Japan

The CAA Eleven agency completed a host of new deals for Uefa European Qualifiers rights at the end of July, with strong results in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

The MP & Silva agency has brokered a deal for mobile services provider MLJ to develop Italian Serie A football club Inter Milan’s digital products and services in Japan.

Japanese satellite television broadcaster Sky PerfecTV has acquired rights to the 2014-15 season of the Swiss Super League, the top division of Swiss football.

The International Olympic Committee and the Japan Consortium of broadcasters, which this month acquired exclusive Japanese rights to the Olympic Games from 2018 to 2024, are both likely to be happy with the deal, local experts say.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has agreed a development partnership with fellow mixed martial arts series Vale Tudo Japan that will lead to the formation of a new televised series in the country.

The Japan Consortium, which includes public-service broadcaster NHK and the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association (JBA), has extended its Olympic Games rights deal through to the 2024 summer edition of the multi-sport event.

The world swimming federation earned a small fee increase in its renewal last week with Japanese commercial broadcaster TV Asahi.

Interview with Peter Hall, Fina’s head of marketing TV, on the federation’s new deal with commercial broadcaster TV Asahi in Japan.

Fina, the international aquatics federation, has renewed a rights deal in Japan with commercial broadcaster TV Asahi.

The IEC in Sports agency has struck rugby union rights distribution deals with the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) and the J Sports media company.

The picture quality of 8K is four times the definition of ultra-high definition, or 4K, which is once again four times superior to HD standard.

Asia-focused sports broadcaster One World Sports has extended a North American rights deal for games featuring the Yomiuri Giants, Japan’s most popular and successful baseball team.

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2013 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets E

The IEC in Sports agency has acquired the media distribution rights for the final five matches of the 2013-14 campaign of the Top League in Japan, the top division of rugby union in the country.

NHK delivers more cash and more eyeballs for Paralympics in key Japanese market

Japanese public-service broadcaster NHK has signed a four-year extension to its rights deal with the International Paralympic Committee in an agreement that grants it the exclusive broadcast rights in Japan for the Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The MP & Silva agency has acquired the broadcast rights in Japan to the 2013-14 season of the Greek Super League, the top division of football in Greece.

EBU deal with US ski federation will increase exposure for ski events in the country