China
Alibaba takes Pac-12 content to China under expanded partnership
Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has extended and expanded its partnership with US college sports organisation the Pac-12 Conference, taking in media rights distribution for the first time.
Tencent close to direct deal for CBA rights; others likely to follow
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.
Super Sports lands Nations League rights
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.
LeSports founder relinquishes control – reports
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.
China Open partners up with iFeng
Online streaming service iFeng has agreed a strategic partnership with the China Open ahead of this year’s edition of the tennis tournament.
World Snooker gets huge growth in China from digital rights deal
Rigour Media’s 10-year deal for digital rights in China to World Snooker events marks the media group’s first significant move into streaming live sport.
NFL digital rights value grows in China as Tencent gets exclusivity
The NFL secured a solid increase in the annual value of its digital rights in China from an exclusive deal with online streaming platform Tencent.
MP & Silva takes hit on package value due to LeSports’ collapse
MP & Silva has seen the value of several of its European football properties tumble in China following a pair of new deals in place of its broken agreement with LeSports.
Tencent Sports adds US Open to grand slam set
Chinese online streaming platform Tencent Sports has agreed a three-year deal with the United States Tennis Association for rights to the US Open grand slam tournament.
Tencent seals NFL rights deal
Chinese online streaming platform Tencent has signed a three-year digital rights partnership with the NFL American football league.
World Snooker eyes further Chinese development with Rigour Media deal
World Snooker has signed a rights partnership with Rigour Media in a move designed to aid the sport’s digital growth in China.
WWE Network to launch in China through PPTV deal
The WWE wrestling entertainment organisation has struck a deal with online streaming platform PPTV to launch WWE Network in China and has agreed a rights deal with Colombian national broadcaster Canal 1.
Tencent teams up with Olympic volleyball champions
Online streaming platform Tencent has signed a wide-ranging partnership with the Chinese Volleyball Association.
PPTV gains European club football rights package
Chinese streaming platform PPTV has acquired non-exclusive rights to a package of club football content marketed by the MP & Silva agency.
PGA of America enters into Chinese digital media initiative
Golf body the PGA of America has partnered with Hong Kong-based sports events and media company i3 Sports on a digital media initiative for the Greater China region.
LeSports demise hits value of ATP rights despite new iQiyi deal
The value of digital rights to ATP events in China has fallen by about 80 per cent in a new deal that replaces its cancelled agreement with streaming platform LeSports.
Tencent acquires European top-tier club football rights
Chinese online streaming platform Tencent has acquired non-exclusive live streaming rights to various major European club football competitions from the MP & Silva agency.
ATP World Tour teams up with iQIYI.com in China
Chinese online video platform iQIYI.com has sealed a rights deal for tournaments on the ATP World Tour men’s tennis series.