The Plunket Shield and other domestic cricket in New Zealand has traditionally been broadcast Expressing_publicly ball-by-ball by Radio New Zealand ( RNZ ) and more recently by Radio Sport after parts of RNZ were privatised Change in the 1990s .

This season marked Process_end a historic milestone when Radio Sport decided Deciding to not provide Supply any live commentary of the Plunket Shield , .

Host broadcaster was the Swedish commercial network TV4 Sport and the television rights were sold Commerce_sell to other countries .

Both matches Competition were televised Communication in the UK on BT Sport .

It was `` run on a shoestring '' , and was close to being cancelled Change_event_time until a £90,000 donation Supply was received Receiving from the Foundation for Sport and the Arts .

The season was the first to air on Fox Sports 1 and debuted Process_start on September 4 , 2013 , and also the first time that it had been seen Perception_active on BT Sport in the UK debuting on September 5 , 2013 at 11PM also .

The run was devised Creating by former Olympic 10,000 m bronze medallist and BBC Sport commentator Brendan Foster .