China
Basketball market report, 2020
Fifa will need more than eager investors to make new club competition work
Bilibili aims to fulfil esports potential in China with League of Legends deal
Ewell Zhao, General Manager, Tencent Sports
China’s Tencent sees off Youku to keep NBA digital rights in record deal
Douyin and LaLiga agree China partnership
China Mobile inks fitness content deal with Les Mills
Dugout and PP Sports agree content partnership
CBA lands wide-ranging China Mobile rights deal
LaLiga agrees early China extension amid cooling market
CCTV acquires Champions League rights from Suning for three seasons
CCTV’s new digital strategy complicates renewal talks for Champions League, Bundesliga and Serie A
Uefa completes slew of deals as new cycle draws close
Infront on course to make large margin on Fifa rights across Asia
Sina SVP: ‘Mass-participation events crucial to our survival’
Sina Sports is aiming to grow its mass-participation events to make up for its decision not to compete for premium sports rights, Sina’s senior vice president has told TV Sports Markets.
Tencent steps in to take MLB and complete set of US major leagues
Major League Baseball has secured an uplift in the value of its media rights in China despite the early termination of its deal with LeSports.
CSL renegotiates with CSM and sells international rights to IMG
China Sports Media’s deal for Chinese Super League domestic rights – the emblematic deal of China’s sports-rights gold rush – will be worth just two-thirds of its initial annual value following a renegotiation.
New Australian Open deals in China and sub-Saharan Africa
The value of Australian Open tennis rights in China increased by 75 per cent in the new cycle, from 2018 onward, following new digital and linear broadcast deals.
CBA nears media-rights target for year one of in-house sales
The Chinese Basketball Association is close to reaching its media-rights income target of $60m (€51m) per season for the current cycle.
IRena not close to breaking even on Chinese Volleyball League deal
Event and venue management company iRena is making a substantial loss on its deal for all Chinese Volleyball League media and marketing rights.
Tennis Australia expands iQiyi deal for Australian Open in China
Streaming platform iQiyi has almost doubled its fee in a renewed deal for Australian Open digital rights in China.
Alibaba adds Pac-12 media rights to expand Chinese partnership
US college sports conference the Pac-12 has increased its annual media-rights income in China by about 66 per cent after agreeing a long-term deal with Alisports.
Tencent close to direct deal for CBA rights; others likely to follow
Online streaming platform Tencent is close to agreeing a deal for domestic Chinese Basketball Association rights for a fee close to the total value of the association’s digital rights last season.
World Snooker gets huge growth in China from digital rights deal
Rigour Media’s 10-year deal for digital rights in China to World Snooker events marks the media group’s first significant move into streaming live sport.
NFL digital rights value grows in China as Tencent gets exclusivity
The NFL secured a solid increase in the annual value of its digital rights in China from an exclusive deal with online streaming platform Tencent.
MP & Silva takes hit on package value due to LeSports’ collapse
MP & Silva has seen the value of several of its European football properties tumble in China following a pair of new deals in place of its broken agreement with LeSports.
LeSports demise hits value of ATP rights despite new iQiyi deal
The value of digital rights to ATP events in China has fallen by about 80 per cent in a new deal that replaces its cancelled agreement with streaming platform LeSports.
Wimbledon value decreases in China as market levels out
Online streaming platform Tencent agreed a late deal for non-exclusive live digital Wimbledon rights in China for less than the price paid by LeSports before its deal was terminated.