South-East Asia

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Singapore and Taiwan for the Euro Hockey League club tournament and the EuroHockey Championships national team competition.

Golf’s Asian Tour has awarded rights for the 2016 Manila Masters to pay-television provider Cignal TV in the Philippines.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has appointed Shalu Wasu as its managing director for Singapore.

Vietnamese pay-television operator Vietnam Cable Television (VTVcab) has acquired exclusive rights in the country to North American basketball league the NBA.

Vietnamese pay-television operator Vietnam Cable Television (VTVcab) has agreed a two-season deal to broadcast European club football competition the Uefa Champions League.

Vietnamese pay-television operator Vietnam Cable Television (VTVcab) has said it remains in talks over rights for the Uefa Champions League after the group stages of the 2016-17 season of the European club football competition commenced without coverage in the country.

Singaporean media company Mediacorp has struck a late rights deal for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The value of Asian Football Confederation rights doubled in Thailand after a renewed deal with commercial broadcaster BBTV.

Vietnamese public-service broadcaster VTV has been confirmed as the host broadcaster for the 2016 Asian Beach Games.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired live and exclusive rights in Singapore to the Fina Swimming World Cup.

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.