Thai pay-TV operator TrueVisions has expressed interest in sub-leasing broadcast rights for the English Premier League (EPL) from current rights holder, Cable Thai Holdings (CTH). According to The Bangkok Post, many industry observers believe the move came about as a preventive measure against any subscriber loss. TrueVisions’ Chief Commercial Officer, Ongard Prapakamol, says the completion of the deal will depend on the price, the number and quality of matches, as well as the broadcast … [Read more...] about TrueVisions seeks to sub-lease EPL broadcast rights from Cable Thai Holdings
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Update: Asian territories bid for EPL (Thailand and China)
Barclays Premier League announced that Chinese broadcaster Super Sports Media Group has been awarded the exclusive LIVE audio visual broadcast rights for all EPL matches per season for seasons 2013/14-2018/19 in mainland China and Macau. According to C21Media, this deal was made as part of a US$1billion sale of foreign rights. Super Sports has been broadcasting LIVE EPL matches for the last two years and has now extended its partnership through to 2019. The games will be broadcasted on 21 … [Read more...] about Update: Asian territories bid for EPL (Thailand and China)
Asian territory updates on bid for EPL
According to todayonline.com, StarHub plans to re-negotiate for the rights to broadcast the English Premier League (EPL), now known as Barclay’s Premier League, as a way to maintain its competitive edge. The report quoted Chief Executive Neil Montefiore as saying, "When we took the Euro Cup on an exclusive basis, we priced it around S$60-S$70 depending on when you bought it. Generally, the feedback was that was too much, so I think we'd have to price significantly below that on a monthly … [Read more...] about Asian territory updates on bid for EPL
