Hong Kong

Football
Media

The English Premier League is employing videos featuring star players to bolster the second phase of its 2021-22 anti-piracy campaign in Southeast Asia
Golf
Media

Eclat Media Group has continued its effort to replace Fox Sports as the dominant pay-television broadcaster in Asia-Pacific, acquiring exclusive rights to The Open Championship across the region in a three-year deal.
Basketball
Business

The East Asia Super League is aiming to take the packaging, presentation and on-court quality of club basketball in the region to a new level.
Football
Sports Betting

The Asean Football Federation has renewed an agreement with sports betting and data services company Sportradar for the Suzuki Cup national team tournament, which gets underway on Sunday
Basketball
Events

The first edition of the ambitious new East Asian Super League basketball competition will tip off in October 2022, with teams from Japan, Korea, the Philippines and Chinese Taipei taking part under agreements…
Multiple Sports
Media

Eleven Sports COO Alessandro Tucci on the company's new Asia-Pacific push and how it will differentiate itself from jostling competitors.
Rugby Union
Events

The Hong Kong Rugby Union has been forced to further postpone its flagship rugby sevens tournament until November 2022 amid ongoing uncertainty surrounding travel measures for teams due to Covid-19
Golf
Events

Professional golf in Asia-Pacific continues to be badly disrupted by the pandemic, with this week seeing the Australian Open cancelled and the Hong Kong Open postponed
Rugby Union
Events

Venues in France and Spain will host HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series events for the first time in 2022, but events in Australia and New Zealand have dropped out due to pandemic-related logistics difficulties
Football
Media

Aser Ventures' international sports broadcaster Eleven is launching a new subscription service in seven Asia-Pacific markets
Motorsport
Media

Now TV, the media entertainment arm of Hong Kong telco HKT, has agreed a media rights deal with the Formula 1 motor-racing championship
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Now TV, the media entertainment arm of Hong Kong telco HKT, has acquired rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts promotion
Cricket
Media

The International Cricket Council has agreed a deal with Cricket Australia which will see the world governing body for cricket stream Australia's forthcoming summer matches in some markets in Europe and…
Multiple Sports
Media

South Korean company Eclat Media Group is aiming to fill the gap left by the closure of Fox Sports Asia by launching a new, pan-regional sports pay-television and digital platform in Asia-Pacific
Football
Media

Hong Kong’s Cable Television has secured rights to the German Bundesliga, bringing the German top-flight division back onto a cable television network.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

CSM Sport & Entertainment has announced a new leadership structure for the agency’s Asia operations which sees the appointment of two regional directors.
Multiple Sports
Sports Betting

Hong Kong's betting monopoly, the Hong Kong Jockey Club, reported record turnover of HK$279.7bn ($36bn/€30bn) in 2020-21, up 27.9 per cent on the previous, pandemic-disrupted year.
Football
Media

Sports rights formerly held by Fox Sports Asia, which is shutting down next month, have attracted bids from several companies interested in taking over the Disney-owned pay-television platform's position…