South-East Asia

Cricket

Football: Romanian telecoms operator Romtelecom acquired the rights for eight live World Cup group stage matches and delayed rights for 44 other games in a deal with public-service broadcaster TVR, paying…
Football

The agency has creatively diced up rights for the English Premier League, Italian Serie A and several other football leagues between broadcasters in Japan and Vietnam in an effort to maximise profits. Results have been mixed.

Football

Football: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in six countries - Uzbekistan, Laos, Kyrgyzstan, Timor Leste, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan – in a deal w…
Football

Sportfive, hit by recent rights and personnel losses, is set to regain its "calling card" in Asia.

Football

Football: Singapore telecoms companies Starhub and SingTel acquired the rights for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in non-exclusive deals worth about $17m (€13m), brokered by the Football Media Services agency.
Basketball

Basketball: Euroleague Basketball agreed deals in the UK, China and Iceland for the 2010 Final Four
Football

Football: Hong Kong free-to-air broadcasters TVB and ATV agreed a deal with pay-television operator I-Cable for coverage of the opening match, the semi-finals and the final of the 2010 Fifa World Cup
Football

News round-up, Volume 14, Issue 7

The Singapore government has effectively outlawed exclusivity of content, which it felt was damaging the pay-TV market.

American Football

Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed a number of deals for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha
Football

The Premier League's new channel for overseas rights-holders will be launched with one eye on the next domestic rights negotiations.
Football

Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC said that it had secured the rights for the 2010 African Cup of Nations and other CAF events through to 2016 after agreeing a deal, reportedly worth…
Football

Football: Indonesian commercial broadcaster RCTI and sister channel Global TV sublicensed the rights for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa from PT Electronic City Entertainment, the original licensee
Cricket

Cricket: Entertainment Sports & Direct acquired the theatrical rights for the Indian Premier League in a 10-year deal from 2010 to 2019, paying Rs3.3 bn ($70m)
Football

Indian broadcaster Zee is in the process of completing its takeover of Dubai-based sports broadcaster Ten Sports.
Football

SingTel’s double victory last week, in agreeing deals for English football’s Premier League and ESPN Star Sports’ bouquet of sports channels, amounts to a changing of the guard in the Singapore market.

Football

Football: Italian digital-terrestrial pay-broadcaster Dahlia acquired a package of live Serie A rights covering the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons in a two-year deal worth €63m ($90m), brokered by the Infront S…
Football

Speculation is mounting that Singapore’s two rival pay-broadcasters may bid jointly for the English Premier League rights when they come on the market.