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Bundesliga strikes TV deals in Singapore, South Korea and Thailand
Bundesliga International, the league’s international commercial rights arm, has signed off on new broadcast deals in Singapore, South Korea and Thailand ahead of the start of the 2020-21 season on Friday.
Zhibo.tv acquires China League 1 rights
Chinese streaming platform China Sports, also known as Zhibo.tv, has acquired exclusive rights to China League One, the country's second-tier football division, for the 2020 season.
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Eurosport India to show first MMA action in PFL deal
Mixed martial arts promotion, the Professional Fighters League, has signed a ‘multi-year’ broadcast rights deal in India with the Discovery-owned Eurosport.
Covid-19 bursts China bubble amid changing political, economic winds
China’s sports media-rights market is in the throes of a major correction, with the OTT platforms that have driven growth in the last five years seeking to renegotiate a string of deals.
Premier League mulls options over TV deal in ‘crucial’ Chinese market
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has said the top division of English club football wants to make the “best decision rather than the quickest decision” when securing a new Chinese broadcast rig…
Premier League launches ‘Boot Out Piracy’ campaign in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Indonesia
The English Premier League has launched its first anti-piracy campaign in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Indonesia
IPL releases schedule, season will start with Mumbai v Chennai
The Indian Premier League has released the schedule for its 2020 season in the United Arab Emirates
NBT to broadcast Thai football league after TrueVisions deal expires
Thai government-owned broadcaster NBT will show live coverage of the domestic football league, Thai League 1, from next month, after current rights-holder TrueVisions' deal expires
Premier League pulls plug on PPTV rights deal in China
The Premier League has terminated its lucrative media-rights contract with Chinese streaming platform PPTV after the Suning Holdings-owned broadcaster failed to meet rights fee payment deadlines
AFC and FMA to renegotiate global rights contract
The Asian Football Confederation and the Football Marketing Asia agency are to renegotiate the terms of their landmark, $2.4bn (€2bn) global commercial rights contract covering 2021-28, SportBusiness understands.
AFC and FMA to renegotiate global rights contract
The Asian Football Confederation and the Football Marketing Asia agency are to renegotiate the terms of their landmark, $2
ONE agrees distribution deal for The Apprentice with AXN
MMA promotion ONE Championship has announced distribution deals with seven media platforms for its upcoming spin-off programme The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition
DAZN negotiates reduced J.League rights fee in profit-share agreement
DAZN Group has negotiated a reduction in annual rights fee payments to Japan’s J.L
FA Cup rights hit again in Hong Kong in TVB deal
The value of FA Cup rights in Hong Kong fell again in commercial broadcaster TVB’s deal for the 2020-24 cycle, which followed the collapse of the two prior broadcast agreements in the territory.
Sony acquires Sri Lanka Cricket rights after drawn-out sales process
Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has acquired the exclusive global media rights for Sri Lanka Cricket in a three-year deal from 2020 to 2023
Myanmar National League streamed by MyCujoo in My Sports tie-up
My Sports, the sports broadcaster launched by Eleven Sports in Myanmar, has entered into an agreement with football streaming platform MyCujoo to live stream all of the Myanmar National League matches…
Bundesliga ties Indonesian rights deal to Mola’s youth football focus
The German Bundesliga’s strategy of intertwining international media-rights agreements with ancillary brand-building and football development activities has continued in its deal with Indonesian OTT and pay-television platform Mola TV.
FanCode acquires streaming rights for MLB and CPL
Indian online sports platform FanCode has acquired streaming rights for Major League Baseball and the Caribbean Premier League T20 tournament in separate deals