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NBA talks go to wire in the Philippines after Solar loses appetite
NBA rights competition drives Sky Italia extension premium
China’s Tencent sees off Youku to keep NBA digital rights in record deal
Player popularity boosts NBA rights in the Balkans
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Tencent resumes NBA game broadcasts
Silver defends NBA response to tweet furore, CCTV pulls exhibition games
Cignal and Sky target NBA rights in Philippines
Sky Italia retains NBA rights for four more years
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NBA Data Report, 2019
NBA continues to recover value in Poland
Cosmote locks up NBA and top domestic basketball team rights
Videoland pays up for expanded NBA deal, sublicenses to Eleven
The NBA has increased its annual media-rights value in Taiwan via a new agreement with Videoland, which has subsequently sublicensed rights to Eleven Sports.
NBA deals close in Spain and Poland after huge Japanese deal
The NBA’s blockbuster deal with e-commerce firm Rakuten in Japan will soon be followed by new deals in Spain with Telefónica and Poland with NC Plus, TV Sports Markets understands.
NBA achieves free-to-air, digital coverage in Indonesia with EMTK
Media rights in US Major leagues and college sport, 2016/17
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Media rights value in the top basketball leagues, 2016-17
Eleven steps into Singaporean breach and adds rights in Taiwan
BeIN renews NBA rights in France to add to earlier Mena deal
Sky Italia grip on NBA rights extended at no extra cost
Sky Italia has strengthened its grip on the NBA in Italy by becoming the league’s sole media partner in its new two-season deal, and has done so without paying an increased rights fee.
NBA nets bumper deal in Hong Kong as LeSports replaces PCCW
National Basketball Association media rights soared in value in Hong Kong by more than 500 per cent this week as LeSports displaced incumbent rights-holder PCCW.
Kwesé TV pays big to snap up NBA rights across Africa
The National Basketball Association has more than doubled the value of its media rights in sub-Saharan Africa after securing an exclusive deal with start-up pay-television operator Kwesé TV.
Saran struggles with NBA as Turkish interest wanes
The Saran Media agency’s barter deal with Turkish commercial broadcaster TV8 for National Basketball Association rights demonstrates how local interest in the NBA has waned over the last two years.
Econet to take on SuperSport with aggressive strategy
Start-up pay-television operator Kwese TV is the latest company set to challenge SuperSport in the sub-Saharan market, and its Kwese Sports channel is already battling the dominant sports broadcaster head-on for rights outside South Africa.
NBA secures increases in latest international deals
The National Basketball Association has finalised a string of deals outside its domestic US market in recent weeks, securing large increases in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and India, and a modest uplift in Poland.
NBA says its digital breakthrough will be welcomed by all
The National Basketball Association’s exclusive digital rights deal with Chinese internet operator Tencent, agreed late last month, looks to be a landmark one for the country’s media-rights market.
NBA value up in UK renewal
The National Basketball Association secured a decent rights-fee increase in its extension with UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport earlier this month.