Asia

Baseball
Media

Sports broadcaster SPOTV has acquired rights to Major League Baseball (MLB) across eight territories in Southeast Asia.
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Japanese streaming company U-Next has further bolstered its mixed martial arts portfolio by agreeing a multi-year rights deal with US promotion the Professional Fighters League (PFL).
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced mobile telecoms network Robi Axiata as the governing body's main sponsor on a three-and-a-half year deal.
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports has renewed its exclusive rights to the German Bundesliga across Eurasia and acquired rights in the Baltics previously held by Viaplay
Basketball
Industry Moves

Ramez Sheikh will step down as managing director of NBA Asia & India at the end of April after two years in the role.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

DAZN has hired Yu Sasamoto as chief executive of its Japan business, one of the global subscription streaming service's most important markets
Cricket
Media

The dispute between media groups Zee and Disney Star over their seemingly broken agreement for International Cricket Council (ICC) rights looks set to intensify, with Zee asserting that its counterpart…
Aquatics
Events

The World Aquatics Championships are heading to Beijing in 2029 it was announced today (Monday)
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

The base price for Indian Premier League central sponsorship has been revealed as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) continues its process to fill the nine remaining central sponsor positions…
Football
Media

Live coverage of Dutch football's Eredivisie is to return to Japanese television screens this month after the IMG agency secured an agreement with commercial broadcaster Fuji TV
Football
Media

Team Marketing has gone to market simultaneously with Uefa club competition broadcast rights in 13 different Asian countries and territories as it begins to wrap up the 2024-27 sales cycle
Cricket
Media

The International Cricket Council has released an invitation to tender covering 2024 and 2025 for its media rights in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the last remaining major markets where it is yet…
Motorsport
Events

Formula 1’s Japanese Grand Prix will continue to take place at the Suzuka Circuit until 2029, with the new five-year deal marking the motor-racing series’ latest long-term hosting agreement in Asia.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Tom Broom, one of the agency sector's most experienced media executives in the Asia-Pacific region, is to leave IMG after more than two decades at the Endeavor-owned company, SportBusiness has learned
Cricket
Media

An immediate consequence of the collapse in the proposed merger between Sony Pictures Networks and Zee Entertainment is that the latter now intends to withdraw its planned $1.4bn (€1.2bn) commitment to rival media group Disney Star towards rights fees for International Cricket Council events.
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Tata Group conglomerate has secured a five-year extension to its title sponsorship rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Football
Media

DAZN and Japan’s J. League have struck a new rights agreement that encompasses the third-tier Meiji Yasuda J3 League, as the sports broadcaster ups its subscription price in the country for the third consecutive year.
Multiple Sports
Media

The planned $10bn (€9.2bn) mega-Indian media merger, two years in the making, between Sony Pictures Networks and Zee Entertainment was officially scrapped today (Monday).