South-East Asia

Filipino commercial broadcaster ABS-CBN has replaced free-to-air youth lifestyle channel Studio 23 with a new sports channel.

Sports5, the sports arm of commercial broadcaster TV5, has acquired rights in the Philippines for the Olympic Games.

Pay-television operator Cable Thai Holdings has acquired exclusive media rights in Thailand for WWE wrestling entertainment programming.

Uefa, football’s European governing body, will relaunch the sales process for the media rights in the Philippines to the European qualifiers for the Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup international football competitions, along with France’s hosting of Euro 2016, on January 7.

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has invited bids for the media rights in Myanmar to the Uefa Champions League and Super Cup club football competitions.

The Sportfive International agency has agreed a deal with the Netball Singapore governing body for the host production and global distribution rights to its 2013 Nations Cup competition.

Malaysian commercial broadcaster TV3 has announced that it will broadcast highlights of multi-sport event the 2013 Southeast Asian Games, which takes place in Myanmar next month.

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has postponed the sales process for the media rights in the Philippines to the European qualifiers for the Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup international football competitions.

The CAA Eleven agency has launched invitations to tender for the media rights in the Netherlands to European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournaments.

Several Malaysian broadcasters may team up to make an offer to the Dentsu agency for the rights to the 2016 summer Olympic Games, according to national newspaper the Star.

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Thailand’s Siam Sport Syndicate agency has said it is keen to secure a digital-terrestrial television licence to launch the country’s first free-to-air sports news channel.

Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport will continue its expansion into the Asian market tomorrow with the launch of two channels on Filipino cable television provider SkyCable.

Singapore pay-television broadcaster StarHub has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore Sports Council that will lead to its SuperSports Arena channel becoming free-to-air.

The CSI Sports media company will launch its Fight Sports television channel in Singapore after agreeing a multi-year carriage deal with pay-television operator SingTel.

The IMG Productions division of the IMG agency is providing consultancy services on a new sports television channel in Myanmar as part of a five year deal with the Forever Group media company.