South-East Asia

Football

Feeding frenzy for Premier League rights continues in Asia; IMG Media and MP & Silva battle it out for Asian rights

Football

Pay-television operator Cable Thai Holdings is planning a bid for the domestic rights to Thai Premier League football, according to the television company’s chairman Wichai Thongtang.
Football

Satellite pay-television broadcaster Cable Thai Holdings has acquired rights in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos for English football’s Premier League for the three-year cycle from 2013-14 to 2015-16.
Mixed Martial Arts

Ultimate Fighting Championship, the mixed martial arts promoter, is set to confirm a new rights deal with Indonesian media group MNC
Football

The English Premier League has agreed rights deals with pay-television broadcaster Astro in Malaysia and telecommunications company PCCW in Hong Kong in its latest agreements for the three-year cycle from…
Football

StarHub is interested in acquiring non-exclusive rights for English Premier League football as long as it can break even on the investment, according to the pay-television broadcaster’s chief executive N…
Football

MP & Silva enjoys FA pay-day
Golf

The World Sport Group agency has renewed a deal to promote the Singapore Open golf tournament for five years, from 2013 to 2017

Thai commercial broadcaster BBTV has set itself a budget of Bt1 billion (€25 million/$32 million) for the acquisition of international sports rights for its commercial Channel 7, according to the Nation n…
Cricket

Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has secured carriage deals in the Philippines and Indonesia for its specialist cricket channel, Star Cricket
Football

Premier League turns to trusted partners in Africa and Singapore
Football

Singapore telecommunications company SingTel has renewed its rights deal with the English Premier League for three seasons, from 2013-14 to 2015-16. It has signed a non-exclusive deal for the rights
Football

Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has launched a football-dedicated pay-television channel called Fox Football Channel in Malaysia
Football

Vietnamese public-service broadcaster VTV has acquired broadcast rights for the 2012 Asean Football Federation Cup in a deal worth nearly $1 million (€764,000), according to the Vietnam Net news website.
Football

Regulation took the heat out of Singapore, Starhub's change of heart has even bigger impact
Football

Singapore telco Singtel has acquired rights for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League in a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
Football

Singaporean telecommunications company SingTel has renewed rights for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League football tournaments
Football

Singaporean telecommunications operator SingTel acquired a range of European football rights for the launch of a new sports channel on its IPTV pay-television service Mio TV