South-East Asia

Football

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has maintained its future in Singapore remains secure after deciding to drop its coverage of club football competition the English Premier League and shed around a third of its employees in its local office.
Basketball

Indonesian media group Elang Mahkota Teknologi (EMTK) has acquired exclusive NBA media rights in the country.
Basketball

Kreatif Media Karya, the digital business arm of Indonesian media conglomerate Elang Mahkota Teknologi, has agreed a rights deal with the NBA.
Football

The Football Association of Malaysia’s new regime is seeking a broadcast deal for the country’s domestic league after the collapse of its agreement with the MP & Silva agency.

Football

Lagardère Sports has more than doubled its fee to renew its commercial rights to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Football Federation’s biennial national team tournament.
Football

The Lagardère Sports agency has agreed a deal to distribute global media rights to events organised by the Football Association of Thailand.
Multi-sport

Organisers of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur have promised that this year’s edition of the multi-sport event will break records in terms of live broadcast coverage.
Table Tennis

The Lagardère Sports agency has secured media-rights deals in various territories for the International Table Tennis Federation.
Football

The Lagardère Sports agency has agreed a deal to continue marketing the commercial rights to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Football Federation’s (AFF) recently-revamped ASEAN Football Championship biennial national team tournament.
Cricket

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired digital rights in Singapore for this year’s Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition.

Australian motor-racing series the Supercars Championship has secured new international broadcast rights deals, and has launched a new mobile application, for its 2017 season.
Football

Sales processes have been launched for the rights in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia to Uefa national team football properties.
Football

The CAA Eleven agency has launched tenders in six markets for rights to Uefa national team football properties.
Rugby Union

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Singapore to the 2017 Six Nations rugby union tournament.
Mixed Martial Arts

Malaysian telecommunications provider Tune Talk has extended a content deal with the One Championship mixed martial arts series.
Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has agreed a rights deal in the Philippines with commercial broadcaster TV5.
Badminton

Astro’s renewed deal with the Badminton Association of Malaysia will see the telco invest much more in promotion but is largely unchanged in cash terms.
Badminton

Malaysian pay-television operator Astro has expanded a rights deal with the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) to become the exclusive broadcast partner of the national governing body.