Elta seals Chinese baseball deal

Digital media content distributor Elta has acquired rights in Chinese Taipei for the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

Elta will show live coverage of 150 games this year, according to the Taipei Times newspaper.

The deal will also include the Taiwan series best-of-seven championship at the end of the season.

The report said that Elta paid NT$20m (€481,000/$660,000) for the rights in a deal with the MP & Silva agency.

The agency, which announced a six-year deal with the league, from 2014 to 2019, in January, remains in talks with other broadcasters in Chinese Taipei for remaining rights for the tournament.

Elta will also show North American Major League Baseball coverage this year.