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Sony-Zee ‘preparing bid’ for 2023-27 IPL rights
Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks and media company Zee Entertainment, which last week announced plans to merge into a publicly-listed company, are reportedly set to bid for rights…
Viacom18 overpowers rivals to secure 2022 Fifa World Cup rights in India
Viacom18’s deal 2022 Fifa World Cup rights is the strongest signal yet of its intention to launch a sports-centric channel in the Indian subcontinent.
Indonesian player Mola TV launches overseas, but sport will stay secondary
Indonesian streaming platform to expand to UK, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore.
Supreme TV acquires domestic Lanka Premier League rights
Sri Lanka satellite television channel Supreme TV has secured exclusive domestic media rights to the Lanka Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament in a multi-year deal
ESPN lands AFC rights in Latin America, Central America and Caribbean
The Asian Football Confederation has announced international sports broadcaster ESPN as its new rights-holder in Latin America, Central America, and non-exclusively in the Caribbean, for AFC competitions…
TapDMV acquires B.League rights in Philippines
Filipino sports media platform Tap Digital Media Ventures has acquired digital and linear television rights for Japanese B.League basketball for the 2021-22 season
IPL tender for 2023-27 media rights on the horizon
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, the sport's governing body in the country, has announced that its invitation to tender for media rights to the Indian Premier League for the 2023-27 cycle will…
Singapore to host AFF Suzuki Cup
Singapore will host the entire 2020 Suzuki Cup national team football tournament, in a break with tradition for the competition due to the pandemic
Astro acquires rights for Thai football matches featuring Malaysian players
Malaysian pay-television platform Astro has acquired rights for Thai club football matches featuring Malaysian national team players Junior Eldstal and Dominic Tan
UFC finds new home in Singapore as Fox Sports exit looms
Singapore telco StarHub has acquired broadcast rights to mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Sony Pictures Networks agrees to invest $1.58bn in landmark Zee merger
Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks and media company Zee Entertainment have announced plans to merge into a publicly-listed company
FMA continues AFC rights sales drive with M Plus deal in Macau
Online streaming broadcaster M Plus has acquired rights in Macau to competitions organised by the Asian Football Confederation
ICC.tv to stream Australia matches in parts of Europe, Southeast Asia
The International Cricket Council has agreed a deal with Cricket Australia which will see the world governing body for cricket stream Australia's forthcoming summer matches in some markets in Europe and…
Viacom18 snaps up Serie A, Ligue 1 amid absence of competition
Indian media group Viacom18’s acquisitions of rights to Italy’s Serie A and France’s Ligue 1 signify the growing presence of tech and media giant Reliance in the Indian sports broadcasting landscape.
Thai FA domestic rights value drops following collapse of Zense deal
The value of domestic rights to the Thai League 1 and men’s national team matches has dropped substantially in a series of deals agreed last month.
Eclat to replace Fox Sports Asia with ‘lean and localised’ SPOTV
South Korean media company Eclat Media Group’s new pan-Asia-Pacific sports media platform will step into the gap left by Fox Sports Asia with a more ‘localised’ and digitally-focused service.
New Zealand abandon Pakistan tour due to security concerns
The New Zealand's men's cricket team has abandoned its tour of Pakistan just minutes before the start of the first match, citing security concerns
Tottenham expands Korean presence with skySports deal
English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur has agreed a deal for skySports to become the exclusive Korean broadcast partner for its weekly highlights programme