CSM to carry Chinese AFC soccer broadcasts after LeSports is stripped of its rights

Source: chinanewscloud.com --- Monday, February 27, 2017
The Asian Football Confederation has terminated its broadcasting contract in China with LeSports and awarded the rights to China Sports Media for the remainder of the 2017-2020 commercial cycle. The sport’s continental governing body said CSM, which already has the rights for China’s domestic league, had secured the rights for AFC-sanctioned competitions including World Cup qualifiers, the Asian Cup and the AFC Champions League. The AFC said it “no alternative but to terminate… ...

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