Asia

Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has contacted the International Cricket Council to outline its concerns regarding a possible boycott of the forthcoming Champions Trophy national team competition by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Indian pay-television channel DSport has acquired rights to the 2017 Tie Break Tens tennis event, which takes place in the Spanish city of Madrid tomorrow (Thursday).

The Football Association of Malaysia’s new regime is seeking a broadcast deal for the country’s domestic league after the collapse of its agreement with the MP & Silva agency.

Asian mixed martial arts promotion the One Championship has revealed significant growth in its broadcast and digital media footprints.

The IMG China division of the WME|IMG agency has formed a partnership with Focus Media International Technology that will feature video content distribution in China.

Indian pay-television broadcaster Neo Sports has acquired rights to the Brave Combat Federation’s upcoming mixed martial arts event in Mumbai.

Lagardère Sports has more than doubled its fee to renew its commercial rights to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Football Federation’s biennial national team tournament.

Streaming platform PPTV’s acquisition of Bundesliga digital rights in China last month secures its position as the country’s pre-eminent football broadcaster.

The Chinese Basketball Association has ended its media-rights relationship with the Infront Sports & Media agency and will launch a sales process for a new deal.

The next cycle of media rights for the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament will run for five years, rather than 10 years as originally planned.

The Sina Sports division of Chinese internet operator Sina has signed content deals with golf’s PGA Tour and the LPGA ladies’ tour.

This year’s World Snooker Championship will be made available throughout the Americas and the Indian sub-continent via social media platform Facebook.

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has enhanced its content portfolio in Japan by agreeing a rights deal with North American wrestling organisation WWE.

Major League Baseball has signed a wide-ranging content partnership with Indian digital media company Veqta.

The Lagardère Sports agency has agreed a deal to distribute global media rights to events organised by the Football Association of Thailand.

Chinese retail giant Suning has agreed a media and strategic partnership with the German Football League (DFL), according to Kicker.