Hong Kong

Chinese internet company LeTV Sports’s acquisition of English Premier League rights in Hong Kong is indicative of the company’s international ambitions.

Hong Kong telecommunications company PCCW and the Le Sports division of Chinese IPTV operator LeTV have said an agreement has been reached that could see English Premier League football rights remain on the former’s pay-television service Now TV.

Football’s English Premier League confirmed today (Tuesday) a rights deal in Hong Kong with Chinese IPTV operator LeTV.

Hong Kong pay-television platform i-Cable has agreed a three-season extension to its long-running rights deal for the Bundesliga, the top division of German football.

Hong Kong telecommunications company PCCW has retained exclusive live rights to LaLiga, the top division of Spanish football.

A Hong Kong investor who was part of telecommunication group PCCW’s bid to acquire a stake in video-sharing website Dailymotion has hit out at the French government’s “cynicism” in ending the deal.

Hong Kong telecommunications group PCCW has secured the rights to the world welterweight title fight between boxing’s pound-for-pound superstars Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao for its pay-television broadcaster Now TV.

Hong Kong commercial broadcaster TVB has acquired exclusive rights in the territory for coverage of the 2015 European Games multi-sport event in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Free-to-air broadcaster ATV will retain its rights to the Hong Kong Premier League, the top division of football in the country, after the Hong Kong Football Association said it had guaranteed it would improve its service.

The Hong Kong Football Association has warned free-to-air broadcaster ATV may lose its rights to the domestic Premier League competition.

The Hong Kong Premier League agreed a deal with free-to-air broadcaster ATV earlier this month, just days before the kick-off of the league’s inaugural season.

Pay-television platform i-Cable paid a significant increase to retain rights amid stiff competition for the Uefa Champions League in Hong Kong.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox International Channels has acquired rights in Hong Kong for the Uefa Europa League European club football competition.

Pay-television platform i-Cable has retained rights in Hong Kong for the Uefa Champions League European club football tournament.

Hong Kong pay-television provider Now TV has asked football clubs that will participate in the inaugural Hong Kong Premier League to contribute a total of HK$6m (€570,000/$775,000) towards production costs, according to the South China Morning Post newspaper.

The acquisition last week by Hong Kong broadcaster TVB of the rights to the 2016 Olympic Games underlines the determination of the broadcaster to protect its dominant position in free-to-air television while making inroads into the pay-television market.