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Live action returns to Sportdigital Fussball in K League deal
Sportdigital Fussball, the subscription broadcaster in German-speaking countries, has acquired rights to Korea’s K League as live football returns to the broadcaster’s schedule.
K League international rights sales surge ahead of restart
Korea's K League has agreed media rights deals in 10 overseas markets, with potentially more to come, as it prepares to become one of the few football leagues in the world to resume play next month
K-League to return on May 8
The South Korean professional football season will kick off on May 8, after more than two months out of action due to the Covid-19 pandemic
K-League calculates Covid-19 revenue hit
Korean football's K-League is projecting a decline in revenues of KRW57.5bn ($47m) this year due to Covid-19
K-League opens KRW1bn media production centre
The K-League, Korea's professional football league, has opened a media facility that will be the central hub for the production of its live matches and other content
Coronavirus latest: Korea and Iran sports seasons hit, PSG messages support, and more
A raft of sports events in Korea have been cancelled or put under threat after a spike in coronavirus cases in the country
Risk considerations for sport’s return from lockdown
David Griffiths, senior member of the sports and entertainment team at Miller Insurance, on the challenges presented by playing sport behind closed doors.
Unsuccessful initial tender raises questions over K-League’s domestic media strategy
Pooling media rights to Korea’s K-League with national-team matches was supposed to create a property more valuable than the sum of its parts. John Duerden investigates why it isn’t working yet.