Hong Kong

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.

Free-to-air and pay-television broadcaster TVB has acquired rights in Hong Kong for the 2016 summer Olympic Games.

US horseracing pay-television broadcaster TVG has struck a multi-year rights deal with the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

The K-1 kickboxing organisation has signed a two-year global broadcast rights distribution partnership with the Fighting Spirit agency.

Free-to-air and pay-television broadcaster TVB has acquired rights in Hong Kong for the 2014 winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

Hong Kong pay-television provider Now TV has announced it will launch a dedicated horse racing channel on February 2.

Uefa does good business for Euro 2016 in Sweden and Hong Kong

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport Asia has acquired media rights in Hong Kong for the Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament.

Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has agreed a partnership with free-to-air and pay-television broadcaster TVB to launch two sports channels in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong pay-television service Now TV expects further revenue growth in the second half of 2013 after its owner, telecommunications company PCCW, regained rights to English Premier League football, according to Hong Kong English language newspaper The Standard.

Gursharan Sethi has been appointed as senior vice-president of affiliate sales and marketing at the Eurosport Asia-Pacific division of pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport.

Pan-Asian pay-television broadcaster Goal TV, which is owned by Hong-Kong based Yes TV, has commenced liquidation proceedings.

Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has announced it will launch next month in Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines and Taiwan.

CAA Eleven will launch a tender for the media rights to the European qualifiers for Euro 2016 and the 2018 Fifa World Cup in six Asian markets on June 4.

TVB has acquired the free-to-air and pay-television rights to broadcast the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Hong Kong.