CJ ENM

Baseball

The Korean Baseball Organisation will receive a 30-per-cent increase in domestic rights fees for its top-tier league after media group CJ ENM secured exclusive streaming rights at a strong uplift.
Baseball
Media

Media group CJ ENM has secured exclusive streaming rights to the top-tier league of the Korean Baseball Organisation from 2024 to 2026, marking the first time the property has gone behind a streaming paywall in South Korea.
Tennis

South Korean media group CJ ENM has agreed to a three-fold increase in its fee to renew rights to the Australian Open for a further three years, from 2025 to 2027.
Tennis
Media

South Korean media group CJ ENM has renewed its rights to the Australian Open for a further three years, from 2025 to 2027, SportBusiness understands
Football

South Korean e-commerce company Coupang secured exclusive rights to the German Bundesliga in South Korea, from 2024-25 to 2028-29, after outbidding the competition.
Football

South Korean e-commerce company Coupang secured exclusive Asian Football Confederation rights from 2025 to 2028 after agreeing to pay a significant uplift.
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

South Korean media group CJ ENM has secured exclusive rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in South Korea as part of a “multi-year” agreement with the mixed martial arts promotion.
Mixed Martial Arts

The sharp increase in the UFC’s value was driven by two rounds of competitive bidding between CJ, Eclat and a third bidder understood to be a local agency.
Olympic Games

Korean ecommerce company Coupang has been making aggressive bids for sports content since entering the market six months ago, culminating in a major bid for Tokyo 2020 Olympics rights in recent weeks.
Football

Media group CJ ENM has acquired the media rights for the German Bundesliga in South Korea, in a three-season deal covering 2021-22 to 2023-24.
Football

Uefa and its sales agent CAA Eleven agreed several rights deals for the Euro 2020 tournament in the weeks and hours leading up to the start of the tournament on June 11.
Football

CJ ENM’s step back into sport after a near-decade-long hiatus was not enough to save DDMC Fortis from a fee decline in its sale of Asian Football Confederation rights in South Korea for the 2021-24 cycle.
Football

Media group CJ ENM has acquired the rights in South Korea for Asian Football Confederation properties in the 2021-24 cycle, in a deal brokered by the DDMC Fortis agency
Football

The DDMC Fortis agency is close to agreeing a media rights deal for Asian Football Confederation properties for the 2021-24 cycle in South Korea, one of the most valuable territories for the content