South-East Asia

Fifa has taken media rights for the 2026 Fifa World Cup to market in Cambodia, Taiwan and Vietnam, continuing its in-house sale of rights in the Asia-Pacific region

BG Sports, an arm of the Boonrawd Group conglomerate in Thailand, has acquired a package of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) media rights from 2024 to 2029

Indonesian media conglomerate MNC Group has renewed its Asian Football Confederation (AFC) rights from 2025 to 2028, in the wake of strong performances from the national team

Media conglomerate MNC Group has secured Bundesliga rights in Indonesia just in time for the new season's start and replacing Mola TV as the rights-holder.

Newly promoted Como 1907 has allocated its sleeve sponsorship rights to an Indonesian consumer electronics brand owned by the Djarum Group that purchased the club in 2019.

The Thai League 1 has finally ensured its 2024-25 season will be shown on television by signing a deal with pay-television broadcaster TrueVisions

Setanta Sports has signed a multi-year media rights deal to air the Professional Fighters League (PFL) and Bellator in Eurasia and the Philippines

BeIN Sports is close to finalising a deal that would see it hold Uefa club competition rights in all its active Asian markets, SportBusiness understands

TrueVisions has secured rights to all matches from Euro 2024, with the Thai pay-TV broadcaster having also shown all matches from the previous edition in a last-minute deal.

Formula 1 has been presented with a new option for a grand prix in the Southeast Asian market after Thai Prime Minister Strettha Thavisin pitched a proposal for a street race in Bangkok.

Fifa has launched a tender process in Indonesia for media rights to the next two men’s and women’s World Cups, with the country optimistic about its qualification for the 2026 edition after defeating Vie…

Thailand has never qualified for the men’s World Cup and the NBTC reportedly now sees the tournament as being fair game for pay-television broadcasters.

The Commonwealth Games will not be heading to Malaysia in 2026, after the Southeast Asian country's government rejected a hosting offer, citing costs.

DAZN is to exclusively offer additional live feeds from the PGA Tour across 27 countries in the Middle East and North Africa and Southeast Asia, and will also distribute the Tour’s FAST (free ad-supported streaming TV) Channel.

The Vietcontent agency has acquired rights to Uefa club competitions in Vietnam from 2024-25 to 2026-27, SportBusiness understands.

Singaporean telco Singtel is considering disposing of a significant stake in its Australian business Optus to a Canadian private equity firm, but plans for a full sale have been vehemently denied by the firm.