South Korea

Football
South Korea

New Uefa club competition media rights agreements in South Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia and Uzbekistan were confirmed in an updated list of deals published yesterday by the European football body
Olympic Games
South Korea

Korean ecommerce group Coupang is reported to be close to acquiring streaming rights for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a sublicensing deal with the ‘Korea Pool’ of terrestrial broadcasters.
Volleyball
South Korea

The Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) has renewed its domestic media-rights agreement with broadcaster KBS in a deal reported to be worth KRW30bn ($26m/€22m) over six seasons, 2021-22 to 2026-27.
Volleyball
South Korea

Coupang Play, the video streaming service of Korean e-commerce group Coupang, has secured the broadcast rights for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League.
Multi-sport
Asia

Sports media rights markets in Asia-Pacific stand at a crossroads following the exit of longstanding pan-regional player Fox Sports Asia.
Baseball
South Korea

Korean KBO baseball league teams are busy agreeing commercial deals ahead of the start of the 2021 regular season on April 3
Football
South Korea

The Korea Professional Football League and sports data firm Sportradar are launching a new streaming platform, K League TV, targeting international markets
Football
South Korea

Korea's football league, the K League, has agreed a joint venture with telco KT Corporation to create a football television channel
Golf
South Korea

It will be a consequential year for golf in South Korea, one of the most lucrative territories for the sports media rights in Asia, as one of the market’s four biggest properties comes up for renewal, a new deal begins for another, and a major golf content joint-venture gets underway.
Football
South Korea

South Korean football's K League has reported significant increases in audiences for its digital content in 2020 compared to the previous season
Football
Mongolia

The sale of broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions during the 2021-24 cycle has begun in four Asian territories, including Korea
Golf
South Korea

South Korean broadcaster JTBC Plus has built on its association with global media group Discovery by signing an agreement to form a joint venture to further develop golf in the country
Sailing
Australia

A raft of broadcast rights contracts signed for sailing’s 36th America’s Cup include deals with both public-service and pay-television broadcasters in Italy and the UK, as a priority is placed on maximum exp…
Football
South Korea

The surprise emergence of free-to-air broadcaster KBS as a bidder for German Bundesliga rights in South Korea generated some competition during the 2020-22 sales process, but not enough to stave off a dip in value.
Football
Singapore

Bundesliga International, the league’s international commercial rights arm, has signed off on new broadcast deals in Singapore, South Korea and Thailand ahead of the start of the 2020-21 season on Friday.
Football
South Korea

Korean football's K League became the focus of the football and wider sports world's attention at the weekend, as it resumed its 2019-20 season after suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Football
South Korea

Korean football's K League and its media rights distribution partner Sportradar have agreed deals in 17 international markets ahead of the league's 2020 season restart today
Football
South Korea

Korean football's K League will stream the first match of its restarted 2020 season this Friday for free to a global audience on YouTube and Twitter