WBSC Secure Broadcast Rights Deals Across Multiple Regions for Premier12 Tournament

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has awarded broadcast rights to several territories across the world for the first-ever WBSC Premier12 global baseball championship, herbal which will be staged from 8-21 November in Japan and Taiwan.

In Europe, Fox Sports has been awarded the rights to broadcast the new international baseball flagship tournament in Italy and the Netherlands. 

NOS, the Dutch free-to-air public broadcaster, has also been awarded Premier12 broadcast rights in the Netherlands, while Eleven Sports Network has obtained broadcast rights across Belgium and Poland, as well as Singapore and Malaysia in Asia.

WBSC Premier12 broadcast distribution across Asia also includes beIN Sports (Indonesia and the Philippines), LeTV and PPTV (China), Macau Cable, Sky Net (Myanmar), Solar (Philippines), i-Cable (Hong Kong) and Vietnam Digital Television (VTC).

Japanese satellite TV network J-Sports has also acquired broadcast rights for the WBSC Premier12. Camerabay.tv has obtained online broadcast rights in Taiwan. 

Across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Dubai-based OSN added the WBSC Premier12 to its broadcast portfolio.

In Oceania, global sports network beIN Sports has been awarded Premier12 broadcast rights in Australia.

In the Americas, Rogers’ Sportsnet (Canada) and the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT) have been awarded exclusive rights in their respective territories.

“WBSC is proud to partner with some of the world’s premier broadcasters to showcase this new crown jewel event and deliver all the excitement of Premier12 to potentially hundreds of millions of households and mobile users,” said WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari.

“These partnerships not only highlight the global appeal of this new WBSC flagship baseball product, but also demonstrate baseball’s expanding worldwide position in an extremely competitive environment.”