IMG, the Asian Tour’s new agency partner, has sold the rights on a market-by-market basis, with sales helped by its ability to bundle Asian Tour programming with its existing European Tour rights.
The Tour’s previous incumbent, pan-regional broadcaster ESPN Star Sports, had a matching rights option but chose to exercise it only in India. It is thought instead to be close to a deal with the rival One Asia Series.
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