Asia
Bangladesh’s T Sports picks up Premier League and BCCI rights
New Bangladeshi sports broadcaster T Sports has acquired media rights for English Premier League matches and India home international cricket in a deal with video content rights marketplace Allrites
Chinese Super League domestic rights value plummets after collapse of CSM agreement
The Chinese Super League is heading for a massive drop in its domestic media-rights income under a series of deals being finalised for the 2021 season onward.
Pro Kabaddi League teams dissatisfied despite $122m, five-year deal with Star India
Pro Kabaddi League team owners are unhappy with the result of the tender for global media rights to the league, won by Disney-owned Star India last month, despite more than doubling their income.
TV Tokyo makes three-year World Table Tennis commitment
World Table Tennis, the commercial arm of the of the International Table Tennis Federation, has signed a broadcast rights deal with Japanese terrestrial and satellite broadcaster TV Tokyo until 2024
Huya secures five-year, $311m rights deal for LoL events in China
Chinese streaming platform Huya has signed an exclusive five-year media rights deal with China’s League of Legends operator Tengjing Sports and will pay a total of CNY2.013bn ($311m/€256.7m)
LiveNOW lands Euro 2020 rights in Singapore, agrees distribution with telcos
Pay-per-view streaming platform LIVENow has acquired media rights in Singapore for Uefa Euro 2020 and agreed distribution deals with local telcos Singtel and Starhub
Challenging Chinese market next up for Uefa club competitions rights sales
The Team Marketing agency has initiated the sales process in China for broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24
ISU sees modest global rights gain in Infront renewal
The International Skating Union has secured a modest fee increase for its global media rights from 2023-24, renewing with incumbent Infront in a deal signed this month.
Zhibo.tv extends China League One broadcast rights
Chinese streaming platform China Sports, also known as Zhibo.tv, has renewed its deal for rights to the country’s second-tier football division, China League One, for the 2021 season.
Star India, Claro agree multi-year Formula E broadcast deals
Formula E, the electric car racing championship, has agreed a multi-year deal with pay-television broadcaster Star India for rights to the series across the Indian subcontinent
J Sports secures Extreme E rights in Japan
Extreme E, the new electric off-road series, has agreed a rights deal in Japan with pay-TV broadcaster J Sports to show the championship across its linear channels
One Esports Dota Singapore final hits 1.1m viewing peak
A peak concurrent streaming audience of 1.1 million watched the One Esports Dota 2 Singapore Major final earlier this month
Sony Pictures Networks acquires Copa América rights in Indian subcontinent
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has secured exclusive linear and digital rights for the Indian subcontinent to this year's Copa América.
Team pushes on with Uefa club competition tenders in Canada, Southeast Asia
Team Marketing has initiated the broadcast rights sales process for the Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in Canada and an array of countries and territories in Southeast Asia
Star’s Mashal Sports counters criticism of Pro Kabaddi League rights auction
Mashal Sports, the sports management company owned by pay-television broadcaster Star India, has countered claims that its auction for broadcast rights to the Pro Kabaddi League was flawed
Star India retains Pro Kabaddi League rights amid tender concerns
Pay-television broadcaster Star India has won the rights to show the Pro Kabaddi League for the next five seasons despite conflict of interest concerns from some of the competing teams
Chinese Super League agrees streaming rights deal with Dongqiudi
Chinese football-focused digital platform Dongqiudi has acquired non-exclusive live streaming rights for the Chinese Super League in a three-season deal starting with the upcoming 2021 season
Indonesia’s TVRI strikes deal to show remaining Formula E races
Indonesian state-owned broadcaster TVRI has signed a deal with electric motor racing series Formula E to show the remaining races of the 2020-21 World Championship