Telco Telekom Srbija, majority owner of the Arena Sport channels, has acquired NBA rights in the Balkans from the 2019-20 season, according to local media reports.
NBA rights in the region – covering Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia – are currently held by pay-television broadcaster Sportklub, which has a four-season deal with the league from 2015-16 to 2018-19.
Telekom Srbija’s NBA acquisition adds another basketball property to its portfolio: it already holds rights to the pan-Balkan ABA League, in a five-season deal from 2015-16 to 2019-20, and Spain’s Liga ACB, from 2018-19 to 2020-21.
Sportklub will continue to broadcast the EuroLeague and EuroCup pan-European basketball competitions next season after agreeing a four-season deal with the IMG agency earlier this year.