Asia

Multi-sport
Asia

The Fox Networks Group division of media company 21st Century Fox has appointed Italo Zanzi as its new executive vice-president and managing director for sport in Asia.
Football
Singapore

Eleven Sports Network’s deal for Euro 2016 in Singapore also included rights to the 2020 European Championship, plus European Qualifier matches from 2016-17 to 2021-22
Football
Asia

The Asian Football Confederation ends nearly two years of speculation and confirms the extension the World Sport Group agency negotiated to its existing deal is dead.
Football
Asia

MP & Silva has struggled to refinance its investment in English Premier League rights across Asia-Pacific, outside Japan, TV Sports Markets understands.
Football
China

Uefa, football’s European governing body, is targeting media and marketing revenue of €3.2bn ($3.43bn) from its next cycle of rights to the Champions League as the tender process commences today (Tuesday).
Baseball
Taiwan

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Taiwan to the 2017 edition of the World Baseball Classic national team tournament.
China

Chinese internet company LeEco has said it will cut 10 per cent of staff from its LeSports division amid ongoing concerns over rising debt.
Badminton
Asia

The MP & Silva agency has extended its rights distribution partnership with the Badminton Asia governing body.
Horse Racing
Hong Kong

UK horse racing pay-television broadcaster Racing UK has entered into a rights partnership with the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Football
China

Manchester United has become the first English Premier League football club to make its in-house television channel available for free in China, according to The Times.
Basketball
China

Two recent deals with the National Basketball Association have fulfilled different needs for Eleven Sports Network in Singapore and Taiwan.
China

Chinese streaming operator LeSports will change its acquisition strategy to focus on premium content, chief executive Lei Zhenjian told TV Sports Markets this week.

Basketball
Philippines

Twitter has signed up Globe Telecom of the Philippines as an advertising partner for the social media platform’s live-streaming coverage of the NBA basketball league.
India

Nitin Kukreja has resigned from his role as president and head of sports at pay-television broadcaster Star India.
Basketball
North America

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired digital rights in Taiwan for the NBA North American basketball league.

Cricket
India

Sony Pictures Networks India last month picked up rights to the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 tournament after pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports refused an option to extend its deal.

Football
China

The English Premier League’s new media-rights deal in China is one of the most valuable ever signed in the country.

Multi-sport
China

China’s Leshi Holdings, which controls internet company LeEco, has secured $600m (€543.5m) in funding amid concerns over the sustainability of its expansion into multiple new business areas.