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AFC and FMA to renegotiate global rights contract
The Asian Football Confederation and the Football Marketing Asia agency are to renegotiate the terms of their landmark, $2.4bn (€2bn) global commercial rights contract covering 2021-28, SportBusiness understands.
FMA recruits Talisman’s Guy to replace general counsel Miah
Football Marketing Asia, the Asian Football Confederation’s Hong Kong-based exclusive commercial rights agency, has recruited Andrew Guy of Talisman Sport & Media, the London-based independent media-rights c…
DDMC Fortis rebrands as Football Marketing Asia
DDMC Fortis, the agency with the exclusive mandate to market Asian Football Confederation commercial rights in the 2021-28 period, is rebranding as Football Marketing Asia (FMA)
AFC launches territory-by-territory TV rights sales in 10 Mena countries
The Asian Football Confederation has initiated a territory-by-territory broadcast rights sales process in 10 countries across the Middle East
Elta acquires AFC rights in Taiwan
The Asian Football Confederation has announced a media rights deal with digital operator Elta TV in Taiwan that will run from 2021 to 2024
Asian sports media industry adjusts to coronavirus shutdown
The shutdown of live sport due to the Covid-19 pandemic has stopped media-rights payments and negotiations, and prompted a scramble by broadcasters for alternative content across Asia-Pacific.
CJ ENM’s re-emergence fails to help DDMC Fortis avert AFC fee fall in Korea
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.
CJ ENM acquires AFC rights in South Korea
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
UPDATED – DDMC Fortis close to AFC media rights deal in Korea
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
DDMC announces first AFC media rights deal with Indonesia’s MNC
Indonesian media group MNC has acquired rights for Asian Football Confederation events in the 2021 to 2024 period, the first deal of the new sales cycle being conducted by the DDMC Fortis agency
DDMC Fortis gets China 2023 boost as it opens AFC sales
China's hosting of the 2023 Asian football Cup has “significantly increased” the probability of agency DDMC Fortis exceeding its financial targets in selling the commercial rights for the tournament, chie…
Patrick Murphy, chief executive of DDMC Fortis
Frank Dunne talks to Patrick Murphy, chief executive of DDMC Fortis, on the agency’s deal for the global commercial rights to the competitions of the Asian Football Confederation. The long-form agreement was signed on October 29.
DDMC Fortis bullish on AFC rights, despite conflicting signals from China
DDMC Fortis, the agency created to sell global commercial rights to the competitions of the Asian Football Confederation, will go to market next year in bullish mood, despite having paid a rights fee – $…
AFC finally signs off global commercial rights deal with DDMC Fortis
The Asian Football Confederation has today (October 29) signed its eight-year global commercial rights deal with DDMC Fortis, from 2021 to 2028