Asia

Volleyball

The Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) has renewed its domestic media-rights agreement with broadcaster KBS in a deal reported to be worth KRW30bn ($26m/€22m) over six seasons, 2021-22 to 2026-27.
Football

The Maldives' state broadcaster Public Service Media has picked up the rights to the Asian Football Confederation's club and national competitions for the 2021-24 cycle
Football

Japanese football’s J.League has finalised an exclusive broadcast deal with pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India to show the remainder of the 2021 season in the Indian subcontinent. J.L
Cricket

Bangladeshi sports broadcasters T Sports and Gazi TV (GTV) have struck a deal with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to jointly show the next round of the ongoing Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division (BDPL)
Multi-sport

A group of Filipino media companies headed up by the chairman of telco PLDT, Manuel V. Pangilinan, have secured the broadcast rights for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics across the country
Horse Racing

HBA Media, the horse racing media rights agency, has agreed a string of new deals for this year’s edition of the prestigious UK meeting at Royal Ascot.
Football

Thai businessman Komol Jungrungreangkit stepped in to acquire the media rights in Thailand for the Uefa Euro 2020 football tournament in a last-minute deal on Friday
Football

Media company the Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has secured exclusive media rights to broadcast the 2021 and 2024 editions of the Copa América in multiple countries through its Viaplay subscription …
Cricket

Bangladeshi satellite channel T Sports’ acquisition of rights to the Indian national cricket team’s home matches could herald a more competitive era in the Bangladeshi sports rights market.
Football

Hong Kong telco PCCW has renewed its agreement with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports for coverage of Uefa club competitions until the end of the 2023-24 season
Cricket

TikTok and the Pakistan Super League Twenty20 cricket tournament will jointly develop content for the social video platform under a new agreement
Rugby Union

Irish sports television executive and broadcaster Ryle Nugent has been appointed chief executive of Premier Sports Asia, the rugby union-focused streaming platform targeting Asian markets
Cricket

The Pakistan Cricket Board has agreed a deal with Facebook to show the return of the Pakistan Super League via the social media platform’s Paid Online Events service.
Football

Thai media company Zense Entertainment has disputed a claim by the Football Association of Thailand that their landmark domestic media-rights deal has been terminated
Football

The China Sports Media agency has distributed digital media rights in China for the forthcoming Copa América tournament to streaming platforms PP Sports, Kuaishou and Huya in non-exclusive deals.
Multi-sport

Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro, telco Telekom Malaysia (TM) and state broadcaster RTM have acquired the broadcast rights to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a joint deal that is also understood to…
Multi-sport

Indian sports content platform FanCode has received a $50m (€41m) investment from its parent company, sports media and technology firm, Dream Sports.
Olympic Games

The Hong Kong government told SportBusiness Media this week that its acquisition of Tokyo 2020 rights was a one-off prompted by the extreme financial pressures placed on broadcasters by the pandemic.