EuroBasket rights deals secured in Germany, Russia

German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom and Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus have acquired rights for the 2015 EuroBasket national team tournament.

Telekom will show exclusive live coverage of the top game of the day through its IPTV platform Entertain and the Telekombasketball.de website.

The telco said it would also broadcast daily highlights, including coverage of Germany national team games under the deal with Fiba, basketball’s global governing body.

NTV Plus will show three games per day, including matches featuring the Russia national team.

The Fiba Europe division of the global governing body is staging the tournament across France, Germany, Croatia and Latvia, starting tomorrow (Saturday) and running through to September 20.