Asia

Le Sports has acquired rights for Asian Football Confederation events in a deal that has given the Chinese internet company a 20-per-cent stake in the Lagardère Sports agency’s Asia-focused division.

The International Table Tennis Federation has agreed a multi-year rights deal for the Singapore market with international pay-television sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has reportedly acquired rights to the Cricket All-Stars Series 2015, a new Twenty20 tournament backed by India and Australia legends Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne.

The WWE wrestling organisation will launch its WWE Network pay-television channel in the Indian subcontinent on November 2.

China Sports Media’s huge deal with the Chinese Super League is a gamble on the expansion of the country’s digital rights market and the government’s plans to build football into a major national sport.

Vietnamese pay-television operator Vietnam Cable Television has secured rights to South Korea’s K-League top-tier club football competition for two seasons, from 2016 to 2017.

International pay-television operator Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Belgium and Singapore to Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, for the 2015-16 season.

The Asian Football Confederation is set to conclude a fresh eight-year contract with commercial rights partner the Lagardère Sports agency, according to Reuters.

NBA, the North American basketball league, has signed a five-season extension to its partnership with Sony-owned Indian broadcaster Multi Screen Media, from 2016 to 2020.

The Football Association of Malaysia today hit back at criticism of the way it plans to distribute the media rights income from its 15-year advisory deal with the MP & Silva agency.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has awarded broadcast rights in South Korea for its new Premier12 national team competition to media group SBS.

Sports broadcaster ESPN is set to return to the Indian market after agreeing a long-term partnership with Sony-owned Indian broadcaster Multi Screen Media.

German-based pay-television broadcaster Motorvision TV has moved to expand its global reach by securing new carriage deals in Serbia and Taiwan, as well as extending existing agreements in France, Slovenia and Romania.

World Rugby, rugby union’s global governing body, has reported that Japan set a new Rugby World Cup national television audience record for the national team’s clash against Samoa on Saturday.

Chinese internet company LeTV Sports has agreed a five-year media rights partnership with the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) covering China, Hong Kong and Macau.

The Mediapro Asia division of Spanish agency Mediapro has been appointed as the exclusive agent for Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent to distribute media rights to the 35th America’s Cup sailing events from 2015 to 2017.