Sports broadcasting contracts in Thailand

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Must-have regulations are applied to multi-national sport events coverage in Thailand. There are seven multi-national sport events; Southeast Asian Games, ASEAN Para Games, Asian Games, Asian Para Games, Summer Olympic Games, Summer Paralympic Games and FIFA World Cup; are all required to air on free-to-air channels. [1]

Contents

Multi-discipline events

Football

Television

FIFA

National teams
  • World Cup
    • 1970–1998: The Television Pool of Thailand (Analogue Terrestrial Black and White TV: Channel 4, Channel 7; Colour TV: Channel 3, Channel 5, Channel 7, Channel 9)
    • 2002: Dhospaak Communication Agency Company Limited; subsidiary company of Thai Beverages PCL. (Analog Terrestrial: Channel 3, Channel 5, Channel 7, Modernine TV (Channel 9), Channel 11)
    • 2006/2010/2014: RS Public Company Limited (Terrestrial: Channel 3, Channel 5, Channel 7, Modernine TV, NBT (Channel 11); Satellite: RS FIFA World Cup Channel on RS Sunbox (on TrueVisions only 2014) )
    • 2018/2022: TrueVisions (Terrestrial: Channel 5, True4U, Amarin TV; Satellite: TrueVisions; Cable: TrueVisions) [4]
  • Women's World Cup
    • 2019: beIN Sports (Terrestrial: PPTV (7 of 52 matches, one opening group match, all three Thailand group stage matches, both semi finals, and a final); Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions (all 52 matches))
    • 2023: FIFA+
Clubs

AFC

National teams
  • 2026 FIFA World Cup - AFC qualification
    • 2015–2016, 2019–present: Thairath TV (all Thai National Team matches in 2nd round only, except away match vs Iraq in 2016)
    • 2016: GMM B Company Limited (Terrestrial: One HD) (away match vs Iraq in 2nd round only)
    • 2016–2018: BBTV Company Limited. Terrestrial: Channel 7 (Thai National Team matches only), Digital: Bugaboo, [5] Cable/Satellite: Fox Sports Asia (TrueVisions) (all matches, starting from 3rd round)
    • 2021–2022 : Eleven Sports (starting from 3rd round)
  • Asian Cup
    • 2019: BBTV Company Limited (Terrestrial: Channel 7) (Thai National Team matches only), Digital: Bugaboo, Cable/Satellite: Fox Sports Asia (TrueVisions) (all matches)
    • 2023: PPTV HD 36 and Tsports7
  • AFC U-23, U-20, and U-17 Championships (National Teams)
    • Present: BBTV Company Limited (Terrestrial: Channel 7) (Thai National Team matches in finals tournament only), Digital: Bugaboo, Cable/Satellite: Fox Sports Asia (TrueVisions) (all matches)
    • 2019: Bangkok Media and Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (Terrestrial: PPTV) (Thai National U-23 Team matches in qualification only)
    • 2022 : Eleven Sports
    • 2023-2024 : TrueVisions and True Premier Football
Clubs
  • AFC Champions League
    • 2017–2020 Terrestrial: BBTV Company Limited (Channel 7) (Thai team only), Digital: Bugaboo
    • –2020: Cable/Satellite: Fox Sports Asia (TrueVisions)
    • 2021–2024: TrueVisions and True Premier Football
  • AFC Cup
    • 2017–2020 Digital: BBTV Company Limited: Bugaboo
    • –2020: Cable/Satellite: Fox Sports Asia (TrueVisions)
    • 2021–2024: TrueVisions and True Premier Football
  • Japanese J. League
    • J1
      • 1990s: Channel 9 (Terrestrial)
      • 2000s: itv (Terrestrial)
      • 2011–2014: GMM B Company Limited (Satellite: GMM Z)
      • 2014-2016: CTH Public Company Limited (Satellite: CTH Stadium)
      • 2017-2019: TrueVisions (Terrestrial: True4U; Cable/Satellite: True Sport) [6]
      • 2020–present: Siam Sport Syndicate PCL. (Terrestrial: Channel 9 MCOT HD (until 2022) and PPTV (from 2023); Digital: YouTube and AIS Play) (including Cup)
      • 2023–Present: Siam Sport, PPTV, Digital: AIS Play)
    • J2
  • Australian A-Leagues
    • 2011–2014: GMM B Company Limited (Satellite: GMM Z)
    • 2017–2023: beIN Sports
    • 2023–present:MONO29 (men) and SPOTV (women)
  • Indian Super League
    • 2020: 1PlaySports (Digital: YouTube)
    • 2022–present: OneFootball
  • Korean K-League
  • UAE Pro League (including Cup and Super Cup)
    • 2020: 1PlaySports (Digital: YouTube)

AFF

National teams
  • AFF Championship
    • 2008–2020;Terrestrial: BBTV Company Limited (Channel 7) (Thai national team only); Digital: Bugaboo;
    • 2008-2016; Cable/Satellite: Fox Sports Asia (TrueVisions)
    • 2022 and 2024: Terrestrial: Demeter Media Corporation (Terrestrial: Channel 9 MCOT HD (Modernine TV) (Thai national team only); Digital: TSports7)
  • AFF U-22 Championship
    • 2019: Bangkok Media and Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (Terrestrial: PPTV) (only broadcast 7 of 16 matches; all 5 Thai national team plus semi-final and third place matches)
    • 2022: TrueVisions (Cable/Satellite: True Sport)

Thailand

National teams
Clubs

UEFA

National teams
  • European Championships
    • Men's/Boys
      • A-team (finals only)
        • 2004: Dentsu X (Terrestrial: Channel 3, Channel 7)
        • 2008: RS Public Company Limited (Terrestrial: Channel 7, Modernine TV)
        • 2012: GMM B Company Limited; subsidiary company of GMM Grammy PCL. (Terrestrial: Channel 3, Channel 5, Modernine TV; Satellite: GMM Z)
        • 2016: CTH Public Company Limited (transfer form GMM B) (Terrestrial: Channel 3; Cable/Satellite: CTH Stadium)
        • 2021 (originally 2020): Summit Footwear Company Limited (Terrestrial: NBT, Channel 3, PPTV; Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
      • U-21
        • 2011: Demeter Media Corporation (Terrestrial: Channel 9 MCOT HD (Modernine TV))
        • 2013: GMM B Company Limited (Satellite and digital: GMM Sport)
        • 2015: Bangkok Media and Broadcasting Company Limited (Terrestrial: PPTV, Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions, GMM Z, Good TV, AIS)
        • 2017–present: UEFA (Digital: Youtube (2017 only) and UEFA.tv)
      • U-17 and U-19
        • 2016–present: UEFA (Digital: Youtube (2016-May 2019) and UEFA.tv (July 2019 – present))
    • Women's/Girls
      • A-team
        • 2017–present: UEFA (Digital: Youtube (2017 only))
      • U-17 and U-19
        • 2016–present: UEFA (Digital: Youtube (2016-May 2019) and UEFA.tv (July 2019 – present))
  • European Qualifiers
    • 2014–2018: GMM B Company Limited (Terrestrial: Channel 3, One HD; Satellite: GMM Z)
    • 2019–present: UEFA (Digital: UEFA.tv)
  • UEFA Nations League
    • 2018–2019: none
    • 2020-present: UEFA (Digital: UEFA.tv)
  • The Football Association (England)
    • 2012–2018: BBTV Company Limited (Terrestrial: Channel 7)
  • Deutscher Fußball-Bund (Germany)
    • 2012–2018: BBTV Company Limited (Terrestrial: Channel 7) (A-team)
    • Youtube (all home and selected away matches of Nations League group stage (home matches only), qualifiers, and friendlies for men's (U-21 and U-20 only) and women's teams with the exception if the match involved the Thailand national football team)
Clubs
  • UEFA Champions League
    • 1998/1999 Terrestrial: Channel 11)
    • 2007–2012 Terrestrial: Channel 3, Channel 7; Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions (True Sport)
    • 2012–2015: TrueVisions (Terrestrial: Channel 3, Channel 7; Cable/Satellite: True Sport)
    • 2015–2018, 2021-2024: beIN Sports (Terrestrial: true4U (2015–2016), PPTV (2016–2018); Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
    • 2018–2020: DAZN (Digital: Goal.com) [8]
    • 2020-2021: UEFA (Digital: UEFA.tv)
    • 2021-2024: beIN Sports [9]
  • UEFA Europa League
    • 2012–2015: TrueVisions (Terrestrial: Channel 3, Channel 5; Cable/Satellite: True Sport)
    • 2015–2018, 2021-2024: beIN Sports (Terrestrial: true4U (2015–2016), PPTV (2016–2018); Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
    • 2018–2021: DAZN (Digital: Goal.com) [8]
    • 2020-2021: UEFA (Digital: UEFA.tv)
    • 2021-2024: beIN Sports
  • UEFA Europa Conference League
    • 2021-2024: beIN Sports
  • UEFA Super Cup
    • 1998/1999 Terrestrial: Channel 11 (Champions League only)
    • 2007–2012 Terrestrial: Channel 3, Channel 7 (Champions League only); Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions (True Sport)
    • 2012–2015: TrueVisions (Terrestrial: Channel 3, Channel 5 (Europa League), Channel 7 (Champions League only); Cable/Satellite: True Sport)
    • 2015–2017, 2021-2024: beIN Sports (Terrestrial: true4U (2015–2016), PPTV (2016–2018); Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
    • 2018–2021: DAZN (Digital: Goal.com) [10] [11]
  • UEFA Youth League
  • UEFA Women's Champions League
    • 2019–2020, 2021-2025: DAZN (Digital: Goal.com) (2019-2020 only aired a final)
    • -2021: beIN Sports (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions) (PSG matches only, exclude final),
    • 2020-2021: UEFA (Digital: UEFA.tv)
  • English Premier League
    • 1993–1998 Satellite/MMDS: International Broadcasting Corporation (IBC)
    • 1995s: TV Forum/Traffic Corner on Channel 9 (Terrestrial)
    • 1998–2007: United Broadcasting Corporation (UBC; Cable/Satellite/MMDS)
    • 2007–2013: TrueVisions (Terrestrial: Channel 3, Modernine TV; Cable/Satellite: UBC Super Sport/True Sport)
    • 2013–2016: CTH Public Company Limited (Terrestrial: Modernine TV (2013–2014), Channel 3 (2014–2015), PPTV (2015–2016); Cable/Satellite: CTH Stadium)
    • 2016–2019: beIN Sports (Terrestrial: PPTV (2016–2019); Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
    • 2019–2025: TrueVisions (Terrestrial: PPTV (2019–2022); Cable/Satellite: True Premier Football)
    • 2025-present: MONO 29 & MONOMAX
  • English FA Cup/Community Shield
    • 2012–2018: BBTV Company Limited (Terrestrial: Channel 7) [12]
    • 2018–2024 beIN Sports (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions) [13]
  • English Football League Championship/EFL Cup (Football League Cup)
    • 2012–2015: GMM B Company Limited (Terrestrial: Modernine TV; Satellite: GMM Z)
    • 2016–2017: Demeter Media Corporation (Terrestrial: Channel 9 MCOT HD (Modernine TV), MCOT Family)
    • 2018–present: Bangkok Media and Broadcasting Company Limited (Terrestrial: PPTV, Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions, GMM Z, Good TV, AIS) [14]
  • Scottish Professional Football League
    • 2014-2016, 2020–present: beIN Sports (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
  • Spanish La Liga
    • 2012–2015: RS Public Company Limited (Terrestrial: Channel 7; Cable/Satellite: RS Sun Channel on RS Sunbox (on TrueVisions in 2014–2015) )
    • 2015–present: beIN Sports (Terrestrial: true4U (2015–2016), PPTV (2016–Present); Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
  • Spanish King's Cup
    • 2012–2015: RS Public Company Limited (Cable/Satellite: RS Sun Channel on RS Sunbox (on TrueVisions in 2014–2015) )
  • Spanish Super Cup
    • 2016: Demeter Media Corporation (Terrestrial: MCOT Family)
  • German Bundesliga
    • 1980s: Channel 9 (Terrestrial)
    • 1990s: Channel 3 (Terrestrial)
    • 1995s: TV Forum/Traffic Corner on Channel 9 (Terrestrial)
    • 2012-2015: GMM B Company Limited (Terrestrial: PPTV (2014–15); Satellite: GMM Z)
    • 2015-2020: Fox Sports Asia (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
    • 2015–present: Bangkok Media and Broadcasting Company Limited (Terrestrial: PPTV)
    • 2023-2026: beIN Sports (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
  • German DFB-Pokal
    • 2012–2022: BBTV Company Limited (Terrestrial: Channel 7; Digital: Bugaboo)
    • 2022-present: Channel 3 and DFB Play
  • German DFL-Supercup
    • 2015-2019: Fox Sports Asia (Terrestrial: PPTV (2015–2018); Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
    • 2024 and 2025: beIN Sports (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
  • Italian Calcio Serie A
    • 1990s: Channel 9 (Terrestrial)
    • 2000s: itv (Terrestrial)
    • Present: beIN Sports (Terrestrial: PPTV (2016–2019); Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
  • French Ligue 1
    • 2012-2015: GMM B Company Limited (Terrestrial: GMM One (2014–15); Satellite: GMM Z)
    • Present: beIN Sports (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
  • Dutch Eredivisie
    • 2015–2018: Fox Sports Asia (Terrestrial: Demeter Media Corporation on Channel 9 MCOT HD and MCOT Family; Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
  • Portuguese Liga NOS
  • Turkish Süper Lig
    • 2017–2020, 2023-present: beIN Sports (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
  • Austrian ÖFB Cup
    • 2020: beIN Sports (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions) (final only)
  • Danish Superliga,
    • 2019–2021 (originally from June 2020): Fox Sports Asia (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
    • 2021-present: OneFootball
  • Danish DBU Pokalen
    • 2019–2021: Fox Sports Asia (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions) (three matches (both semi finals and a final))

CAF

CONMEBOL

National team
  • Copa América
    • 2011: BBTV Company Limited (Terrestrial: Channel 7; Satellite: Media Channel; IPTV: Bugaboo TV)
    • 2016: TrueVisions (Cable/Satellite: True Sport)
    • 2019–present: Bangkok Media and Broadcasting Company Limited (Terrestrial: PPTV, Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions, GMM Z, Good TV, AIS)
  • 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
    • 2023-2025: Fanatiz (all matches live, exclude ARG, BOL, and BRA home matches), CONMEBOL TV (ARG and BRA home matches only, including both Superclasico), FBF Play (BOL home matches only), and FIFA+ (up to four matches per month live)
Clubs
  • CONMEBOL Libertadores
    • Present: Pay-per-view (Digital: payperviewaccess.com) (final only)
  • Argentine Primera División
    • 2012-2013: GMM B Company Limited (Satellite: GMM Z)
    • 2016-2019: beIN Sports (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
    • 2019–present: Fanatiz
  • Copa Argentina
    • 2016-2018: beIN Sports (Cable/Satellite: TrueVisions)
    • 2019–present: Fanatiz
  • Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
    • 2012-2013: GMM B Company Limited (Satellite: GMM Z)
    • 2018 and 2019: Youtube
    • 2020 and 2021: Fanatiz
  • Brazilian Copa do Brasil
    • 2012-2013: GMM B Company Limited (Satellite: GMM Z)

CONCACAF

National teams
Club

Radio

Various tournaments

  • FM 99 Active radio and FM 96 Sport FM (closed in 2020)

European Clubs

  • English Premier League

Combat sports

Boxing

Kickboxing

Mixed Martial Arts

Muay Thai

Futsal

American Football

Baseball

Basketball

Golf

Motor Racing

Rugby

Union

League

Volleyball

Tennis

Others

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "กกท.ซื้อลิขสิทธิ์ 5 มหกรรม 480 ล้าน". คมชัดลึกออนไลน์ (in Thai). 10 September 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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  5. 1 2 "AFC signs broadcast agreement for Thailand with BBTV | AFC". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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  13. ↑ "beIN SPORTS THAILAND on Instagram: "พบกับ เอฟเอ คัพ ในรอบตัดเชือกแบบสดๆ ได้ทาง beIN SPORTS กับการแข่งขันฟุตบอลถ้วยที่เก่าแก่ที่สุดในอังกฤษ เจอกันจนจบฤดูกาล…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  14. ↑ Thailand, Manchester City (2018-12-17). "แมตซ์เดย์! ช่วงนี้เตะถี่หน่อย อย่าลืมตามให้กำลังใจกันนะครับ @Carabao_Cup @LeicesterTH คิง พาวเวอร์ สเตเดียม02.45 น.@PPTVHD36, #mancityth". Twitter (in Thai). Retrieved 2019-02-22.
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  17. ↑ "AMARIN TV จับมือพันธมิตร MAX มวยไทย เสริมทัพมวยไทยระดับพรีเมี่ยมที่ดีที่สุด". www.amarintv.com (in Thai). Retrieved 2021-06-08.
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