Football Marketing Asia (FMA)
AFC resets revenue expectations with FMA as sales drag on
The first events of the Asian Football Confederation’s 2021-24 commercial cycle began last week with media rights coverage gaps in Japan and most of the Middle East and North Africa, and only a couple o…
LaLigaSportsTV picks up AFC Champions League rights in Spain
LaLigaSportsTV, the OTT streaming platform of LaLiga, has acquired broadcast rights in Spain and Andorra to Asia’s AFC Champions League from 2021 to 2024.
AFC agrees major sponsorship with ‘living laboratory’ Neom
Neom, the new region being built by the Saudi Arabian government in the country's north west, has agreed a deal to become a global partner of the Asian Football Confederation
C More adds AFC rights to football output
Pay-television broadcaster C More has acquired rights in Finland and Sweden to the Asian Football Confederation’s club and national teams competitions across the 2021-24 cycle.
AFC agrees landmark Bangladeshi deal with new broadcaster T Sports
T Sports, a new sports broadcaster in Bangladesh that launched last year, has acquired Asian Football Confederation national team and club competition media rights in a four-year deal for the 2021-24 cycle
Turkey’s D-Smart secures AFC rights for 2021-24 cycle
The Asian Football Confederation has announced a rights deal with Turkish pay-television broadcaster D-Smart to broadcast AFC competitions in the country from 2021 to 2024
Sportradar signs long-term AFC data and video rights deal
Data and digital media firm Sportradar has announced an eight-year, global data and video rights deal with the Asian Football Confederation, covering the 2021-28 period
KJSMWorld to launch digital platform in Cambodia, Laos on back of AFC rights deal
The Asian Football Confederation has signed off on another rights agreement in a deal with the Korea-based KJSMWorld Corp. media group and agency, covering Cambodia and Laos
AFC secures sponsorship value increase in renewal with Continental
The Asian Football Confederation is understood to have secured a significant increase in rights value in a sponsorship renewal with German tyre manufacturer Continental Tires
AFC details Covid-19 impact on budget and agency deals
Asian Football Confederation president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa told the organisation's Congress yesterday (Wednesday) that its commercial rights deals with the Sportfive and Football Marketing…
AFC and Canal Plus ink Myanmar rights deal
The Asian Football Confederation has named pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Myanmar as its rights-holding broadcaster in the territory from 2021 to 2024, in a deal brokered by the Football Marketing…
AFC agrees landmark China Mobile Migu rights deal with 5G focus
Telco China Mobile Migu has agreed a landmark sponsorship and media-rights deal for Asian Football Confederation competitions spanning the 2021-24 period
Unitel acquires AFC media rights in Mongolia
Mongolian telco Unitel has acquired the media rights in the country to Asian Football Confederation competitions for the 2021-24 cycle
FPT Telecom acquires AFC rights in Vietnam
Vietnamese telco FPT Telecom has acquired the media rights for Asian Football Confederation competitions in the 2021-24 period, in a deal brokered by the Football Marketing Asia agency
AFC issues RFP for match ball and apparel sponsors
The Asian Football Confederation has launched an invitation to tender process to secure sponsors and/or suppliers in the official match ball and apparel and accessories categories
Football Marketing Asia director Yu Hang to leave
Yu Hang, a director at the Football Marketing Asia agency, is leaving the business in the coming months, SportBusiness understands
SIA Media Group deal grants AFC competitions Eastern European exposure
The Asian Football Confederation has continued inroads into increasing its exposure in European markets by agreeing a broadcast rights deal with SIA Media Group covering Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Lithuania,…
AFC and FMA to renegotiate global rights contract
The Asian Football Confederation and the Football Marketing Asia agency are to renegotiate the terms of their landmark, $2