South-East Asia

Football

Singapore pay-television operator Starhub acquired the rights to Singapore Lions’ matches in a four-year deal, from 2012 to 2015, from the Football Association of Singapore.
Football

Vietnam’s government said a court must resolve a dispute over domestic football rights after digital broadcaster AVG demanded compensation from state-owned satellite broadcaster VTC for broadcasting t…
Cycling

Pan-Asian sports broadcaster The Outdoor Channel acquired rights for the 2012 Tour de Timor, a mountain bike race, in a deal with the race organisers and the Government of Timor-Leste
Golf

Golf: UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired exclusive rights for the 2011 Australian PGA Championship and 2011 Australian Open in a deal with the World Sport Group agency
Basketball

Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season
Football

Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals in the US, Canada, selected territories in Asia and Australia for its events covering the period 2015 to 2022 (see story this issue).
Football

Euro 2012 fee up in Australia but agency faces a challenge in remaining markets
Football

The English Football Association is set to continue its round of international rights sales for 2008-12
Football

Starhub will launch a channel to show football tournament but cross carriage regulations mean it will share it with Singtel.

Football

Football: Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera acquired the
Football

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a series of pay-television and free-to-air television deals for 2012-13 to 2014-15 for the rights to the Champions League and Europa league i…
Badminton

Neo's Euro 2012 deal part of wider strategy...Traffic-Full Play dispute continues...Astro pays more for World Cup...Live football on Facebook

Football

Football: Hong Kong pay-television operator Now TV acquired the rights to Euro 2012 from the Sportfive agency(page 8)
Football

Western rights-holders don't understand Vietnam
Football

Fastrack: EBU and Infront battle for Austrian ski rights; Thai pay-TV battle boosts Uefa; Polish league has no free-to-air deal
American Football

Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights to China’s international football teams for three-and-a-half years, from July 23 until the end of 2014, from the Chinese Football Association’s com…
Football

Football: Korean media group SBS acquired the rights to the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups in a deal worth between $180m (€124m) and $200m (see story this issue).
Boxing

Golden Boy taking over