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Tencent makes Southeast Asia move with Iflix purchase
Chinese technology giant Tencent has announced the purchase of Malaysian online streaming service Iflix’s “content, technology, and resources” as it seeks to enhance its presence in Southeast Asia.
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Tencent eyes dominant share of Chinese sports streaming market
Chinese tech giant Tencent is said to have approached Baidu to buy a stake in its Chinese video streaming platform iQiyi
Extreme E expands reach with China Sports streaming
Electric SUV off-road racing series Extreme E has struck a new streaming deal with Chinese digital media platform China Sports.
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Tencent agrees data deal with Motorsport Network
Chinese digital giant Tencent will get a motorsport statistics and results feed from media group Motorsport Network under a new, two-year deal
Douyu secures Blast Premier streaming rights in China
Chinese streaming platform Douyu has acquired broadcast rights to esports’ Blast Premier 2020 Counter Strike tournament.
Round-Up: EPL broadcasters ask for ‘unprecedented’ access, Lancs’ India plans, new Chinese basketball museum, and more
UK government culture secretary Oliver Dowden has said he hopes the Premier League can resume by mid-June. The teams have agreed to start non-contact training in small groups today
CCTV maintains stance on NBA coverage
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has moved to deny claims that it will resume its coverage of the NBA basketball league
Round-Up: Endeavor loan, Japan rugby league delayed, Victorian teams resume training, and more
Sports and entertainment group Endeavor has secured a $260m loan to help it through the Covid-19 downturn, the Wall Street Journal reports. The loan supplements an existing $2
ONE agrees partnership with Douyin
Mixed martial arts promotion ONE Championship has become the latest sports property to agree a deal with Chinese video-sharing social network Douyin
K-League overseas rights sales surge ahead of restart
Korea's K League has agreed media rights deals in 10 overseas markets, with potentially more to come, as it prepares to become one of the few football leagues in the world to resume play next month
Douyin and LaLiga agree China partnership
LaLiga and Douyin have inked an agreement whereby the Chinese platform will become an Official Social Media Partner of the Spanish football league until March 2021
China Mobile inks fitness content deal with Les Mills
China Mobile’s video entertainment unit Migu and New Zealand-based fitness brand Les Mills have agreed a deal to develop personal fitness content for the Chinese market
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Dugout and PP Sports agree content partnership
Digital football content platform Dugout has agreed a partnership to provide content to Chinese sports streaming service PP Sports
CBA lands wide-ranging China Mobile rights deal
Migu, the video entertainment subsidiary of mobile telcoms operator China Mobile, has signed a wide-ranging agreement with the CBA, the top basketball league in China
Basketball data report, 2020
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the basketball media-rights landscape.
Tencent reports increased revenues and profits, warns on virus impact
Chinese digital media company Tencent reported large increases in revenues and profits in 2019, but warned of the impact on its business of the coronavirus epidemic
NBA and Tsai ‘optimistic’ over return of CCTV coverage
Brooklyn Nets owner Joseph Tsai has expressed his desire for Chinese state broadcaster CCTV to resume its coverage of the NBA basketball league amid the continued fallout caused by a tweet sent last year…
China state media and sports administration agencies sign Olympic sports partnership
China's General Administration of Sport and its State Administration of Radio and Television signed an agreement in Beijing yesterday to jointly create a platform for events, programmes and content covering…