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Pakistan Cricket

The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced a series of international media-rights deals covering cricket played in the country during the 2021 to 2023 period
China Football

Chinese streaming platform PP Sports is following through on a threat last year to sue the English Premier League over their collapsed media rights deal, according to a report in the Financial Times
Indonesia Football

Indonesian media group Emtek has renewed its rights for Uefa club competitions for the next three-year cycle, 2021-22 to 2023-24
Asia-Pacific Multi-Sport

The former head of Disney in Asia, Uday Shankar, is forming a new venture with James Murdoch to invest in technology and media opportunities in India and other Asian markets
Europe Motorsport

International broadcaster Eurosport will show the inaugural season of the electric touring car racing series, Pure ETCR
South Korea Football

South Korean football's K League has reported significant increases in audiences for its digital content in 2020 compared to the previous season
Asia-Pacific Multi-Sport

Media industry research firm Media Partners Asia is predicting steady growth in the Asia-Pacific online subscription video-on-demand sector with China set to dominate market share
Indian Subcontinent Football

LaLiga has announced a media rights agreement in China with telco China Mobile, and launched a tender for rights in the Indian subcontinent
China Basketball

Chinese streaming giant Tencent showed a live Houston Rockets game on Monday for the first time since the Daryl Morey controversy in October 2019

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Golf
South Korea

It will be a consequential year for golf in South Korea, one of the most lucrative territories for the sport’s media rights in Asia, as one of the market’s four biggest properties comes up for renewal, a new deal begins for another, and a major golf content joint-venture gets underway.
Football
Indonesia

The value of Uefa club competition rights in Indonesia has risen incrementally in a renewal with media group Emtek, covering the three seasons from 2021-22 to 2023-24.
Multi-Sport
China

Three big deals by telco China Mobile have raised cautious hopes for competition in the Chinese rights market after a dreadful 2020.
Cricket
India

Amazon’s push for New Zealand Cricket rights in India stirred the local media-rights market, helping the board secure a strong deal with the ecommerce giant. But the market does not expect Amazon to move quickly into sports rights in India – instead, it anticipates the same careful approach the company has used in other territories it has entered.
India Wrestling

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a rights deal in India with the New Japan Pro-Wrestling organisation
India Cricket

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired exclusive rights in India to the forthcoming cricket series between the United Arab Emirates and Ireland
China Skiing

Chinese streaming platform Huya will continue to broadcast coverage from top Swiss skiing events on the FIS World Cup schedule in a new agreement
Bangladesh Cricket

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has raised BDT17.9 crore (€1.7m/$2.1m) from its sale of broadcast rights to Bangladesh’s forthcoming home series against West Indies.
Taiwan Multi-Sport

International subscription broadcaster Eleven has named Michael Sun, chairman and chief executive of SlamBall Asia, as its new managing director in Taiwan
Global Motorsport

Electric off-road racing series Extreme E has agreed new rights distribution deals with Greek pay-television operator Cosmote and Chinese internet platform Channel Zero
China Basketball

Chinese digital giant Tencent has stopped live streams of games by the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers due to their appointment of Daryl Morey as president
China Basketball

The LA Lakers was the most popular NBA team, and Stephen Curry the most popular NBA player, on Chinese social media in 2019-20, according to digital media specialist Mailman's annual NBA Red Card report
Cambodia Football

The Asian Football Confederation has signed off on another rights agreement in a deal with the Korea-based KJSMWorld Corp. media group and agency, covering Cambodia and Laos
Mongolia Football

The sale of broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions during the 2021-24 cycle has begun in four Asian territories, including Korea
Malaysia Football

The Premier League has launched the second phase of its anti-piracy fight in Hong Kong and Malaysia
Japan Multi-Sport

DAZN, the OTT streaming broadcaster, has signed its latest commercial premises agreements with a launch in Japan that allows bars, cafes, restaurants and hotels to show sports content
Japan Multi-Sport

Over-the-top streaming platform DAZN has stepped up its association with telecoms  company KDDI in Japan by introducing a 5G offering.
China Multi-Sport

Chinese streaming platform China Mobile Migu will carry live and on-demand coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Fifa World Cup, under a deal with state broadcaster…
Azerbaijan Football

Broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and new third-tier Europa Conference League for the 2021-24 cycle are set to be sold at the start of next year in Central Asia, Azerbaijan,…
South Korea Golf

South Korean broadcaster JTBC Plus has built on its association with global media group Discovery by signing an agreement to form a joint venture to further develop golf in the country
India Football

Sports technology services provider Deltatre has extended an agreement with football’s Indian Super League to design, develop, and deploy broadcast graphics.
Africa Football

LaLiga is launching a subscription mobile app in the Middle East and Africa, with plans to roll it out in other markets, under deals with mobile technology company Mondia and telco Orange
Myanmar Football

The Asian Football Confederation has named pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Myanmar as its rights-holding broadcaster in the territory from 2021 to 2024, in a deal brokered by the Football Marketing…
United Kingdom Football

Scottish Premiership side Rangers has forged closer ties with the Indian market in a deal to stream free UK coverage of Indian Super League matches on its club Facebook page
China Football

Mobile telco China Mobile Migu has agreed a landmark sponsorship and media-rights deal for Asian Football Confederation competitions spanning the 2021-24 period
Macau Table Tennis

A showcase event for the new-look global table tennis tour being run by World Table Tennis began yesterday (Wednesday) in Macau, with broadcast coverage in 141 markets around the world
Spain Football

Telecoms operator Orange has signed a commercial premises deal with over-the-top streaming platform DAZN for rights to the English Premier League’s 2020-21 season in Spain.
Sri Lanka Cricket

Sri Lankan state-owned broadcaster ITN has acquired domestic rights to the Lanka Premier League