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World Cup rights on market in three Asian territories
Fifa has taken media rights for the 2026 Fifa World Cup to market in Cambodia, Taiwan and Vietnam, continuing its in-house sale of rights in the Asia-Pacific region
Team takes Uefa club competition rights to market in raft of Asian territories
Team Marketing has gone to market simultaneously with Uefa club competition broadcast rights in 13 different Asian countries and territories as it begins to wrap up the 2024-27 sales cycle
DAZN completes transition in trio of Eleven markets
DAZN has launched its subscription products in Belgium, Portugal and Taiwan on the back of its acquisition last year of Eleven Sports
Premier League defies trends to increase value in Asia-Pacific outside China
The Premier League’s latest round of rights sales in Apac is considered a major success, despite a substantial drop in overall value due to the collapse in the market in China.
ELF strikes streaming deals with Eleven in Italy and Southeast Asia, iQiyi in China
The European League of Football (ELF) has announced media rights agreements with Chinese streaming platform iQiyi in China and international streaming platform Eleven across Italy and Southeast Asia
Chinese Professional Baseball League teams and Eleven agree streaming deal with Twitch
Live matches from the upcoming 2022 season of Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League will be streamed globally on Twitch
Elta acquires Premier League rights in Taiwan
Broadcaster Elta TV has acquired the rights in Taiwan for the English Premier League for the next three-season cycle, 2022-23 to 2024-25
Taiwan’s Videoland acquires Formula One rights
Videoland, the pay-television broadcaster in Taiwan, has secured rights to the Formula One World Championship in an agreement with the Reddentes Sports agency
EXCLUSIVE: Premier League secures rights-fee increases in Japan, Korea as Eclat expands again
Eclat Media Group has acquired English Premier League media rights in Japan and South Korea for the next cycle, beginning 2022-23, SportBusiness understands
Premier League media rights bids due in 14 Asia-Pacific markets
Bids are due today (Thursday) for English Premier League media rights for 2022-23 onwards in 14 Asian markets.
Would-be bidders have been mulling the opportunity since the tender was released in mid-December
Premier League tinkers with Asia tender to address tough markets
The English Premier League introduced several novel elements in its tender for media rights in Asia-Pacific markets for the new cycle, aimed at cracking what are expected to be some of its toughest sales territories.
Post-Fox Sports Asia landscape emerges as SPOTV and beIN snap up rights
A volley of rights sales this year reallocated properties formerly held by pan-regional broadcaster Fox Sports Asia and began shaping a new sports broadcasting landscape in Asia-Pacific.
Eclat to replace Fox Sports Asia with ‘lean and localised’ SPOTV
South Korean media company Eclat Media Group’s new pan-Asia-Pacific sports media platform will step into the gap left by Fox Sports Asia with a more ‘localised’ and digitally-focused service.
Taiwanese team forced to remove flag from Le Mans car, Tencent ‘refuses’ to livestream
A Taiwanese team that took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race was forced to remove its national flag from its car
Eclat, Aser, beIN and others bid to fill Fox Sports Asia gap
Sports rights formerly held by Fox Sports Asia, which is shutting down next month, have attracted bids from several companies interested in taking over the Disney-owned pay-television platform's position…
Hong Kong government says Tokyo Olympic rights intervention a ‘one-off’
The Hong Kong government told SportBusiness Media this week that its acquisition of Tokyo 2020 rights was a one-off prompted by the extreme financial pressures placed on broadcasters by the pandemic.
Gap in Asia-Pacific market opens as Disney shuts Fox Sports
Sports media rights markets in Asia-Pacific stand at a crossroads following the exit of longstanding pan-regional player Fox Sports Asia.
Challenging Chinese market next up for Uefa club competitions rights sales
The Team Marketing agency has initiated the sales process in China for broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24