Asia

The Professional Squash Association has extended deals with broadcast partners in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Indian sub-continent.

Cricket Hong Kong has appointed production company Sunset+Vine to provide host broadcast services for the 2017 Hong Kong World Series and 2018 Hong Kong T20 Blitz.

Online streaming platform Tencent is close to agreeing a deal for domestic Chinese Basketball Association rights for a fee close to the total value of the association’s digital rights last season.

Pay-television broadcaster DSport is paying a slightly higher fee than previous rights-holder Ten Sports for the US PGA Championship in the Indian subcontinent.

The Lagardère Sports agency has extended a long-term media rights partnership with the Asian Table Tennis Union.

China’s Super Sports Media has moved to expand its portfolio of football content by acquiring rights to the Uefa Nations League, the national team tournament launched by the sport’s European governing body.

The China Sports Media agency has secured new media rights to the East Asian Football Federation’s 2017 E-1 Championship, which will take place in Japan in December.

Jia Yueting, founder of Chinese internet company LeEco, has agreed to sell the majority of his stake in the group’s LeSports division, according to multiple reports.

Online streaming service iFeng has agreed a strategic partnership with the China Open ahead of this year’s edition of the tennis tournament.

Punjabi broadcaster PTC has acquired rights to the third season of the World Kabaddi League.

Indian pay-television operator Zee Entertainment Enterprises has said the sale of its sports business, Ten Sports, to media group Sony Pictures Networks India has been completed following the agreement of a revised deal.

Board of Control for Cricket in India chief executive Rahul Johri told TV Sports Markets selling global Indian Premier League media rights to Star India for $2.55bn (€2.14bn) was a “game-defining moment”.

Media company CSI Sports has signed carriage deals for its Fight Sports pay-television channel in Portugal, Indonesia and Nepal, and extended an agreement with Singaporean pay-television broadcaster Singtel.

North American basketball league the NBA has extended its distribution agreement with Eurovision, the European Broadcasting Union's production arm.

The MP & Silva agency has agreed rights deals in a host of territories for the inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series.

International Games Broadcast Services has been appointed as host broadcaster of next year’s Asian Games, which will take place in Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia.