Cricket World Cup media

The Cricket World Cup is one of the most viewed sporting events in the world, being televised in over 200 countries to over 2.2 billion television viewers.cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourview/sports/2007/03/2007_cricket_world_cup.html|publisher=cbc|author=cbc staff|title=2007 Cricket World Cup|accessdate=2007-04-04|date=2007-03-14] [Cite web|title=Scoring Big|url=http://www.charteredaccountants.com.au/charter/charter_archive/2003/june_2003/A117967146|author=Peter Switzer|publisher=www.charteredaccountants.com.au|accessdate=2007-02-24] Cite web|url=http://www.cricketworldcup.com/icc-marketing.html|publisher=cricketworldcup.com|title=World Cup Overview|accessdate=2007-01-29] [Cite web|title=The Wisden History of the Cricket World Cup|url=http://www.barbadosbooks.com/cricket_history.cfm|publisher=www.barbadosbooks.com|accessdate=2007-04-04] [Cite web|title=Papa John's CEO Introduces Cricket to Jerry Jones and Daniel Snyder|url=http://ir.papajohns.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=115556&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=972451&highlight=|publisher=ir.papajohns.com|accessdate=2007-04-04] Television rights, mainly for the 2011 and 2015 World Cup, were sold for over US$1.1 billion, [cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/271994.html|publisher=Cricinfo|author=Cricinfo staff|title=ICC rights for to ESPN-star|accessdate=2007-01-30|date=2006-12-09] and sponsorship rights were sold for a further US$500 million. [cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/276853.html|publisher=Cricinfo|author=Cricinfo staff|title=ICC set to cash in on sponsorship rights|accessdate=2007-01-30|date=2006-01-18] The 2003 Cricket World Cup matches were attended by 626,845 people, [Cite web|url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/news/quarterly/quarterly_3.pdf|publisher=ICC|title=Cricket World Cup 2003|pages = 12|accessdate=2007-01-29] while the 2007 Cricket World Cup sold more than 570,000 tickets so far and recorded the highest ticketing revenue for a Cricket World Cup. [Cite web|url=http://www.cricketworld.com/archive_series/2007/world_cup_2007/article/?aid=11055|publisher=cricketworld.com|title=ICC CWC 2007 Match Attendance Soars Past 400,000|accessdate=2007-04-25] The recent World Cups have transformed into larger media events than the previous ones, where One-Day International Cricket was still in its developing stages.

Attendance

The 2003 Cricket World Cup matches were attended by 626,845 people, while in 2007 it sold more that 672,000. ["Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2004"]

Summary of past years:

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