Asia

Football
Media

Subscription sports journalism service The Athletic launched in Malaysia today and announced a marketing and content partnership with Astro, the market's leading sports broadcaster
Paralympic Games

Discovery-owned Eurosport India has acquired pay-television rights in the Indian subcontinent to broadcast the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics
Football

PP Sports, Tencent and iQiyi Sports have acquired non-exclusive digital streaming rights for Uefa club competitions in China for the upcoming 2021-22 season
Football

RCTI+, a streaming platform operated by Indonesian media group MNC, has picked up the rights for Asian Football Confederation competitions in the Philippines for the remainder of 2021
Football

Chinese digital platforms Migu, Huya and Dongqiudi have acquired streaming rights for the German Bundesliga in deals starting with the 2021-22 season, which kicks off this weekend
Football

European football giants Barcelona and Juventus have signed content partnerships with Chinese social media and e-commerce platform Xiaohongshu
Wrestling

Sports broadcaster Eurosport India has acquired the broadcast rights to the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) promotion
Cricket

The first match of an Australian cricket tour of Bangladesh took place yesterday without live television or streaming coverage in Australia, something that has happened only once or twice in recent decades
Football

The Saran Media Group has secured media rights to Italian football's Serie A across 17 countries spanning the Commonwealth of Independent States region, Eastern Europe and Turkey for the three seasons…
Olympic Games
Fan Engagement

India has posted the biggest digital engagement figures of the Tokyo Olympic Games, higher than hosts Japan, according to Yiannis Exarchos, chief executive of Olympic Broadcasting Services, the host broadcast…
Cricket
Media

FanCode’s long-term commitment to The Hundred appealed to the ECB, who are keen to grow The Hundred in what is their most important territory outside of the UK.
Football

Approximately 61 million viewers tuned in to Indian broadcaster Sony Pictures Network to watch its coverage of the Uefa Euro 2020 competition, the network has said
Multi-sport

Indian broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has announced a flurry of senior management changes, which sees chief revenue officer for distribution and sports Rajesh Kaul’s role expanded into international s…
Football

Indian online streaming platform FanCode has acquired rights to six pre-season football friendlies featuring German Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich and Spanish LaLiga club Barcelona
Cricket

The Pakistan Cricket Board has agreed on an earlier calendar slot of January-February for the 2022 Pakistan Super League, along with discussing what will be a new commercial rights cycle for the Twenty20…
Olympic Games

Vietnamese state-run broadcaster VTV has acquired the broadcast rights for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on the eve of the Games
Triathlon

Japanese commercial broadcaster Fuji TV has agreed a deal with the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) to air its flagship event, the Collins Cup
Multi-sport

Setanta Sports Eurasia and Georgian pay-television broadcaster Adjarasport are to launch a new OTT platform across 13 Eastern European and Asian countries