According to BBC News, Myanmar’s SkyNet has bought rights for the EPL and will broadcast all the matches for the next two seasons. The amount SkyNet agreed to pay for the rights were not revealed. "SkyNet is delighted to be able to offer the world's most followed football league to its viewers," company chief Daw Myint Myint Win said, as quoted by the BBC. He added, "We are thrilled to have the opportunity of working with the BPL to develop its popularity in Myanmar. This was … [Read more...] about Myanmar’s SkyNet buys TV rights for English Premier League
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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
TRACE Sports to launch on Singapore’s mio TV
Hong Kong – TRACE has joined forces with mio TV to bring TRACE Sports to the Singapore market. Through this partnership, over 380,000 Singaporean subscribers will have access to TRACE programming through mio TV, a unit of SingTel. The mio TV deal brings to sports fans TRACE Sport’s exclusive celebrity programming on the same operator that carries the English Premier League. TRACE Sports is the first channel to focus exclusively on sports celebrities and brings fans … [Read more...] about TRACE Sports to launch on Singapore’s mio TV
J SPORTS appoints MP & Silva as advisor for international rights acquisitions
Tokyo - MP & Silva, an international sports marketing and media company, and Japanese sports broadcaster, J SPORTS Broadcasting Corporation, have signed a partnership agreement that will see MP & Silva become the broadcaster's acquisition partner for international sports content. Under the strategic tie-up, J SPORTS will initially acquire the broadcast rights for the English Premier League and French Ligue 1 in Japan from MP & Silva. The international sports media agency is already advising J … [Read more...] about J SPORTS appoints MP & Silva as advisor for international rights acquisitions
Malaysia rights tussle touted as rest of region up for grabs
Kuala Lumpur - As SingTel secured the EPL rights that they describe as ‘game-changing', bidding for English Premier League soccer is reported to have gone to a second round in Malaysia, and for the region. In Malaysia, still in the running are Astro and Telekom Malaysia which, like SingTel, wants to boost subscriber numbers for its IPTV service in competition with dominant DTH operator Astro. But rights for Malaysia are currently with ESPN STAR Sports, as part of a pan-regional rights … [Read more...] about Malaysia rights tussle touted as rest of region up for grabs