Asia
CJ ENM’s re-emergence fails to help DDMC Fortis avert AFC fee fall in Korea
CJ ENM’s step back into sport after a near-decade-long hiatus was not enough to save DDMC Fortis from a fee decline in its sale of Asian Football Confederation rights in South Korea for the 2021-24 cycle.
Free-to-air WRC deals coming in Japan and Africa, US broadcaster still aspirational
The FIA World Rally Championship is close to announcing free-to-air broadcast deals in both Japan and Kenya ahead of stops in both countries on this year’s schedule.
Updated – KBO agrees record-value Korean media-rights deal
The Korea Baseball Organisation has agreed a domestic media rights deal with the country's three main free-to-air broadcasters worth KRW54bn ($45m) per season for the four seasons from 2020 to 2023, according…
Consortium featuring McDonald and Norris lands PSL production
The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed the consortium of Tower Sports and SportzWorkz to handle broadcast production for the 2020 Pakistan Super League, the first edition of the Twenty20 competition…
Discovery wins favourable injunction in DSport dispute
Media group Discovery has secured an interim injunction from the Delhi High Court restraining Lex Sportel Vision from using "DSport", the brand name of their formerly jointly-operated sports pay-television…
Lex Sportel Vision launches new channel amid Discovery dispute
Indian media company Lex Sportel Vision has launched a new sports pay-television channel, 1Sports, as it continues to tussle with media group Discovery over control of the DSport channel
CJ ENM acquires AFC rights in South Korea
Media group CJ ENM has acquired the rights in South Korea for Asian Football Confederation properties in the 2021-24 cycle, in a deal brokered by the DDMC Fortis agency
Sony acquires rights to women’s T20 Tri-Nation Series
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has acquired media rights in India to the upcoming women’s T20 Tri-Nation Series in Australia, between Australia, England and India.
NBA and Tsai ‘optimistic’ over return of CCTV coverage
Brooklyn Nets owner Joseph Tsai has expressed his desire for Chinese state broadcaster CCTV to resume its coverage of the NBA basketball league amid the continued fallout caused by a tweet sent last year…
Former TVRI director claims Premier League rights acquisition led to sacking
Helmy Yahya, the former president director of Indonesian state-owned, public-service broadcaster TVRI has claimed that one of the main reasons he was sacked last week was his acquisition of English Premier…
Genius makes Asian streaming debut with Philippine SuperLiga deal
Sports content, technology and integrity services company Genius Sports will launch its first live sports streaming platform in Asia under an expanded agreement with the Philippine SuperLiga (PSL) club…
FanCode acquires NFL streaming rights in India
Indian online sports platform FanCode has acquired streaming rights for the NFL in a multi-season deal with the American football league
China state media and sports administration agencies sign Olympic sports partnership
China's General Administration of Sport and its State Administration of Radio and Television signed an agreement in Beijing yesterday to jointly create a platform for events, programmes and content covering…
China’s Huya to stream League of Legends tournaments
Chinese live-streaming platform Huya has acquired rights for the League of Legends esports organisation’s North American Championship Series and European Championship.
India and China stand out in otherwise sluggish 2019 for APAC pay-TV
India and China were the only Asia-Pacific pay-television markets to show strong revenue and subscriber growth in 2019, and there were significant subscriber declines in several territories, according…
FanCode to stream I-League in multi-year deal
Digital sports content platform FanCode has agreed a multi-year rights deal to Indian club football competition the I-League
Riot Games and Redd+E to distribute LoL Pacific Championship Series media rights
Games publisher Riot Games and agency Redd+E have agreed a deal to distribute media rights for the inaugural 2020 Pacific Championship Series in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
Court seeks government ruling on Doordarshan live streaming
An Indian court has called on the government to intervene after today (Monday) opting to dispose of a public interest litigation lodged with regards to the freedom of public-service broadcaster Doordarshan…