Malaysia
Premier League agrees deals in Malaysia and Hong Kong
The English Premier League has agreed rights deals with pay-television broadcaster Astro in Malaysia and telecommunications company PCCW in Hong Kong in its latest agreements for the three-year cycle from…
Fox brand lands in Asia as ESPN Star launches football channel
Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has launched a football-dedicated pay-television channel called Fox Football Channel in Malaysia
ESS makes $100m profit on ICC
Deal in Australia takes ESS over $100m profit threshold for global ICC rights sales
ESS adds more cricket rights
ESS adds Sri Lanka Premier League to boost reach of Star Cricket channel
Serie A rights value up by at least 25% in Asia
Serie A values up by a quarter in Asia
How ESS will turn into feisty Fox
How ESS will become more aggressive under News Corp; Difficult marriage from day one
Uefa enjoys 30% increase in Europe despite recession
Champions League value up by 30% in top 5 European markets
Uefa looking for value from games worth ‘peanuts’
Uefa looking for huge increase in value for third-party qualifier rights to hit ambitious target
US Open serves up increases in Asia to match Euro deal
IMG Media helps US Open land 50 per cent increase in Asian rights
MP & Silva busy with football rights in Asia
MP & Silva takes big portfolio of club football rights to Asia
Malaysian content-sharing regime will hurt Astro, say analysts
New regulations in Malaysia demanding sharing of sports rights content are a significant setback for local pay-television broadcaster Astro and could particularly benefit its key rival, Telekom Malaysia,…
Astro acquires rights to Asian mixed martial arts series
Malaysian pay-television operator Astro acquired exclusive rights to the One Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series
MP & Silva to edge out IMG in close battle for FA Asian rights
FA set for small increase in Asia with new MP & Silva deal
Pitch’s confidence in English football provides boost for FA
FA up in Europe despite weaker rights package and recession
Vietnamese cartel frustrates Sportfive
Cartel makes life hard for Sportfive in Vietnam
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Golf, hockey, lacrosse, MMA, motorsport, rugby and more
Golf: UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired exclusive rights for the 2011 Australian PGA Championship and 2011 Australian Open in a deal with the World Sport Group agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: World Cup, Euros, Spanish national team and more
Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals in the US, Canada, selected territories in Asia and Australia for its events covering the period 2015 to 2022 (see story this issue).