J-League

Football
Media

Content Arena, the technology platform that facilitates sports media rights trading, has added the J.League, organising body of the top two domestic football leagues in Japan, as its latest client
Football
Media

The J.League, organising body of the top two domestic football leagues in Japan, has opted to expand its use of video streaming platform YouTube for international coverage, with the top-tier J1 League to be showcased.
Football
Governance

Japanese football's J.League 1 is reported to be set to increase from 18 to 20 clubs, as part of major changes being considered to strengthen the top division
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Football star Cristiano Ronaldo and the Chinese and Japanese football leagues announced new stages in digital collectibles projects this week amid growing uncertainty over the once-booming sector
Football
Media

The J.League, the organising body of the top two domestic football leagues in Japan, has unveiled media rights agreements with Nigerian group Sporty Internet at Thai football club BG Pathum United
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

J.League, the organising body of club football in Japan, has announced a sponsorship agreement with social media platform TikTok as part of a push to attract younger audiences to its J1 and J2 leagues
Football
Fan Engagement

Sports broadcaster DAZN Group has teamed up with the J.League, organising body of Japan’s club football competitions, to launch its first NFT collections.
Football
Media

Online streaming platform FanCode has secured exclusive media rights in the Indian subcontinent to the J.League, the top division of Japanese football
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Japanese ecommerce company Rakuten has signed a licensing agreement with the J.League, the top division of Japanese football, to produce a range of non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
Football
Media

Hong Kong pay-television broadcaster i-Cable has secured exclusive rights to the J2 League, the second-tier Japanese professional football league
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Media

Football-based media platform OneFootball has picked up the broadcast rights for Japan’s J.League in Italy. The over-the-top platform will stream J.L
Football
Media

Japanese football’s J.League has finalised an exclusive broadcast deal with pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India to show the remainder of the 2021 season in the Indian subcontinent. J.L
Football
Fan Engagement

How are football clubs in the Apac region connecting with fans, engaging fans with content, growing fanbases and commercialising those fanbases? Executives from Nagoya Grampus in Japan, FC Goa in India and Selangor FC in Malaysia join us to share their experiences
Football
Media

Replay of a live SportBusiness webinar held March 18 discussing the challenges faced by football leagues in the Asia-Pacific region as they seek to develop their media-rights businesses
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Media

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Attendance

The Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee is actively trying to involve more disabled people in benefiting from the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games – China.o
Baseball
Attendance

Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball and J-League have appealed to the country's government to increase the 5,000-spectator cap on attendances at their matches
Football
Events

Malaysia’s top football league, the M-League, will resume games on August 26 after a five-month gap due to the Covid-19 pandemic.