Asia

DAZN has acquired exclusive streaming rights in Japan for French Ligue 1 football in a deal covering at least the 2022-23 season

Sony Pictures Network India has solidified its position as India’s primary broadcaster of multi-sports events after agreeing an increased fee for this summer’s Commonwealth Games, as well as securing rights – free of cost – for the World Athletics Championship.

German Bundesliga football club Eintracht Frankfurt will play friendlies against Japanese J.League clubs Urawa Reds and Gamba Osaka during a tour of Japan in November

The International Cricket Council is anticipating its media rights income to track the recent growth of the Indian Premier League as the sport’s global governing body takes its rights to the Indian market.

The Chinese Basketball Association is suing video-sharing platform Bilibili for RMB406m ($60m/€59m) in a potentially landmark copyright infringement case in China.

The head of sports at Malaysia's Astro tells SportBusiness Media about the pay-television broadcaster's evolving business

Disney Star has agreed a deal with Cricket Australia for its media rights in the Indian subcontinent, covering 2023-24 to 2029-30

The value of MotoGP’s free-to-air rights in Indonesia has doubled thanks to strong competition, stimulated by a well-timed sales process and the return of the Indonesian GP after 25 years. 

Japanese streaming platform Abema will show 114 live matches from the English Premier League during the upcoming 2022-23 season under a sublicensing deal with sports streaming service SPOTV Now, the master…

Disney-owned pay-television broadcaster Star India has acquired Cricket Australia’s media rights in the Indian subcontinent. An official announcement is expected in the coming days, it is understood.

Chinese video-sharing platform Kuaishou has acquired rights to the EAFF E-1 Football Championships

The NBA's media rights value in Japan will drop slightly under a previously-unannounced extension with Rakuten.

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India has acquired exclusive television and digital rights in India and across the Indian subcontinent to the forthcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games

Chinese streaming platform Migu and Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV have acquired rights to this month's East Asian Football Federation E-1 Football Championships

DAZN has acquired media rights in Japan to the inaugural edition of the Soccer Champions Tour

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Network India has acquired exclusive media rights across the Indian subcontinent to the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon