East Timor
Ultimate Tennis Showdown rights secured by beIN across various territories
The semi-finals and finals of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, the innovative tennis event created by French tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou, will be shown by pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports across…
BeIN agrees Pakistan Super League APAC rights deal
Pay-television broadcaster beIN has agreed a one-season deal to broadcast cricket’s Pakistan Super League in Australia and across various Asia countries and territories.
beIN acquires MLS rights in Asia-Pacific to 2022
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has finalised a deal for media rights for Major League Soccer in 11 markets in the Asia-Pacific region
DDMC announces first AFC media-rights deal with Indonesia’s MNC
Indonesian media group MNC has acquired rights for Asian Football Confederation events in the 2021 to 2024 period, the first deal of the new sales cycle being conducted by the DDMC Fortis agency
Guangxi targets increased sporting cooperation and events with Asean
Lu Yiwen, the deputy director of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region's (GZAR) sports bureau, said on Wednesday that Guangxi plans for more joint sports events with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
German pro football turns over €5bn
Professional football in Germany employs 110,000 workers and had a turnover of €5 billion in 2007-08, according to a report by consultancy McKinsey, produced in co-operation with the Deutsch Fussball-Liga (DFL).
ESPN scores Premier League renewals in Asia
ESPN Star Sports (ESS), the Asian arm of the international sports broadcaster, has held on to its media rights for the English Premier League in Asia, agreeing deals covering 18 markets until 2013.
DEAL EXTENDS COMMONWEALTH GAMES TV REACH
In a first for the Commonwealth Games, parts of central and south-east Asia will enjoy both television and radio coverage of the event, increasing the reach by 10 countries and some 500 million television viewers compared to Manchester.
IOC IMPRESSED BY EAST TIMOR PROGRESS
International Olympic Committee (IOC) representatives completed a seven-day visit to East Timor on Wednesday aimed at helping the tiny country establish its own National Olympic Committee.
SYDNEY GAMES TO BE WATCHED BY 3.7 BILLION PEOPLE
Almost every person on the planet with access to a television will watch the Sydney Olympics at some time in the next month.
EAST TIMOR GETS OLYMPICS COVERAGE
The people of East Timor will get to see the Olympics after all thanks to the help of an Australian broadcaster.
UNRIVALED PARALYMPICS CARNIVAL FINALLY OVER
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Robert Steadward has declared the Paralympic Games, the best Games ever, as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch had done on October 1. Steadward said the Paralympics had had been "an absolutely outstanding event".