Asia-Pacific
Round-Up: Fifa opens CWC ticket sales, Indonesian Liga 1 decision today, Chinese tennis warns players against travel, and more
Fifa is offering Visa credit card holders in Qatar access to a special presale of Club World Cup tickets, for the competition that starts on February 4
Round-Up: IPL may only add one team, OCA and Korean OC senior appointments, Son spurs media activity, and more
Despite Indian Premier League teams giving approval to add two new franchises, the BCCI is considering only adding one more team – Times of India
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Round-Up: 47 Australian Open players quarantined, RA proposes ‘mini World Cup’, Genius revenues increase, and more
Forty-seven tennis players that arrived in Australia for the upcoming Australian Open grand slam have been placed under a quarantine that prevents them from practicing, due after fellow passengers on their…
Uday Shankar to form investment venture with James Murdoch
The former head of Disney in Asia, Uday Shankar, is forming a new venture with James Murdoch to invest in technology and media opportunities in India and other Asian markets
Round-Up: Suning in talks over Inter stake, Adidas launches CNY kits, Thai Open ‘safe to proceed’, and more
Chinese conglomerate Suning is looking to sell a stake of up to 40 per cent in its Italian Serie A football club Inter Milan, and is in talks with UK-based private equity firm BC Partners - Reuters/CNA
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Sportradar signs long-term AFC data and video rights deal
Data and digital media firm Sportradar has announced an eight-year, global data and video rights deal with the Asian Football Confederation, covering the 2021-28 period
Round-Up: Osaka becomes LV ambassador, Pound reflects on Wada journey, Thai Open Covid-19 tests overturned, and more
Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka became a brand ambassador for French fashion label Louis Vuitton - CNN
APAC online video revenues to hit $54.5bn by 2025, study finds
Media industry research firm Media Partners Asia is predicting steady growth in the Asia-Pacific online subscription video-on-demand sector with China set to dominate market share
Round-Up: F1 calendar changes, Shenzhen to host LoL Worlds, Guangzhou Evergrande name retired, and more
Formula One's 2021 calendar is set to be changed with plans to postpone the Australia and China grands prix until later in the year - Reuters
Singapore VC aims to be missing link between investors and sport
SportBusiness looks at the recently-launched venture capital firm, The Wolfpack, and talks to one of its founders, Toh Jin Wei, about how it aims to impact the industry.
‘Growing optimism’ for rugby world club championship in 2022
Backers of a new world championship for leading club rugby union teams are increasingly optimistic the first edition can be launched in 2022, according to UK newspaper The Telegraph
Omnicom’s Fuse makes move into APAC with Singapore office
Fuse, the sponsorship activation and strategy agency owned by Omnicom Media Group, has launched a Singapore-based operation to head up its activities in the Asia-Pacific region
Nohra swaps Mena for APAC in new WWE role
Carlo Nohra has switched roles within World Wrestling Entertainment after being named as vice-president and general manager in the Asia-Pacific region
ResultX Asia signs partnership with social-led sponsorship agency Sportskred
Sports and entertainment consultancy ResultX Asia has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Sportskred, a social media-based sponsorship platform
Sport must weather media industry turbulence | APOS media conference takeaways, Part II
Second of a two-part report from the APOS 2020 Virtual Series, the online incarnation of the leading Asia-Pacific media, telecoms and entertainment industry conference hosted by Media Partners Asia.
BeIN acquires Mena, Apac rights to 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
Qatar-headquartered pay-television broadcaster beIN has acquired the exclusive rights to the 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season across the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia Pacific
Eurosport lands rights to bett1Aces and Thiems7 tennis
Eurosport has agreed media-rights deals for two European tennis tournaments, bett1Aces in Berlin on July 13-19, and Thiems7, which got underway in Kitzbühel yesterday (Tuesday) and runs until July 11.
Asia-Pacific industry reacts to the award of the 2023 Women’s World Cup
Asia-Pacific sports industry insiders react to the award of the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup to Australia and New Zealand.