Thailand
Thai pay-TV operators in Liga rights talks
Thai pay-television operator RS is in negotiations to sublicense Spanish top-tier Liga football rights to pay-television rival Cable Thai Holdings (CTH), according to the Bangkok Post newspaper
ABU left to pick up the scraps as IOC carves out even more markets
IOC carves out five more Asian markets to handle in-house and further weaken ABU rights; Frustrated Barton blasts ABU
RS seeks compromise on World Cup coverage
RS has asked the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, Thailand’s media regulator, to relax legislation that would force the pay-television operator to allow free-to-air broadcasters t…
ESS moves away from exclusivity
Singapore carriage deals show new ESS channel strategy
Vietnam deal closes positive Asian sales cycle
Vietnam deal closes Asian sales
Skynet pays high price to maintain dominant position
Skynet pays a high price to keep Forever at arm's length
Asia continues to deliver massive rights fee increases
Feeding frenzy for Premier League rights continues in Asia; IMG Media and MP & Silva battle it out for Asian rights
CTH targeting Thai Premier League rights
Pay-television operator Cable Thai Holdings is planning a bid for the domestic rights to Thai Premier League football, according to the television company’s chairman Wichai Thongtang.
Cable Thai Holdings acquires Premier League rights
Satellite pay-television broadcaster Cable Thai Holdings has acquired rights in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos for English football’s Premier League for the three-year cycle from 2013-14 to 2015-16.
MP & Silva gets 100% increase for FA rights
MP & Silva enjoys FA pay-day
BBTV sets sports rights budget
Thai commercial broadcaster BBTV has set itself a budget of Bt1 billion (€25 million/$32 million) for the acquisition of international sports rights for its commercial Channel 7, according to the Nation n…
GMM Grammy swoops for football club channels
Thai media conglomerate GMM Grammy has secured domestic broadcast rights to programming from the official television channels of eight major European football clubs
ESS adds more cricket rights
ESS adds Sri Lanka Premier League to boost reach of Star Cricket channel
Serie A rights value up by at least 25% in Asia
Serie A values up by a quarter in Asia
InTouch mulls joint bid for Premier League rights in Thailand
Thai media and technology conglomerate InTouch is planning a joint bid for English Premier League media rights, according to the Bangkok Post newspaper
How ESS will turn into feisty Fox
How ESS will become more aggressive under News Corp; Difficult marriage from day one
Deal to end TrueVisions’ Euro 2012 blackout imminent
Thai pay-television operator TrueVisions is expected to strike a deal today with rival pay-television broadcaster GMM Grammy to gain the right to show matches from the Uefa Euro 2012 football tournament
GMM Grammy seals J-League deal in Thailand
Thai media conglomerate GMM Grammy has acquired rights for the J-League, the top-tier Japanese domestic football league, in a five-year deal, from 2012 to 2016