Kevin McCullagh, Asia office

Football

The value of FA Cup rights in Hong Kong fell again in commercial broadcaster TVB’s deal for the 2020-24 cycle, which followed the collapse of the two prior broadcast agreements in the territory.
Cricket

The Caribbean Premier League T20 cricket tournament has agreed media-rights deals with 14 broadcasters and several streaming platforms for its 2020 season, which starts today in Trinidad and Tobago
Baseball

Indian online sports platform FanCode has acquired streaming rights for Major League Baseball and the Caribbean Premier League T20 tournament in separate deals
Multi-sport

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel will save A$180m ($129m/€109m) over the next three years in reduced fees negotiated for its sports media-rights deals.
Football

The English Premier League is assessing its options after its rights-holding broadcaster in China, streaming platform PPTV, is reported to have failed to make a rights-fee payment due earlier this year
Football

Indonesian OTT and pay-television platform Mola TV has acquired media rights for German Bundesliga football in a five-year deal from 2020-21 to 2024-25, SportBusiness can reveal
Multi-sport

Fox Sports Asia is in a challenging series of carriage negotiations in its key markets, with pay-television platforms trying to use the pan-regional broadcaster’s eroded sports portfolio to drive down fees.
Basketball

The value of NBA rights in the Philippines has fallen sharply due to the withdrawal of two major sports broadcasters, Solar Entertainment and ABS-CBN, from the market.
Basketball

Pay-television platform Cignal TV and telco Smart Communications, sister companies owned by telco PLDT, have become the NBA's main media-rights partners in the Philippines in a multi-year deal
Football

The Russian Premier League has secured a strong fee from pay-television platform i-Cable for its media rights in Hong Kong.