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NBA coverage on Globo’s SporTV to end
Brazilian media group Globo is to stop showing National Basketball Association matches on its pay-TV channel SporTV
Fox ‘highly unlikely’ to join NBA rights race, says Murdoch
Fox Corporation is “highly unlikely” to bid for the next set of domestic broadcast rights to the NBA basketball league, according to the company’s executive chair and CEO, Lachlan Murdoch.
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ESPN expands NBA deal in Australia
ESPN has expanded its media rights agreement in Australia with the NBA to add two live games per week that were previously on free-to-air public-service broadcaster SBS, starting from the upcoming 2022-23…
TV2 Denmark follows NFL swoop with NBA renewal
TV2 Denmark, the government-owned broadcaster, has renewed its rights to the NBA for three seasons, 2022-23 to 2024-25
Sky retains NBA rights in UK and Ireland
Sky Sports will continue to hold the exclusive rights to the NBA in the UK and Ireland for the 2022-23 season.
Sport TV to offer record NBA output in Portugal following rights extension
Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has retained rights to North America’s National Basketball Association until 2025.
NBA nets increase in DACH, plateaus in Poland, back on air in Norway
The National Basketball Association has secured a decent increase in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) and regained exposure in Norway, but saw its rights value stagnate in Poland.
Viacom18 nets NBA rights in India
Indian media group Viacom18 has secured a multi-year deal for National Basketball Association broadcast rights in India
NBA lands huge increase in Greece but suffers decline in Mena
The NBA secured a big uplift fee in Greece, while a late agreement with beIN in the Middle East and North Africa resulted in a decline.
SABC nets two-year deal for NBA with eye on more top-tier properties
The NBA, which opened its African headquarters in Johannesburg in 2010, sees widespread free-to-air coverage on the public-service broadcaster as key to growth in South Africa.
China Mobile extends technology partnership with NBA
Chinese telco China Mobile has extended a marketing partnership with the NBA in a new, five-season deal starting with the 2021-22 season now underway
BeIN renews NBA rights in Mena region
BeIN Media Group has extended its rights to NBA games in the Middle East and North Africa, under a multi-year agreement announced today (Wednesday)
NBA returns to SABC in multi-year deal
The SABC, the South African public-service broadcaster, has acquired free-to-air rights to the National Basketball League in a “multi-year” agreement announced this afternoon.
Kuaishou becomes NBA’s short video partner in China
Social video platform Kuaishou has become the NBA's official short video platform in China under a multi-year deal
Globo extends NBA rights, Brazilian basketball league ‘issues Band legal claim’
Media group Globo has extended its deal for pay-television rights in Brazil to North American basketball’s NBA.
Telefónica secures NBA renewal in Spain for three-season cycle
Telecoms operator Telefónica has renewed its NBA broadcast rights in Spain for a further three-season cycle, taking the pair’s relationship to 25 years.
Megogo’s NBA deal is prelude to sport-rights push in Russia
International OTT streaming service Megogo is set to target more sports media rights in Russia, following its NBA deal earlier this month.
Tencent NBA stream ‘halted over Taiwan flag appearance’
A stream of an NBA game between Miami Heat and the LA Lakers by Chinese platform Tencent Sports was interrupted on Saturday because a man seated in the front row of the crowd was wearing a shirt with the…