South-East Asia

Multiple Sports

South Korean company Eclat Media Group is aiming to fill the gap left by the closure of Fox Sports Asia by launching a new, pan-regional sports pay-television and digital platform in Asia-Pacific
Multiple Sports
Media

Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro has added three new channels to its offering: Astro SuperSport 5, Astro Arena 2 and SPOTV, a new sports channel
Football

Indonesian OTT and pay-television platform Mola TV has acquired rights in four Asian and European markets to club competitions organised by the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) under a deal agreed with…
Football

VTV Cab, the pay-television arm of Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV, has acquired rights to French football’s Ligue 1 from 2021-22 to 2023-24.
Football

Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV has acquired rights for Vietnam's upcoming qualifying matches for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in a sublicensing deal with telco FPT
Triathlon
Media

The Professional Triathletes Organisation has broadened the Collins Cup’s reach in the US through an agreement with media group Outside, while pay-television broadcaster and telco StarHub has acquired r…
Triathlon
Media

The Professional Triathletes Organisation and the IMG agency have sealed further broadcast deals for the Collins Cup competition in China, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam, along with launching…
Football
Media

Sports rights formerly held by Fox Sports Asia, which is shutting down next month, have attracted bids from several companies interested in taking over the Disney-owned pay-television platform's position…
Football
Media

Subscription broadcaster beIN Sports and Italy’s Lega Serie A have announced a three-season rights renewal in France and Southeast Asia, along with the addition of the rights in Malaysia, Singapore and N…
Football
Media

Telco AIS has acquired domestic rights for Thai league and national team football for the upcoming 2021-22 season and will air coverage for free as a special measure to help raise the spirits of the Thai…
Football
Media

The English Premier League has launched its ‘Boot Out Piracy’ campaign in Singapore for the first time, highlighting the increased risks of cybercrime through watching illegal, pirated video content.
Football
Media

Subscription sports journalism service The Athletic launched in Malaysia today and announced a marketing and content partnership with Astro, the market's leading sports broadcaster
Football

RCTI+, a streaming platform operated by Indonesian media group MNC, has picked up the rights for Asian Football Confederation competitions in the Philippines for the remainder of 2021
Olympic Games

Vietnamese state-run broadcaster VTV has acquired the broadcast rights for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on the eve of the Games
Paralympic Games
Media

Mediacorp, Singapore's state-owned broadcaster, has acquired the media rights to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after striking a deal with Singapore-based marketing agency Reddentes Sports
Football
Finance & Law

The Football Association of Thailand has been ordered to grant pay-television broadcaster SiamSport BHT450m (€11.6m/$13.7m) in damages for unfairly cancelling a contract between the two parties.
Football

Lega Serie A has accepted offers for rights to Italian football’s Coppa Italia and Supercoppa from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in four European countries, along with Australia, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Vietnam and s…
Football

Telco FPT’s desire for football content to drive its video streaming platform has helped Uefa to an increase in the value of its club competition rights in Vietnam.