Asia

Canoeing

The International Canoe Federation announced Monday that it will launch an OTT channel in China with the aim of reaching younger viewers
Surfing

Pay-television action sports channel Fuel TV has acquired World Surf League rights in China as well as the Europe, Middle East and Africa
Football

OTT platform DAZN has secured the host broadcasting rights to English Premier League club Manchester City’s pre-season match in the Galaxy Entertainment EuroJapan Cup 2019 on July 27.
Football

Mola TV, the new entrant to Indonesia’s sports broadcasting market, is employing a novel strategy straddling pay-television, free-to-air and digital distribution channels to exploit the Premier League rights it has acquired for the upcoming 2019-22 cycle.
Football

The value of rights in Vietnam for the Uefa European Championship increased by over 40 per cent in the latest deal with the incumbent public-service broadcaster VTV, covering the 2020 tournament, which is held every four years.
Football

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights in a number of territories to the upcoming EA Ligue 1 pre-season football tournament
Multi-sport

Spectators at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will not be allowed to post videos of events on their social media accounts, in an effort by organisers to protect broadcast rights-holders
Cycling

China Sports Zhibo announced a deal to live stream the Tour de France on their website from 2019-2021
Multi-sport

LeSports Beijing's business licence has been revoked since May 20, and according to reports, the next step in Chinese law is liquidation
Football

Melbourne-based cloud video analytics vendor Linius has partnered with social network SportsHero to create the "world's first" customisable sports channel for the Football Association of Indonesia's (PSSI)…
Cycling

Global Cycling Network has launched GCN Japan, its first dedicated channel in Asia
Football

Singaporean pay-television platform Singtel has acquired rights for 30 Malaysian domestic club football matches in the 2019 season, across the Malaysia Super League, FA Cup and Malaysia Cup, in a deal…
Cricket

Hotstar, the OTT service from Indian pay-television broadcaster Star, had a record 100 million daily active users on June 16, the day of the India v Pakistan Cricket World Cup game
Basketball

The NBA basketball league has partnered with Australian creative technology company Unbnd to deliver NBA TV content through a mixed-reality theatre experience
Kabaddi

Pay-television broadcaster Sony has acquired exclusive rights in South Asia to this year’s World Cup Kabaddi tournament.
Wrestling

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and PP Sports have signed a new multi-year agreement that extends their deal for weekly live WWE programming across China
Football

Indonesian state broadcaster TVRI has agreed a sublicensing deal with pay-television operator Mola TV for free-to-air rights to football’s English Premier League.
Wrestling

United World Wrestling has announced a partnership with the Sporty Solutionz agency that will see the latter distribute the rights-holders media rights in the Indian subcontinent