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BeIN extends NBA rights in Mena with days to spare
BeIN Sports has signed a new deal to show the 2024-25 National Basketball Association season live in the Mena region, announced three days before the first pre-season game.
NBA lands last-minute beIN renewal in France
The National Basketball Association is thought to have struck a new deal with beIN Sports that allows the league to continue to be aired in France for another season.
Genius expands ESPN data insights agreement
Genius Sports has struck a new data insights deal with one of its main broadcaster clients in a long-term extension with US sports broadcaster ESPN
WBD takes NBA to court as rights spat escalates
Warner Bros. Discovery has sued the National Basketball Association over the league’s rejection of its matching rights proposal, in the latest instalment of the NBA media rights saga.
Winning trio detail global nature of bumper NBA deals
The huge $76bn (€70bn), 11-year contracts sealed by the NBA with Disney, Comcast and Amazon give the trio the right to air their inventory in international markets, it has emerged, meaning that Sky will hold rights in several European markets.
Ball in NBA’s court as WBD matches Amazon bid
The National Basketball Association's next media rights deal could be heading to the courtroom after Warner Bros. Discovery met its deadline to match one of the offers on the table under the league's proposed $76bn (€70bn), 11-year contracts.
5 takeaways from the NBA’s mega media rights deal
Aside from the huge financials on offer, SportBusiness Media delves into what this landmark rights deal means for stakeholders across the US sports industry.
Clock ticking for WBD after NBA board OKs mammoth deals
The National Basketball Association's record domestic media rights sales process is one step away from completion, after its board of governors approved the agreements with incumbent Disney and newcomers NBC and Amazon Prime Video.
French TV rights on market at opportune time for NBA
A landmark draft looks set to pay financial dividends for the NBA as it closes in on a new media rights deal in France, which is fast becoming one of its most important international markets.
NBA seeks ‘sweet spot’ in rapidly evolving US media landscape
The National Basketball Association’s next round of domestic rights deals seems certain to look very different to those of the last two decades, as streaming technology and changing user behaviour drive change in the US media market at an unprecedented pace.
WBD helps NBA to marginal increase despite little UK competition
The NBA has secured a slight uplift for its media rights in the UK thanks to its domestic broadcast partner, Warner Bros. Discovery, stepping up in the absence of competition.
NBA nets strong growth in the Philippines
The NBA has reinforced its position as the most valuable sports league in the Philippines with increased revenues through two-year deals, with an option for a third year, with Cignal and Setanta Sports.
NBA fees slightly down in DACH through DAZN and ProSiebenSat.1 deals
The NBA secured new deals with DAZN and ProSiebenSat.1 for three years in the DACH region at a slight decrease after DAZN opted to renew only in Germany.
Sky Italia renews NBA at flat fee in three-year deal
Sky Italia’s three-year renewal cements the NBA’s position as a major sports property in the country, though the lack of competition in the market led to no increase in rights fee on the previous deal.
BeIN tweaks NBA deal in France to include all Wembanyama games
BeIN Sports has renegotiated its media rights contract in France with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to ensure all matches of Victor Wembanyama's San Antonio Spurs are shown live by the pay-television…
Telefónica pays less for NBA in new two-season deal
Telefónica has reduced its spend on NBA rights in Spain over the next two seasons, driving the price down thanks to an absence of competition for basketball rights in the country.
New name, familiar home for NBA rights in the UK
TNT Sports, UK pay-television broadcaster, has acquired exclusive National Basketball Association broadcast rights in a multi-year deal announced this morning
NBA lands DACH free-to-air exposure with ProSiebenSat.1
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has secured free-to-air NBA rights in the DACH region ahead of the new season, which starts on October 24