South-East Asia

Football
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…
Football
Thailand

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.
Golf
MENA

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.
Football
Vietnam

The Vietcontent agency has acquired rights to Uefa club competitions in Vietnam from 2024-25 to 2026-27, SportBusiness understands.
Multiple Sports
Australia

Singaporean telco Singtel is considering disposing of a significant stake in its Australian business Optus to a Canadian private equity firm, but plans for a full sale have been vehemently denied by the firm.
Football
Indonesia

The sports industry should pay more attention to football in Indonesia, given the country is the fourth most populous in the world, is projected to have a top five economy by 2050, and is wildly passionate…
Baseball
South-East Asia

Sports broadcaster SPOTV has acquired rights to Major League Baseball (MLB) across eight territories in Southeast Asia.
Football
Hong Kong

Team Marketing has gone to market simultaneously with Uefa club competition broadcast rights in 13 different Asian countries and territories as it begins to wrap up the 2024-27 sales cycle
Multiple Sports
Singapore

Tom Broom, one of the agency sector's most experienced media executives in the Asia-Pacific region, is to leave IMG after more than two decades at the Endeavor-owned company, SportBusiness has learned
Football
Indonesia

Infront has negotiated an exclusive Euro 2024 broadcast deal in Indonesia with media conglomerate MNC Group
Basketball
Philippines

The NBA has reinforced its position as the most valuable sports league in the Philippines with increased revenues through two-year deals, with an option for a third year, with Cignal and Setanta Sports.
Motorsport
Germany

Formula E is racing to land a new free-to-air broadcaster in Germany in time for the start of the 2024 season after ProSiebenSat.1 ended its deal despite having seemingly agreed terms on a contract extension
Basketball
Philippines

Pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports has secured NBA rights in the Philippines, which will form a key pillar of its portfolio in the country following its launch last year
Cricket
North America

Times Internet, owner of cricket-dedicated broadcaster Willow, has secured exclusive Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) rights in North America, the Middle East and North Africa, and Southeast…
Football
France

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has hailed the importance of the English Premier League to its audience, after retaining exclusive rights in France just as domestic rights to Ligue 1 are on the market
Football
Vietnam

Vietnamese sports marketing agency Next Media renewed its rights for the German Bundesliga, this time alongside the VMG Media agency, after agreeing to pay a slight increase on the previous deal.
Football
Vietnam

Next Media, the sports marketing agency in Vietnam, has sealed an early extension of its rights to German football's Bundesliga, and is to work with the VMG Media agency to make the matches more widely…
Football
Vietnam

Pay-television broadcaster K+ secured exclusive rights to all Asian Football Confederation competitions in Vietnam from 2025 to the end of 2028 after agreeing to pay a 50-per-cent uplift.