Indonesia

The Asian Football Confederation has said it will continue to work with the Saudi Arabian Football Federation and the United Arab Emirates Football Association to ensure the uninterrupted broadcast of AFC Champions League and Fifa World Cup qualifying matches in a bid to protect its commercial rights amid the ongoing situation concerning rights-holder, Qatar-based pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports.

Indonesian media group Elang Mahkota Teknologi (EMTK) has acquired exclusive NBA media rights in the country.

Kreatif Media Karya, the digital business arm of Indonesian media conglomerate Elang Mahkota Teknologi, has agreed a rights deal with the NBA.

The Lagardère Sports agency has secured media-rights deals in various territories for the International Table Tennis Federation.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched tenders in six markets for rights to Uefa national team football properties.

The MP & Silva agency has relaunched BallBall, a digital football service it operates in the Southeast Asian markets of Indonesia and Vietnam in partnership with media conglomerate News Corporation.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has awarded rights to its 2016 Youth U-15 Baseball World Cup to broadcasters across Asia.

Football-dedicated media company SuperSoccer has agreed a deal to carry Manchester United’s in-house pay-television channel, MUTV, in Indonesia.

Media company CSI Sports, the owner of Fight Sports, has struck carriage deals for the pay-television channel in Finland, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian football, and its strategic media rights advisor, the Infront Sports & Media agency, have launched a tender for the international broadcast rights to Serie A.

BV Sports, the rights holder of the Indonesian Super League representing the governing body Liga Indonesia, has closed an agreement with the Infront Sports & Media agency to distribute the global media rights to the country’s top-tier football league, outside of Indonesia.

Uefa enjoyed differing levels of success in the sales of its club competition rights in France and Southeast Asia last month. The outcome points to a cooling of the French market but suggests there is still margin for substantial growth in several major Asian territories.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired the rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League club competitions in Indonesia, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia for the three seasons covering 2015-16 to 2017-18.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has secured a carriage deal on new Indonesian pay-television platform K-Vision.

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