South-East Asia

Agencies Zenith Media and IMG Events & Media are in pole position to win the rights to Malaysia’s M-League after an aggressive joint bid.

The Dentsu Sports Asia subsidiary of the Dentsu advertising agency has secured a deal to produce and distribute coverage of the Singapore Marathon.

Malaysian state broadcaster RTM will broadcast live coverage of the country’s Putrajaya ePrix, the second round of the inaugural season of the Formula E motor-racing championship.

Filipino telecommunications company Globe Telecom has agreed a multi-year deal with the North American NBA basketball league to jointly develop and distribute various video content services in the Philippines.

Vietnamese public-service broadcaster VTV has acquired exclusive rights for the 2014 Suzuki Cup national team football tournament.

Marine motorsport promoter Powerboat P1 has signed a broadcast deal with the Fox Sports International division of media company 21st Century Fox.

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian football, and its strategic media rights advisor, the Infront Sports & Media agency, have launched a tender for the international broadcast rights to Serie A.

BV Sports, the rights holder of the Indonesian Super League representing the governing body Liga Indonesia, has closed an agreement with the Infront Sports & Media agency to distribute the global media rights to the country’s top-tier football league, outside of Indonesia.

Thai peer-to-peer video streaming platform PPTV has agreed a sub-licencing deal with pay-television operator GMM Z to broadcast live games from football’s German Bundesliga through the remainder of the 2014-15 season.

The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has completed the rebranding of its sports channels airing in the Philippines.

The IMG agency has struck a 10-year deal, from 2015 to 2024, to develop North American stock car-racing series Nascar’s international media business.

Singaporean pay-television broadcaster StarHub will rebrand its sports channels from August 15.

Singaporean pay-television broadcaster StarHub has acquired rights for the Women’s Tennis Association Finals.

News Corp’s deal for non-exclusive digital clips rights in Vietnam to the Fifa World Cup in Brazil was finalised about two hours before the opening match of the tournament kicked off.

NWS Digital Asia, a subsidiary of the News Corporation media conglomerate, has acquired non-exclusive mobile and internet rights in Vietnam for football’s 2014 Fifa World Cup.

Thailand's military junta has told the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission to broker a deal for coverage of all 64 matches during football’s 2014 Fifa World Cup to be available on free-to-air television.