Asia

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has recouped CNY200m (€27.3m/$30m) of its outlay on the Rio Olympics in digital rights deals this week.

Singaporean media company MediaCorp has struck a rights deal for the Rio 2016 Olympics just hours before the start of the Games tonight (Friday).

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Singapore and Taiwan to the Professional Squash Association’s (PSA) World Series tournaments under a multi-year agreement.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has expanded its rights agreement for the Vuelta a España cycling event.

LeSports, which is operated by Chinese internet company LeEco, has marked its launch in Hong Kong by acquiring rights to the US Open grand slam tennis tournament.

Chinese video sharing platform Youku, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has struck a sublicensing deal with state broadcaster CCTV for rights to the upcoming summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Chinese internet company Tencent has acquired rights for the upcoming Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games in a sublicensing deal with state broadcaster CCTV.

The Asian Football Confederation has unveiled a new live streaming platform for its member associations, with the Bhutan Football Federation signing up as the service’s first client.

Thai pay-television operator TrueVisions has acquired rights to broadcast a host of leading club football competitions, including the English Premier League, through deals with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports and Fox Networks Group, the broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has awarded rights to its 2016 Youth U-15 Baseball World Cup to broadcasters across Asia.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has entered into a partnership with the Sina Sports division of Chinese internet operator Sina, under which a new equestrian-dedicated website will be launched in the country.

Singapore appears set to be without live coverage of the upcoming 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after the city-state’s government claimed the broadcast rights for the multi-sport showpiece have become too expensive.

The Perform Group told TV Sports Markets its deal for Japan’s J-League represented “great value” compared to many domestic football leagues, despite a rights fee four times higher than the previous value.

Thai media company BEC World paid a massive premium to acquire International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) rights in the country.

Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, the president of the Asian Football Confederation, is planning to set up an ad-hoc committee of experts to evaluate the AFC’s options for its rights beyond 2020.

Interview with Simon Denyer, chief executive of the Perform Group, on its acquisition of J-League rights for 10 years from 2017 to 2026.