AFC Champions League

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United Kingdom

Streaming platform Fite has secured exclusive rights to the AFC Champions League for two seasons in the UK and Ireland, Belgium, France and the Netherlands, more than a year after its proposed deal for…
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Global

Media and sponsorship rights to the Asian Football Confederation’s flagship competitions will be sold by Asia Football Group (AFG), a new single-client entity set up following the termination of the A…
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India

Indian streaming platform FanCode has secured exclusive rights to selected Asian Football Confederation competitions over the next two seasons, 2023-24 and 2024-25
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South Korea

South Korean e-commerce company Coupang has secured exclusive rights to all Asian Football Confederation (AFC) properties from 2025 to 2028
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MENA

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has expanded its portfolio of Asian Football Confederation content in the Middle East and North Africa region for the 2022 season to now include rights to club competitions…
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Pacific Islands

Free-to-air television consortium Free TV Australia has secured media rights to Asian Football Confederation national team and club competitions across several Pacific Island territories
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Australia

Australian Professional Leagues (APL) has secured exclusive rights to club competitions of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the governing body of Asian football, for the 2021-24 cycle
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Global

A large decrease in Japan has dragged down the global value of Asian Football Confederation media rights by at least 13 per cent in the 2021-24 cycle.
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New Zealand

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has secured a two-year agreement, covering 2021 and 2022, for exclusive media rights to the Asian Football Confederation's major national team and club competitions
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Asia

The Asian Football Confederation has unveiled a deal for Sport 24 to become its in-flight and in-ship broadcaster through to 2024
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Italy

Football-based media platform OneFootball has significantly upgraded its content portfolio in Italy, adding rights to a string of leagues, including the top divisions in Portugal and Scotland, while also…
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Germany

Live streaming service Sporttotal has acquired rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to the Asian Football Confederation’s final round of qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.
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Africa

Pay-television broadcaster StarTimes has announced a media-rights deal with the Asian Football Confederation to show coverage of its major national and club competitions across sub-Saharan Africa
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Spain

LaLigaSportsTV, the OTT streaming platform of LaLiga, has acquired broadcast rights in Spain and Andorra to Asia’s AFC Champions League from 2021 to 2024.
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Iran

The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has claimed that an AFC Champions League broadcast deal in the country has been terminated by the Asian Football Confederation due to “international s…
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Germany

The Asian Football Confederation has sealed the first rights deal in Europe in its new rights cycle, agreeing a two-year contract across Germany, Austria and Switzerland with sports broadcaster Sport1
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East Timor

Indonesian media group MNC has acquired rights for Asian Football Confederation events in the 2021 to 2024 period, the first deal of the new sales cycle being conducted by the DDMC Fortis agency