South-East Asia

The Asian Football Confederation has agreed a four-year extension to its rights deal with Thai commercial broadcaster BBTV.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has agreed carriage deals in Singapore with pay-television broadcaster StarHub and telecommunications company M1.

Singaporean media company MediaCorp has struck a rights deal for the Rio 2016 Olympics just hours before the start of the Games tonight (Friday).

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Singapore and Taiwan to the Professional Squash Association’s (PSA) World Series tournaments under a multi-year agreement.

Thai pay-television operator TrueVisions has acquired rights to broadcast a host of leading club football competitions, including the English Premier League, through deals with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports and Fox Networks Group, the broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has awarded rights to its 2016 Youth U-15 Baseball World Cup to broadcasters across Asia.

Singapore appears set to be without live coverage of the upcoming 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after the city-state’s government claimed the broadcast rights for the multi-sport showpiece have become too expensive.

Thai media company BEC World paid a massive premium to acquire International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) rights in the country.

Media company BEC World has acquired rights in Thailand for events operated by the FIVB, the global governing body of volleyball.

Malaysian satellite-television operator Measat has launched a new channel dedicated to esports.

Tour de France organiser Amaury Sport Organisation has said the 2016 edition of the cycling race will have new broadcast partners as it prepares to commence tomorrow (Saturday).

Thai pay-television operator Cable Thai Holdings, a major sports broadcaster in the country, is set to close by the end of the month, according to the Bangkok Post.

Singaporean media company MediaCorp has agreed a rights deal with the Dentsu agency for highlights coverage of the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games, according to the Straits Times newspaper.

Malaysian pay-television operator Astro will broadcast live coverage of every match from the 2016 season of the country’s Sepaktakraw League after posting a significant increase in the audience for its coverage of last season.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has sealed a sublicensing rights deal with pay-television operator Singtel to show live coverage of football’s English Premier League in Singapore.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Singapore for the 2016 Aya Bank Cup and Nations Cup national team football tournaments.