Asia

The China Sports Media agency is seeking to negotiate its rights deal with the Chinese Football Association for the Chinese Super League amid unease at the impact of new reforms brought in for the top division of domestic football, according to reports.

Online streaming platform Tencent has struck a deal to show the Tour de France cycling event in China.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has secured a carriage deal with Taiwanese telecommunications company Chunghwa Telecom.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has struck a rights deal in Taiwan with Fiba, basketball’s global governing body.

Filipino media company ABS-CBN has renewed a rights deal for the One Championship mixed martial arts series.

Online streaming platform Sina Sports has struck a strategic partnership with the All England Club, which operates the Wimbledon Championships.

Three Chinese online companies, including Sina Weibo, have been ordered by the country’s regulators to stop streaming audio and video services.

Pay-television broadcaster DSport has bought rights in India to golf’s US Open for a far higher price than the annual fee Sony Pictures Networks paid in 2016.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has turned the tide to earn a significant increase from its pan-regional pay-television rights deal with Fox Sports Asia.

The French Open secured greater revenue from China in 2017 compared to last year thanks to a deal with online streaming platform Tencent agreed earlier this month.

The Ascot Racecourse has earned a small fee from online streaming platform Sina Sports for exclusive rights in China to this year’s Royal Ascot festival.

The All India Football Federation agreed its first long-term domestic deal with Star India last month, but is not concerned about earning rights fees.

Consumer electronics company Samsung has partnered with North America’s Major League Baseball to provide fans with a virtual reality offering for the remainder of the 2017 season.

Pre-season club football tournament the International Champions Cup has bolstered its reach in host market China by agreeing a four-year rights deal with state broadcaster CCTV.

Chinese internet company Tencent has signed a partnership with world football’s governing body Fifa under which it has secured exclusive digital media rights for video-on-demand and live streaming of the forthcoming Confederations Cup national team tournament in mainland China.

Fox Sports Asia, the regional subsidiary of 21st Century Fox’s broadcast arm, Fox Networks Group, has extended an agreement granting it rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series.