South-East Asia
Fifa’s Asian sales process continues with Philippines
Fifa has launched a tender in the Philippines for media rights to the 2026 World Cup, as it enters the last stages of its Asian sales process for the tournament
Thai telco looks to seal six-year Premier League deal
Thai telco Jasmine International (JAS) has secured exclusive rights to the English Premier League and FA Cup in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos for at least three seasons, and is looking to finalise a six-year deal worth $560m.
MNC strikes timely renewal for AFC rights
MNC Group renewed its exclusive Asian Football Confederation rights in Indonesia from 2025 to 2028 towards the end of last year at an opportune moment.
BeIN reduces fee for Uefa club rights in Asia
BeIN Sports secured Uefa club competition rights in all its active Asian markets at a slight decrease on its previous deal, despite the addition of Indonesia in the new agreement.
World Cup rights on market in three Asian territories
Fifa has taken media rights for the 2026 Fifa World Cup to market in Cambodia, Taiwan and Vietnam, continuing its in-house sale of rights in the Asia-Pacific region
Thailand’s BG Sports to showcase AFC events on YouTube
BG Sports, an arm of the Boonrawd Group conglomerate in Thailand, has acquired a package of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) media rights from 2024 to 2029
Bundesliga almost flat in Indonesia after Mola settlement
The Bundesliga will earn around the same in media rights revenues from Indonesia this season as it did last year after Mola agreed to pay a settlement fee and MNC and IndiHome almost made up the difference in one-season deals.
MNC renews AFC rights in Indonesia
Indonesian media conglomerate MNC Group has renewed its Asian Football Confederation (AFC) rights from 2025 to 2028, in the wake of strong performances from the national team
MNC nets Bundesliga rights in Indonesia
Media conglomerate MNC Group has secured Bundesliga rights in Indonesia just in time for the new season's start and replacing Mola TV as the rights-holder.
Thai League lands 11th-hour TrueVisions deal
The Thai League 1 has finally ensured its 2024-25 season will be shown on television by signing a deal with pay-television broadcaster TrueVisions
Setanta Sports lands PFL rights in Eurasia, Philippines
Setanta Sports has signed a multi-year media rights deal to air the Professional Fighters League (PFL) and Bellator in Eurasia and the Philippines
EXCLUSIVE: BeIN to hold Uefa club rights in all its Asian markets
BeIN Sports is close to finalising a deal that would see it hold Uefa club competition rights in all its active Asian markets, SportBusiness understands
Uefa earns uplift for Euro rights in Vietnam
Vietnamese telco Viettel secured rights to the 2024 Uefa European Championship after agreeing to pay a slight increase on the previous fee, SportBusiness Media has learned.
TrueVisions nets late Euro 2024 deal in Thailand
TrueVisions has secured rights to all matches from Euro 2024, with the Thai pay-TV broadcaster having also shown all matches from the previous edition in a last-minute deal.
Vietcontent pays increase for Uefa club competitions
The Vietcontent agency secured exclusive rights to Uefa club competitions in Vietnam from 2024-25 to 2026-27 after agreeing to pay a hefty uplift.
Fifa takes World Cup rights to market in Indonesia
Fifa has launched a tender process in Indonesia for media rights to the next two men’s and women’s World Cups, with the country optimistic about its qualification for the 2026 edition after defeating Vie…
Thai regulator removes World Cup from listed events
Thailand has never qualified for the men’s World Cup and the NBTC reportedly now sees the tournament as being fair game for pay-television broadcasters.
DAZN to offer additional PGA Tour feeds across Mena, SE Asia
DAZN is to exclusively offer additional live feeds from the PGA Tour across 27 countries in the Middle East and North Africa and Southeast Asia, and will also distribute the Tour’s FAST (free ad-supported streaming TV) Channel.