MUMBAI: The Olympic Council of Asia has entered into a long-term deal with MP & Silva, an international sports media company, which will see the latter becoming global media rights distribution partner for all OCA organised events.

Some of the properties that MP & Silva will work on include the 2012 Haiyang Asian Beach Games, 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Incheon, 2013 Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, 2013 Asian Unity Games in the Philippines, 2014 Phuket Asian Beach Games and the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, which is the OCA?s falg-ship event which sees participation from a record 45 countries and is second only to Olympics in terms scale and size.

The agency will work in close coordination with OCA?s marketing agency Dentsu for the distribution of these rights.

OCA Director General and Technical Director Husain Al-Musallam added, "Through this partnership we are really engaging fans on a global scale, giving them the opportunity to follow all our competitions and to embrace the excitement surrounding the Asian Games."

MP & Silva has established itself as the leading sports media agency in Asia with offices in Beijing, Dubai, Hanoi, Singapore and Tokyo providing over 5,000 hours of programming to over 70 broadcasters, including CCTV, Al Jazeera, Starhub, NHK, J Sports, KBS, SBS and MBC.

The company?s Asian portfolio includes a wide range of European football championships such as Italian Serie A, English Premier League, Spanish La Liga and others, as well as Fifa 2014 World Cup qualifying matches rights.

?MP & Silva has developed very strong links with Asian and Middle Eastern broadcasters and sports governing bodies over the years, and having the chance to be part of the Asian Games? media strategy and distribution is incredibly rewarding to us,? said MP & Silva Group CEO Andrea Radrizzani.

?In our capacity as Partner we will also act as media advisor in order to guarantee the highest level of production guidelines and innovation ? including digital strategy and on social media portals. Our objective is to contribute to the success of the Olympic Asian sports movement and improve its reach to other regions of the world.?

MUMBAI: Soccer?s governing body Fifa has secured TV rights deals worth $1.85 billion for the period 2015-2022.

Fifa has awarded the sales representation for selected territories in Asia to Infront Sports and Media following an
international tender process. The territories comprise India,
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China PR, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

The rights for the 2015 to 2022 period include the 2018 Fifa World Cup Russia and the 2022 Fifa World Cup Qatar, the Fifa Women?s World Cup Canada 2015 and the Fifa Women?s World Cup 2019, as well as other Fifa events.

Fifa?s executive committee has decided on further sales and
distribution of media rights for the same period in the following territories:

? Australia -- extending with SBS

? Canada -- rights awarded to Bell Media (CTV/TSN/RDS)

? Caribbean -- extending with IMC (SportsMax)

Fifa secretary general J?r?me Valcke said, ?Fifa is delighted with the progress of our media rights sales to date which, coming amid austere economic times, more than confirm the strength and appeal of our competitions."