South-East Asia
BeIN Sport branches out into four new Asian markets
Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has announced it will launch next month in Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines and Taiwan.
MP & Silva nets EPL rights in Philippines and Taiwan
The MP & Silva agency has acquired the rights to English football’s top-tier Premier League for the next three seasons in the Philippines and Taiwan.
TNA pins down Total Sports Asia partnership
The Total Sports Asia agency has agreed a three-year deal to distribute the television rights for the TNA Impact Wrestling organisation across South East Asia, with the exception of the Thai market.
TrueVisions to carry MUTV in Thailand
English Premier League football club Manchester United has a struck a deal that will allow Thai pay-television broadcaster TrueVisions to carry the club’s in-house pay-television channel, MUTV.
Cambodia’s CTN retains World Cup rights
Cambodian free-to-air broadcaster CTN has acquired the exclusive free-to-air and pay-television rights to the 2014 Fifa World Cup football tournament, according to the Phnom Penh Post newspaper.
Cable Thai Holdings agrees Red Bull content deal
Thai pay-television operator Cable Thai Holdings has agreed a content partnership with the Red Bull Media House global media company.
Astro teams up with UFA Sports Asia for sepaktakraw venture
Malaysian pay-television operator Astro has linked up with the UFA Sports Asia agency to create Asia Sports Ventures, a new joint venture that will aim to commercialise the sport of sepaktakraw worldwide.
MP & Silva to support launch of beIN Sport in Indonesia
The MP & Silva agency has announced that it has reached an agreement with Al Jazeera to launch beIN Sport, the Qatari pay-television broadcaster’s sports pay-television service, in Indonesia.
Top rights-holders go B2C in search of added revenues
Fiba, Euroleague and other basketball rights-holders pool rights for B2C web offering
MediaCorp seals exclusive Confederations Cup rights
Singapore media company MediaCorp has acquired the exclusive national broadcast rights to the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup football tournament.
SingTel’s stay application rejected in Premier League rights dispute
SingTel's application for a stay on the ruling by Singapore's Media Development Authority that the pay-television operator must offer coverage of the English Premier League to pay-television broadcaster StarHub has been rejected.
VTVcab takes J. League into Vietnam
State-owned Vietnamese cable television broadcaster VTVcab has acquired live rights to the 2013 season of Japanese football competition, the J. League.
CAA Eleven to launch Uefa rights tender in six Asian markets
CAA Eleven will launch a tender for the media rights to the European qualifiers for Euro 2016 and the 2018 Fifa World Cup in six Asian markets on June 4.
Transforming the second screen ‘threat’
The Global Sports Media Consumption Report 2013 shows that second-screen activity is growing, but is it a threat or an opportunity for the sports broadcasting industry?
Malaysia’s Astro adds PPV sports service
Malaysian pay-television operator Astro has launched a pay-per-view sports offering for its Astro On-The Go service.
StarHub hits out at ‘unfair’ sale but looks set to emerge the winner
Singapore pay-TV platform StarHub hits out at the way English Premier League sold its rights to rival operator SingTel, but StarHub looks set to emerge the winner
IMG heads for Premier profit
IMG Media concludes deals for Premier League rights in Vietnam and Japan
Vietnam delivers big increase
Big increase for value of Fifa World Cup rights in Vietnam in deal with MP & Silva agency