Eleven scores big audiences for live Taiwanese sport
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Taiwan has hailed the strong audiences generated by its global live streams of Taiwanese basketball and baseball last weekend
PCB media revenue hit by lack of India matches
The Pakistan Cricket Board lost out on between $80m (€74m) and $90m in media-rights revenue during its last five-year rights cycle because it was unable to schedule home matches against India, according t…
Dugout and PP Sports agree content partnership
Digital football content platform Dugout has agreed a partnership to provide content to Chinese sports streaming service PP Sports
Foxtel lays off sports staff
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel yesterday announced it was laying off 200 staff and furloughing 140 more until the end of June, with chief executive Patrick Delany calling this week the "toughest…
Asian sports media industry adjusts to coronavirus shutdown
The shutdown of live sport due to the Covid-19 pandemic has stopped media-rights payments and negotiations, and prompted a scramble by broadcasters for alternative content across Asia-Pacific.
Indian Super League viewership rises
Television audiences for India's top football league, the Indian Super League, increased strongly in the 2019-20 season according to the Broadcast Audience Research Council
Covid-19 shuts New Zealand’s Radio Sport
Radio Sport, New Zealand's only dedicated sports radio station, has been shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Star snatches Cricket South Africa rights in India from Sony
Indian pay-television broadcaster Star is poised to strengthen its grip on cricket broadcasting in the subcontinent by beating incumbent Sony to the rights for Cricket South Africa content.
Winnie Chan, chief commercial officer, Malaysian Football League
Winnie Chan discusses the latest Malaysian Football League domestic media and sponsorship rights deals and the challenges the league has faced, and the action it is taking to overcome them.
Malaysian football rights values come back down to earth as Telekom returns
The value of the Malaysia Football League’s domestic media and sponsorship rights have dropped significantly in the latest deal with Telekom Malaysia after two previous rights rounds of inflated valuations and, ultimately, collapsed deals.