South Korea

Asian Football Confederation rights have increased in value by 86 per cent in South Korea after cable-television broadcaster JTBC outbid the country’s free-to-air cartel.

The Asian Football Confederation has signed an exclusive rights deal with South Korean cable-television broadcaster JTBC.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has awarded rights to its 2016 Youth U-15 Baseball World Cup to broadcasters across Asia.

Vietnamese pay-television operator Vietnam Cable Television has secured rights to South Korea’s K-League top-tier club football competition for two seasons, from 2016 to 2017.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation has awarded broadcast rights in South Korea for its new Premier12 national team competition to media group SBS.

The International Paralympic Committee, the global governing body of Paralympic sport, will distribute the global broadcast rights for the 2018 Paralympic winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

The Fox International Channels broadcast division of media company 21st Century Fox has joined forces with South Korean media company JTBC to launch a new sports channel in the Asian country.

Rights for the Glory Sports International kickboxing league have been awarded to pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport, South Korean commercial broadcaster KBS, pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes and pay-television broadcaster Digi Sport in Hungary and Romania.

The World Taekwondo Federation has entered into a broadcast and technical partnership with South Korean 24-hour sports channel SBS Sports.

The Team Marketing and CAA Eleven agencies have launched a host of tenders for the Uefa Champions League, Super Cup and 2015 European Under-21 Championship football competitions.

Korean commercial broadcaster KBS has agreed a deal to become the host broadcaster of the 2015 summer Universiade multi-sport event, which is taking place in the Korean city of Gwangju.

Korean commercial broadcaster SBS has signed a four-year extension to its rights deal with the World Archery governing body.

Media company Red Bull Media House is to deliver 150 long-form video-on-demand titles for the Olleh TV IPTV platform of South Korean telecommunications provider KT.

Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the host broadcaster organisation for all Olympic Games, has confirmed an agreement with the organising committee of the 2018 winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

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