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Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has strengthened its presence in the Southeast Asia market by becoming a minority shareholder in Viu, an OTT streaming service owned by Hong Kong-based telco PCCW

Premier League rights values will increase in Thailand and Indonesia from 2022-23 onward, but have gone down in Hong Kong and Malaysia.

The English Premier League introduced several novel elements in its tender for media rights in Asia-Pacific markets for the new cycle, aimed at cracking what are expected to be some of its toughest sales territories.

A volley of rights sales this year reallocated properties formerly held by pan-regional broadcaster Fox Sports Asia and began shaping a new sports broadcasting landscape in Asia-Pacific.

The scramble to replace Fox Sports Asia helped the Football Marketing Asia agency secure a strong deal for Asian Football Confederation rights last month in several important Southeast Asia markets.

Hong Kong telco PCCW has renewed its agreement with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports for coverage of Uefa club competitions until the end of the 2023-24 season

The Hong Kong government told SportBusiness Media this week that its acquisition of Tokyo 2020 rights was a one-off prompted by the extreme financial pressures placed on broadcasters by the pandemic.

The Premier League has launched the second phase of its anti-piracy fight in Hong Kong and Malaysia

Hong Kong media group PCCW Media has announced its acquisition of exclusive rights in the territory to the Uefa Euro 2020 national team football tournament

Uefa, European football’s governing body, is thought to be close to a deal with telco PCCW for Euro 2020 rights in Hong Kong.

The value of Premier League rights in Hong Kong more than halved in the deal agreed last week with PCCW Media, owner of the Now TV pay-television service

Telco PCCW has acquired exclusive rights to the English Premier League in Hong Kong in a new three-season deal, from 2019-20 to 2021-22

Pay-television operator i-Cable and telco PCCW last week agreed to share Uefa Champions League rights in Hong Kong from 2018-19

The Infront agency has already exceeded its guarantee to Fifa for rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups across Asia with rights to the 2022 tournament still to sell in all but its most-valuable market, China, TV Sports Markets understands.

Hong Kong telco PCCW has agreed a partnership with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports that will provide coverage of the Spanish LaLiga club football league through a new co-branded channel

Digital streaming service LeSports has sold on its Fifa World Cup 2018 rights in Hong Kong at a significant discount as it plans to cease operations in the territory.

Hong Kong telecommunications company PCCW has acquired non-exclusive rights for the Uefa Euro 2016 national football team tournament.

Chinese internet company LeTV Sports’s acquisition of English Premier League rights in Hong Kong is indicative of the company’s international ambitions.