South-East Asia
Lagardère extends rights partnership for ASEAN Football Championship
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.
Eleven picks up IPL rights in Singapore
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired digital rights in Singapore for this year’s Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition.
Supercars Championship launches 2017 season with new rights partners
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.
Uefa rights up for grabs in Southeast Asia
Sales processes have been launched for the rights in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia to Uefa national team football properties.
CAA Eleven launches latest set of Uefa rights tenders
The CAA Eleven agency has launched tenders in six markets for rights to Uefa national team football properties.
Eleven Sports converts Six Nations rights deal
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Singapore to the 2017 Six Nations rugby union tournament.
Malaysia’s Tune Talk extends with One Championship
Malaysian telecommunications provider Tune Talk has extended a content deal with the One Championship mixed martial arts series.
TV5 nets Fiba rights in Philippines
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has agreed a rights deal in the Philippines with commercial broadcaster TV5.
Astro expands investment in domestic badminton association
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.
Astro splashes out on Malaysian badminton rights extension
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.
Eleven Sports seeks to disrupt Singapore market with new subscription offering
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has introduced new subscription packages in Singapore that it states will seek to disrupt the traditional consumption of premium sport in the country.
Eleven sustains Uefa fees and increases coverage in Singapore
Eleven Sports Network’s deal for Euro 2016 in Singapore also included rights to the 2020 European Championship, plus European Qualifier matches from 2016-17 to 2021-22
Eleven steps into Singaporean breach and adds rights in Taiwan
Two recent deals with the National Basketball Association have fulfilled different needs for Eleven Sports Network in Singapore and Taiwan.
Globe signs up as partner for Twitter’s NBA streaming coverage
Twitter has signed up Globe Telecom of the Philippines as an advertising partner for the social media platform’s live-streaming coverage of the NBA basketball league.
Eleven secures Chelsea TV carriage deal in Singapore
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has agreed a deal to carry the in-house television channel of English Premier League football club Chelsea in Singapore.
Eleven Sports links up with Liverpool channel
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has teamed up with LFCTV, which is operated by English Premier League football club Liverpool, to distribute content from the in-house channel.
MP & Silva unveils new-look BallBall platform
The MP & Silva agency has relaunched BallBall, a digital football service it operates in the Southeast Asian markets of Indonesia and Vietnam in partnership with media conglomerate News Corporation.
Eurosport picks up EFL Cup rights in Brunei, Malaysia
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has secured exclusive rights for the English Football League Cup knockout competition in Brunei and Malaysia.