South-East Asia
Malaysia’s TV3 to cover SEA Games
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 postpones Philippines rights tender
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.
CAA Eleven opens up more Uefa rights tenders
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.
Malaysian broadcasters could team up in Olympic rights bid
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.
MP & Silva behind Asian rollout of beIN Sport channels
Hutton replaces Radrizzani as MP & Silva CEO and leads charge into Asia with Al Jazeera
Thai agency seeking to launch new sports channel
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.
BeIN Sport set for Philippines launch
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.
StarHub makes sports channel free-to-air under new partnership
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.
Fight Sports moves into Singapore under SingTel deal
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.
IMG to aid Forever’s sports ambitions in Myanmar
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.
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.