South-East Asia
Africa continues good start but picture less clear in Singapore
Premier League turns to trusted partners in Africa and Singapore
English Premier League agrees new deal in Singapore
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
Fox brand lands in Asia as ESPN Star launches football channel
Pan-Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has launched a football-dedicated pay-television channel called Fox Football Channel in Malaysia
VTV snaps up AFF Cup rights
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.
Rights-holders feeling the pain as market collapses
Regulation took the heat out of Singapore, Starhub's change of heart has even bigger impact
Singtel acquires Champions League and Europa League rights
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
Singtel in late deal for Champions League rights
Singaporean telecommunications company SingTel has renewed rights for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League football tournaments
SingTel snaps up football rights
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
ESS makes $100m profit on ICC
Deal in Australia takes ESS over $100m profit threshold for global ICC rights sales
GMM Grammy swoops for football club channels
Thai media conglomerate GMM Grammy has secured domestic broadcast rights to programming from the official television channels of eight major European football clubs
Starhub scores new deal for Bundesliga coverage
Singapore pay-television broadcaster Starhub has extended a rights deal for coverage of the Bundesliga domestic German football league for three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15
Singtel shows Community Shield after eleventh-hour deal
Singaporean telecommunications operator Singtel acquired rights for the 2012 English Community Shield pre-season football match for its IPTV pay-television service Mio TV
ESS adds more cricket rights
ESS adds Sri Lanka Premier League to boost reach of Star Cricket channel
Serie A rights value up by at least 25% in Asia
Serie A values up by a quarter in Asia
Serie A value falls in Indonesia
Serie A flops in Indonesia
Singapore government reluctant to put limit on sports pay-TV prices
The Singaporean government will not force pay-television sports broadcasters to lower their subscription prices, according to Yaacob Ibrahim, the city-state’s minister of information, communications a…
InTouch mulls joint bid for Premier League rights in Thailand
Thai media and technology conglomerate InTouch is planning a joint bid for English Premier League media rights, according to the Bangkok Post newspaper
How ESS will turn into feisty Fox
How ESS will become more aggressive under News Corp; Difficult marriage from day one