Asia

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Asia has renewed an agreement for rights to the Australian Open grand slam tennis tournament.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in a number of territories to the G League, the NBA basketball league’s developmental competition.

LaLiga, the organisation which oversees the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has launched a second tender process for its media rights outside of Spain.

The youth wing of Pakatan Harapan, Malaysia’s opposition coalition, has promised to broadcast major sports properties such as football’s English Premier League and Spanish LaLiga on free-to-air television if it wins the general election.

Internet company Google has invested in Chinese esports platform Chushou in a move designed to enhance its presence in a market where its search engine is not accessible.

Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has acquired rights to the Poker Sports League, granting the sport television exposure in the country for the first time.

Jia Yueting, the founder of Chinese tech company LeEco, has defied an order to return to the country to address mounting debts.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has appointed Gautam Thakar as the new chief executive of its Star Sports division.

Southeast Asian OTT service SportsFix has struck a rights deal with the Chinese Basketball Association.

Ice hockey’s Spengler Cup will be broadcast in China, the UK, Ireland and Georgia for the first time when its 2017 edition takes place later this month.

Chinese free-to-air sports broadcaster CCTV5 Plus has acquired rights to the English Premiership club rugby union competition.

Pay-television broadcaster Star India has said it will live stream the Indian Premier League for the first time as it prepares for its first season as the rights-holder of the Twenty20 cricket competition.

Viacom International Media Networks has acquired rights across multiple markets in Asia to the Bellator mixed martial arts promotion.

Youth orientated television channel MTV has made its first major move into the Indian sports media market by acquiring exclusive broadcast and digital rights to mixed martial arts promotion Super Fight League.

US wrestling organisation WWE has extended its broadcast rights deal with South Korean agency IB Sports, and secured its first partnership in Mongolia.

The Asian Football Confederation has today (Tuesday) confirmed that a tender for the sale of its commercial rights for the two cycles between 2021 and 2028 will be published on February 1.