CJ ENM’s re-emergence fails to help DDMC Fortis avert AFC fee fall in Korea
CJ ENM’s step back into sport after a near-decade-long hiatus was not enough to save DDMC Fortis from a fee decline in its sale of Asian Football Confederation rights in South Korea for the 2021-24 cycle.
Olympic Channel to cover boxing Olympic qualifiers
The International Olympic Committee's Olympic Channel will provide exclusive global digital coverage of the five boxing qualification events for Tokyo 2020 taking place between February and May
Former TVRI director claims Premier League rights acquisition led to sacking
Helmy Yahya, the former president director of Indonesian state-owned, public-service broadcaster TVRI has claimed that one of the main reasons he was sacked last week was his acquisition of English Premier…
beIN acquires MLS rights in Asia-Pacific to 2022
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired media rights for Major League Soccer in 11 markets in the Asia-Pacific region
India and China stand out in otherwise sluggish 2019 for APAC pay-TV
India and China were the only Asia-Pacific pay-television markets to show strong revenue and subscriber growth in 2019, and there were significant subscriber declines in several territories, according…
Riot Games and Redd+E to distribute LoL Pacific Championship Series media rights
Games publisher Riot Games and agency Redd+E have agreed a deal to distribute media rights for the inaugural 2020 Pacific Championship Series in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
Lausanne 2020 claims athlete record, outlines media coverage
The number of athletes competing at this year's Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne is 1,872, up 40 per cent on the previous edition in Lillehammer in 2016
SuperSport close to Sanzaar, Saru rugby renewals in South Africa
South African pay-television broadcaster Supersport is finalising deals to renew its rights for Sanzaar and South African Rugby Union properties for the 2021-25 cycle, SportBusiness Media understands.
FanCode acquires Bangladesh Premier League streaming rights
Digital sports content and fantasy sports platform FanCode has agreed a multi-year deal for exclusive streaming rights in India to the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition
Thai FA media rights deal imminent as bidders narrowed to two
The Football Association of Thailand and its advisor the Octagon agency are close to announcing a major new media rights deal covering the eight years from 2021 to 2028