South-East Asia

Fight Sports, the linear sports channel and digital service, has secured exclusive rights in over 30 countries to the upcoming boxing title fight between Carl Frampton and Luke Jackson

The Infront agency has already exceeded its guarantee to Fifa for rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups across Asia with rights to the 2022 tournament still to sell in all but its most-valuable market, China, TV Sports Markets understands.

The Havas Sports & Entertainment agency has brokered a late deal with Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro for rights to Sunday’s ‘Fight of Champions’ boxing clash between Manny Pacquiao and Lucas…

Pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports Network’s carriage deals with Singaporean telco Singtel and Mediacorp’s Toggle online platform will reportedly conclude on July 20.

Facebook has acquired English Premier League rights in Vietnam, its second deal for the league’s rights in a major Southeast Asian market.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has today (Friday) made Myanmar its 11th market through an agreement underpinned by the acquisition of rights to the top tier of domestic club football.

Vietnamese public-service broadcaster VTV has struck a late deal for rights to the 2018 Fifa World Cup, making it one of the last markets to lock down coverage of the national team football tournament.

Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro has agreed a content partnership with social media platform Twitter for the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

The Malaysian government has reached an agreement for public-service broadcaster RTM to assume free-to-air rights in the country to the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

Social media company Facebook has beaten an incumbent pay-television broadcaster to media rights of a flagship property for the first time, TV Sports Markets understands.

US wrestling organisation WWE has expanded a rights partnership with free-to-air Filipino broadcaster 5.

The One Championship mixed martial arts series has agreed a deal with Singapore-based telco Singtel that will allow fans to access content on their mobile devices.

Free-to-air television channels True4U, Amarin TV and Channel 5 have secured rights in Thailand to national team football tournament the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

Telco Singtel has partnered with media companies StarHub and Mediacorp to provide coverage in Singapore of this summer’s Fifa World Cup in Russia.

Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia (RCTI) has acquired rights in its home country for the AFF Football Championship, a national team tournament organised by the Asean Football Federation.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Singapore to the country’s top-tier football competition, the Premier League.