BG SPORTS officially launches, acquires rights to broadcast live Asian football
Mr. Kittisak Jirapasuksakul, Executive Director of BG SPORTS, presided over the press conference to launch BG SPORTS, owner of football live broadcast channels and sports content, as another option for watching football matches via the YOUTUBE platform at BG Stadium on September 13, with Dato’ Windsor John, General Secretary of the Asian Football Confederation, and Andrew Rogers, Commercial Director of the Asian Football Confederation, joining the press conference.
BG SPORTS also announced that it has acquired the broadcasting rights for 4 competitions of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for a period of 5 years in order to prepare for live broadcasting of various AFC football competitions, starting with the live broadcasting of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, Round 3, Asia Zone, and continuing in the 2024/25 AFC Champions League Elite and the 2024/25 AFC Champions League Two, starting on 16 September, including the 2024/25 AFC Women’s Champions League, which will start in October 2024.
Previously, BG SPORTS has broadcasted many world-class football competitions, including leading leagues in Asia such as Japan’s J-League, Meiji Yasuda J1 League, Meiji Yasuda J2 League, and Meiji Yasuda J3 League, as well as the YBC Levain Cup 2024 season. It has also broadcasted world-class pre-season football such as “Soccer Champions Tour 2024” and “FC Series 2024”, and has just announced that it has acquired the rights to broadcast the EFL Championship 2024/25, the second-ranked league in England, as well as the ASEAN Club Championship or “Shopee Cup” for the 2024/25 season and the ASEAN Football Championship or “ASEAN MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CUP 2024”, which it has just acquired the rights for earlier.
Mr. Kittisak talked about joining hands as a Media Partner with the AFC, saying, “BG SPORTS is committed to being another new channel for watching football in Thailand. This partnership is the copyright of 4 major AFC football tournaments for a period of 5 years, which will make BG SPORTS the main channel for broadcasting important, fun, intense and quality football. We intend to make it easier for sports fans to access AFC competitions through the BG SPORTS YouTube channel and our partner channels.
“Being a Media Partner with the Asian Football Confederation is different from holding the rights to other football programs that BG SPORTS has done before. This time, we are the sole operator of the rights to all 4 football programs in Thailand, which is another level that BG SPORTS has started doing this year.”
“In addition to watching the Asian World Cup qualifiers and the five Thai clubs competing in the AFC Champions League for both men and women in the 2024/25 season, BG SPORTS is also ready to broadcast other matches in this https://ufabet999.app program live, which is a great opportunity for football fans to watch football matches from leading Asian teams that currently have many top players playing, as well as see standard stadiums from all over Asia. Thai football fans can follow the BG SPORTS channel to wait and watch this football program.”
Andrew Rogers, Commercial Director of the Asian Football Confederation, said of the partnership with BG SPORTS: “The AFC is proud to partner with BG SPORTS and be part of making it easier for Thai football fans to access the world-class AFC competitions. We are excited to work closely with BG SPORTS to bring exciting competitions to Thai fans. We would like to thank BG SPORTS for believing in the future of Asian football and we look forward to elevating and developing the standards of the AFC competitions in the future.”