CTH (Thailand)

England’s Premier League this week completed the first set of deals across Asia for its rights in the 2016-17 to 2018-19 cycle, with mixed results. It saw significant increases in value from Australia and New Zealand, but a decline in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, while Malaysia and Myanmar are proving difficult.

TrueVisions will “fight to the end” to dislodge rival Thai pay-television operator Cable Thai Holdings as the rights-holder for football’s English Premier League, according to Suphachai Chearavanont, the president and chief executive of the broadcaster’s parent company, True Corporation.