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Bundesliga strikes TV deals in Singapore, South Korea and Thailand
Bundesliga International, the league’s international commercial rights arm, has signed off on new broadcast deals in Singapore, South Korea and Thailand ahead of the start of the 2020-21 season on Friday.
ONE agrees distribution deal for The Apprentice with AXN
MMA promotion ONE Championship has announced distribution deals with seven media platforms for its upcoming spin-off programme The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition
Mediapro secures five CEBL deals in APAC region ahead of finals weekend
Five broadcast deals have been agreed in the Asia-Pacific region for the semi-finals and final of the 2020 Canadian Elite Basketball League Summer Series tournament
Peebles named CRO at sports calendar platform ECAL after leaving DAZN
Alex Peebles, who recently left his position as senior vice-president, Southeast Asia at sports streaming operator DAZN, has been appointed as chief revenue officer at ECAL, the calendar communications…
Genius adds Singapore volleyball to live streaming portfolio
Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has agreed a live streaming deal with the Volleyball Association of Singapore
Simulated LaLiga action features in new beIN series in APAC region
International subscription sports broadcaster beIN Media Group has commissioned a new esports series that will offer a simulation of the final six rounds from Spanish football’s 2019-20 season.
Peebles to leave as DAZN readies Southeast Asia launch
One of DAZN’s most senior executives in Southeast Asia, senior vice-president Alex Peebles, is departing the business later this year.
The move comes as DAZN is finally set to launch in the region.
Genius Sports signs data agreement with Singapore FA
Sports data company Genius Sports says a new data partnership with the Football Association of Singapore will underpin a "digital transformation drive" at the sports body
BeIN agrees Pakistan Super League APAC rights deal
Pay-television broadcaster beIN has agreed a one-season deal to broadcast cricket’s Pakistan Super League in Australia and across various Asia countries and territories.
StarHub adds to tennis offering with beIN Sports 2 addition
Singapore telecoms operator StarHub has bolstered its tennis offering by reaching an agreement to launch the beIN Sports 2 channel via its StarHub Entertainment service
Riot Games and Redd+E to distribute LoL Pacific Championship Series media rights
Games publisher Riot Games and agency Redd+E have agreed a deal to distribute media rights for the inaugural 2020 Pacific Championship Series in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
Singapore telco Starhub picks up NBA rights
Singapore telco Starhub has acquired rights to broadcast seven regular-season National Basketball Association games per week in a multi-year deal starting with the 2019-20 season, which tips off October…
BeIN signs Asian rights deal to broadcast 2019 Rugby World Cup
Qatar-based pay-TV broadcaster beIN has signed a deal to broadcast this year’s Rugby World Cup across nine Asian nations exclusively.
Singtel, Starhub buys EFL and EFL Cup rights from Reddentes, Pitch International
Singaporean pay-television platforms Singtel and Starhub have acquired rights for selected English Football League and EFL Cup matches for the 2019-20 season, in a deal with agency Reddentes Sports and…
Singtel buys Malaysia domestic football rights from Reddentes
Singaporean pay-television platform Singtel has acquired rights for 30 Malaysian domestic club football matches in the 2019 season, across the Malaysia Super League, FA Cup and Malaysia Cup, in a deal…
NBA teams up with Unbnd on mixed-reality service
The NBA basketball league has partnered with Australian creative technology company Unbnd to deliver NBA TV content through a mixed-reality theatre experience
Olympics bounce in Singapore as Dentsu and Mediacorp find common ground
The Dentsu agency got off to a good start in its 2020 and 2022 Olympics rights sales in Southeast Asia, striking a deal in Singapore that delivered a fee increase and avoided a repeat of the fraught negotiations for Rio 2016.
English Premier League values decline again in Singapore, Malaysia
The value of English Premier League rights has fallen significantly in Singapore and declined once again in Malaysia with each country’s incumbent rights-holder needing to cut costs internally and facing little external competition.