South-East Asia
Thai regulator defends ‘must carry’ rule in court
Thailand’s national broadcast regulator, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, has defended in court its ‘must carry’ rule for all 64 matches of the 2014 Fifa World Cup football tournament to be shown on free-to-air television.
Cable Thai Holdings sues Apple over mobile viewing app
Satellite pay-television broadcaster Cable Thai Holdings, which has the Thai rights to English Premier League football, is suing technology company Apple for permitting the sale of an application that allows consumers to view games on mobile devices.
Simon Greenberg, global head of rights, News Corp
Interview with Simon Greenberg, global head of rights for News Corp, on the company’s Asian clip rights strategy.
Ruling will hit rights values, as intended
Singapore cross-carriage ruling will drive down sports rights fees
Liga fills the football gap for RCTI
La Liga fills the gap for RCTI in Indonesia
Deals underline Thailand’s football rights frenzy
Thai football boom continues with big deals for Thai Premier League and Euro 2016
News Corp’s ‘dramatic’ clips venture
News Corp says it will succeed with sports clips where other media companies s have failed
The rights acquisitions behind News Corp’s BallBall app
Balls TV pounces for Premier League rights in Philippines
Filipino pay-television channel Balls TV has acquired rights for the English Premier League, the top division of football in England.
TrueVisions pays huge increase for Thai Premier League rights
Thai pay-television broadcaster TrueVisions has retained rights for the Thai Premier League, the top division of football in Thailand, after agreeing to pay a near tenfold increase in the rights fee, according to the Bangkok Post.
RCTI picks up Liga rights in Indonesia
Indonesian commercial broadcaster RCTI has acquired rights for the Spanish Liga, the top division of football in Spain.
News Corp buys internet clip rights in Asia for Premier League and other top football
Media conglomerate News Corporation has acquired exclusive mobile and internet clip rights in Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia for the top football divisions in England, Germany, Italy and France, plus several other club football competitions.
GMM Grammy scores Euro 2016 rights
Thai media conglomerate GMM Grammy has acquired the domestic broadcast rights to the Uefa Euro 2016 football tournament.
Astro and Telekom Malaysia agree deal for SuperSport channels
Measat Broadcast Network Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysian pay-television network Astro, has agreed a carriage deal with Telekom Malaysia subsidiary TM Net Sdn Bhd for pay-television channels Astro SuperSport HD and Astro SuperSport2 HD.
SingTel loses out in Premier League cross-carriage dispute
Coverage of English Premier League football in Singapore will be shared by pay-television operator SingTel and pay-television broadcaster StarHub for the first time over the next three seasons after the former’s appeal against a cross-carriage order was rejected, according to the New Paper.
BeIN Sport Asia lands Bundesliga rights
Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport Asia has acquired the media rights to German Bundesliga football in Indonesia and the Philippines for the next two seasons.
MP & Silva/Pitch provide path for Al Jazeera channels
MP & Silva and Pitch provide the content for Al Jazeera’s expansion into Asia
CAA Eleven launches Uefa rights tender in Indonesia
CAA Eleven, Uefa’s exclusive marketing agency for the sale of certain media and commercial rights relating to its national team competitions, has launched a tender for the media rights to the European qualifiers for Euro 2016 and the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Indonesia.
Astro scores Uefa rights deal
Malaysian pay-television operator Astro has acquired the broadcast rights in Malaysia and Brunei to the European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup football tournaments.