The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has continued its fantastic growth during the 2017 season with combined broadcast and digital viewership of almost 200 million.
This represents an increase of 25% on last season, further cementing the Hero CPL as one of the fastest growing cricket tournaments in the world.
The largest audience share was in India where broadcast viewership increased by 19% to more than 97million. The next largest broadcast market was the Caribbean where there was a total viewership figure of 48million for the tournament that took place between 4 August and 9 September 2017.
As well as success in India and the Caribbean there was also a significant increase in the USA where there was more than a 100% lift in viewership on the figures from the 2016 Hero CPL.
There was also a further increase in the digital viewership for the tournament, with 25% of the total audience coming through various digital channels, which is testament to the innovative nature of the Hero CPL’s online offerings.
Damien O’Donohoe, the Chief Executive Officer of Hero CPL, said: “With continued year-on-year growth the Hero CPL goes into the 2018 season with momentum to secure an even larger audience for the next edition of the tournament. We are delighted to see the Biggest Party in Sport being watched by more people than ever before and expect that trend to continue next year.”
Why isnt there a football league? Cricket alone they want to promote. We build a stadium where the multipurpose windsor park used to be and cricket alone they want to play there. The people of roseau cannot even just access it at will for physical development. God is not a police. the pottersville savanah is a messs. The other fields are deplorable. Why dont we have a regional football league? Cricket alone all you want people to play? half the time the whole team sit down watching 2 bats man bat for half the day.
All this is good for the owners. However, at a time when the business is growing in the Caribbean the game itself is rapidly fading and no amount of money they make is able to get back our young boys to love the game to the point where they play it on the beach, on the roadside, on the field, at school or even in the house like we did when the game had money. See the embarrassment in New Zealand. Somehow the politicians and administrators need to find a way to sell the game to our young men. The financial growth alone won’t cut it even. If we get our young boys to like the game, the future will be good again. But as long as the emphasis remains on the festivities and the financial gain, we will lose this beautiful spot that we one dominated