ICC T20 world cup 2016 will be played in India starting from 11 March 2016 and will be played through 03 April 2016 in eight venues in India. Here is the list of channels and online portals broadcasting T20 world cup live in different parts of the world.
ICC has announced extensive broadcasting for the T20 world cup with most of the participating nations have the coverage via free-to-air local channels and alot more regions will be provided the coverage unlike in previous editions. ESPN Star India has the primary broadcasting rights in Sub-continent and Middle-east as Star India group signed a 8 year extension to their contract with ICC in 2015 which will ensure StarSports will have all ICC flagship events under their coverage till 2023.
Here is the list of Channels which will be broadcasting ICC World Twenty20 2016 in your part of the world.
| Country | Free-To-Air Channels | Paid |
| Australia | Channel 9 (only australia matches) | Fox Sports (every game live) |
| Afghanistan | Ariana TV Network | Star Sports India (available through cable) |
| Bangladesh | BTV (Bangladesh matches) | Star Sports India |
| India | DD National (Only indian matches) | StarSports (Every Match live) |
| New Zealand | SkySports NZ (all matches live – paid Service) | |
| United Kingdom | ITV 1 & 4 (only match highlights) | SkySports 2 (All Matches Live) |
| USA | none | Willow TV (all matches live with $14.99 monthly subscription) |
| Canada | WillowTV (Online paid service) | |
| Sri Lanka | SLRC (Sri Lanka matches) | Star Sports India |
| Pakistan | PTV Sports (Only Pakistan Matches) | Star Sports India (available via cable) |
| Caribbeans | ESPN Caribbeans | |
| South Africa | SuperSports (Every match live) | |
| Europe | To be announced | |
| Middle East | OSN Sports (Part of Star India coverage) | |
| Ireland | RTE |
StarSports Online Streams: ICC will confirm the global broadcasters once all the TV deals in different parts of the world are finalized. Star Sports India will also broadcast live action through “online Stream” also available on mobile via Starsports.com. But that service will only be available in in Asian countries like Central Asia and Some South Asian countries.
Nine & FoxSports secure T20 Rights in Australia: After some intense negotiations Channel 9 and FoxSports has reached agreement with StartSports and ICC to get the live rights of ICC T20 world Cup in Australia. Channel NINE will have only Australia matches live while FoxSports to broadcast all 35 games live.
Willow TV: If you are in a country where no channel broadcast the live action on TV, you can either use Willow TV (which is an online paid service) showing most the cricket matches live or you can use “VPN” to get an indian IP address and access StarSports.com.
We will have more information about ICC World Twenty20 2016 broadcasting details closer to the start of the event, until keep checking back for more details and updates.