of exclusive cricket content. This deal is fantastic news as it extends and diversifies our sports content and offers our customers access to an unrivalled sports library making BBC Motion Gallery a one-stop shop for the best sports content in the world.”