South-East Asia

Uefa has earned a healthy increase in the value of its national team rights in a new deal covering Indonesia with the IMG agency.

Sportsfix, an OTT service serving Southeast Asia, has acquired rights in Malaysia for Serie A, the top division of Italian football.

The IMG agency has agreed a deal with Uefa to exclusively sell and distribute the Indonesian rights to a host of upcoming national team tournaments organised by football’s European governing body.

SportsFix, a new OTT service for Southeast Asia, has appointed Carl Kirchoff as its chief executive.

International sports broadcaster ESPN has returned to the Philippines after agreeing a partnership with commercial broadcaster TV5.

The Professional Squash Association has extended deals with broadcast partners in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Indian sub-continent.

Media company CSI Sports has signed carriage deals for its Fight Sports pay-television channel in Portugal, Indonesia and Nepal, and extended an agreement with Singaporean pay-television broadcaster Singtel.

The MP & Silva agency has agreed rights deals in a host of territories for the inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series.

International Games Broadcast Services has been appointed as host broadcaster of next year’s Asian Games, which will take place in Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia.

Sportsfix, a new OTT service for Southeast Asia, has acquired rights for the K League Classic, the top tier of football in South Korea.

Sportsfix, a new OTT service in Southeast Asia, has acquired rights to Bangladesh national cricket team home matches.

Singaporean media company Mediacorp has struck a rights deal with the One Championship mixed martial arts series.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights to International Surfing Association events in a number of markets around the world.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports and German sports broadcaster Sport1 have acquired rights to the Drone Champions League (DCL).

New OTT platform Sportsfix is attempting to carve a niche in Southeast Asia by picking up properties ignored by broadcasters in the region.

TV Sports Markets talks to TSA founder and chief executive Marcus Luer about the launch of OTT sports-broadcasting platform Sportsfix in Malaysia. Click here to find out more about Luer's plans for the platform, which include a rollout across Southeast Asia.