South-East Asia

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.

Digital media company Perform is close to agreeing a deal for Uefa Champions League and Europa League rights across five Southeast Asian markets, TV Sports Markets understands.

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.