Asia

The Caribbean Premier League has secured a landmark deal for the 2016 edition of the Twenty20 cricket tournament to be streamed live via the Facebook social network.

Le Sports, which is operated by Chinese internet company LeEco, has entered into a strategic partnership with China Digital Culture (CDC), an investment holding company in the fields of entertainment and culture, to seek further cooperation in esports.

New Chinese OTT player Baofeng Sports’ first move in the sports sector was to acquire rights to the Chinese Super League.

Chinese OTT player PPTV pulled out of its deal for French Open tennis rights shortly before this year’s tournament began, TV Sports Markets understands.

Sony Pictures Networks India has revamped its senior management structure, with its sports business set to be more closely aligned to its distribution interests.

Thai pay-television operator Cable Thai Holdings, a major sports broadcaster in the country, is set to close by the end of the month, according to the Bangkok Post.

Chinese platform ImbaTV has agreed a rights deal with Ali Sports, the operator of the World Electronic Sports Games esports tournament.

Le Sports, which is operated by Chinese internet company LeEco, has agreed a three-year deal for the exclusive digital media rights in China to the International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba) Stanković Continental Champions’ Cup national team tournament.

The J.League, the top division of Japanese club football, is set to agree a new broadcast rights deal with entities including telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp and digital sports media group Perform, according to Kyodo News.

Sri Lankan state broadcaster Rupavahini and pay-television operator Dialog Television have acquired rights to the remainder of the Sri Lankan cricket team’s tour of England as part of a sublicensing deal with the Sporty Solutionz agency.

Singaporean media company MediaCorp has agreed a rights deal with the Dentsu agency for highlights coverage of the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games, according to the Straits Times newspaper.

Star India will show blanket live coverage of the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games via eight dedicated channels, the pay-television broadcaster has announced.

The WWE wrestling entertainment organisation has sealed a content distribution deal with Chinese online television service provider PPTV.

Malaysian pay-television operator Astro will broadcast live coverage of every match from the 2016 season of the country’s Sepaktakraw League after posting a significant increase in the audience for its coverage of last season.

Sony Pictures Networks India has acquired rights to the 2016 edition of the Indian Open snooker tournament.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has agreed a five-season deal for rights to new Twenty20 cricket competition the Tamil Nadu Premier League.