South-East Asia

OTT operator YuppTV has acquired exclusive digital and television rights in a host of markets to the 2018 season of Twenty20 cricket competition the Indian Premier League.

Thai digital terrestrial broadcaster PPTV has acquired rights to the MotoGP motorcycling championship.

Digital football business Dugout has agreed a deal to acquire Ballball, the mobile and online football platform serving Southeast Asia which is owned by media group News Corp.

The 2018 Olympic Games was shown live in Singapore after a late deal with pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports, which showed some coverage free-to-air.

The Philippines Football League has entered into a multi-year partnership with sports and betting-related services company Sportradar, through which it will launch its own video and streaming platform.

The Football Association of Malaysia has earned a significant sum for its media rights after opting to split them between online streaming service iflix and telco Telekom Malaysia.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Singapore to the 2018 winter Olympic Games, ensuring that the country’s debut at the event will be covered live.

Football Malaysia, the organising body of club football competition in the country, has secured a landmark rights deal with online streaming service iflix.

The Asia-focused One Championship mixed martial arts series has agreed a rights deal with Indonesian free-to-air broadcaster SCTV.

Southeast Asian OTT service SportsFix has secured a $1m (€820,000) investment from Mayfair 101 through an initial funding round.

The Infront agency, which is consulting the Chinese Basketball Association on the sale of its international media rights on a deal-by-deal basis, struck the CBA’s deal across Southeast Asia with Sportsfix this month.

WWE’s value in Malaysia has stayed flat in a new deal with pay-television broadcaster Astro.

Media companies Singtel, StarHub, Fox Networks Group and football’s English Premier League have teamed up to bring a legal case against two Android television box-sellers in Singapore who have been accused of “wilfully infringing” copyright.

SportsFix, an OTT service operating in Southeast Asia, has linked up with social media platform Twitter to stream live coverage of the new Boost SportsFix Super Cup football tournament.

Malaysian pay-television operator Astro has renewed its rights agreement with US wrestling organisation the WWE.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in a number of territories to the G League, the NBA basketball league’s developmental competition.