Numero 23 adds Pro A to sports line-up

French free-to-air television channel Numero 23 has secured rights to the Pro A, the top division of domestic basketball.

The Mediasportif.fr website said Numero 23 will commence its coverage with the Match des Champions game on September 20. The event will see reigning Pro A champion ASVEL take on last season’s Coupe de France winner Le Mans.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed but Numero 23 is set to offer free-to-air coverage of a number of other games throughout the 2016-17 Pro A season.

French telecommunications company SFR-Numericable last month said it would show live coverage of an English Premier League football match on free-to-air television.

The game between Chelsea and Liverpool on September 16 will be shown exclusively on SFR’s Numero 23 platform.

SFR said that the coverage had been made possible following an agreement between Numero 23 and SFR Sport 1, the newly-launched sports channel, which has rights to the league.