Indian Subcontinent

Multi-sport

Indian broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has announced a flurry of senior management changes, which sees chief revenue officer for distribution and sports Rajesh Kaul’s role expanded into international s…
Football

Indian online streaming platform FanCode has acquired rights to six pre-season football friendlies featuring German Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich and Spanish LaLiga club Barcelona
Cricket

The Pakistan Cricket Board has agreed on an earlier calendar slot of January-February for the 2022 Pakistan Super League, along with discussing what will be a new commercial rights cycle for the Twenty20…
Cricket

Marron Media, the Australia-based sports media agency co-founded by former International Cricket Council media rights manager Lara Richards, has been appointed to distribute the international broadcast…
Olympic Games

Indian broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks yesterday obtained an order from the Delhi High Court aimed at shutting down piracy of Tokyo Olympics coverage by websites and rogue pay-television platform operators
Cricket
Fan Engagement

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has reached an agreement with Facebook and Twitter, enabling the social media platforms to show highlights and clips from the Indian cricket team's forthcoming…
Cricket

Online streaming platform FanCode has acquired exclusive rights in India to The Hundred, the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) new limited-overs competition.
Football
Media

Spanish LaLiga’s value in India has seen a sharp decline in media group Viacom 18’s deal for exclusive rights to the property from 2021-22 to 2023-24, driven by a lack of competition.
Football

Indian media group Viacom 18 has secured exclusive linear and digital media rights to broadcast Spain's LaLiga from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in the Indian subcontinent
Cricket

Voot, the Indian streaming platform owned by Viacom 18, has picked up the exclusive streaming rights to a new cricket reality show, the Maratha Cricket League Twenty20
Cricket

Cricket South Africa has secured long-term deals in its key international markets of Australia, the UK and India at reduced fees, reflective of a global downturn in cricket media rights values.
Football

The Maldives' state broadcaster Public Service Media has picked up the rights to the Asian Football Confederation's club and national competitions for the 2021-24 cycle
Football

Japanese football’s J.League has finalised an exclusive broadcast deal with pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India to show the remainder of the 2021 season in the Indian subcontinent. J.L
Cricket

Bangladeshi sports broadcasters T Sports and Gazi TV (GTV) have struck a deal with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to jointly show the next round of the ongoing Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division (BDPL)
Horse Racing

HBA Media, the horse racing media rights agency, has agreed a string of new deals for this year’s edition of the prestigious UK meeting at Royal Ascot.
Cricket

Bangladeshi satellite channel T Sports’ acquisition of rights to the Indian national cricket team’s home matches could herald a more competitive era in the Bangladeshi sports rights market.
Cricket

TikTok and the Pakistan Super League Twenty20 cricket tournament will jointly develop content for the social video platform under a new agreement
Rugby Union

Irish sports television executive and broadcaster Ryle Nugent has been appointed chief executive of Premier Sports Asia, the rugby union-focused streaming platform targeting Asian markets