Sunset+Vine, the UK independent TV sports production and media company, has been awarded a new four year host production deal by the ICC covering all live event production services for ICC TV until 2023, excluding the India events in 2021 and 2023. In addition, Sunset+Vine will also produce daily highlights packages for all events. The contract was awarded under competitive tender.
The ICC Live Events 2019-2023 contract covers 11 tournaments: the Men’s and Women’s T20 World Cups; the Women’s Cricket World Cup; the Under 19 Cricket World Cup; the inaugural World Test Championship, as well as the various qualifiers for these tournaments. They will take place across seven host destinations: Australia, England & Wales; South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies, Zimbabwe and the UAE.
Huw Bevan, Sunset+Vine’s Head of Cricket with be the Executive Producer supported by Gavin Scovell, as Lead Director and Joanna Lowndes Lumb, as Head of Production.
Sunset+Vine has won 26 major broadcast awards for its cricket coverage including five BAFTAs as well as introducing innovations such as the Red Zone, Snickometer, the Analyst, Hawk-Eye and the ultra slomo camera – award winners in their own right.
Sunset+Vine will be producing the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 which takes place in England and Wales between the 30th May and 14th July 2019. This is the last major live event covered in the previous ICC Live Events Production contact 2016-2019, which Sunset+Vine was awarded in 2015.
