Fiba
United Media pays increases across pan-regional deal for Fiba tournaments
United Media is paying increases in multiple territories for rights to events hosted by Fiba, world basketball’s governing body, in a pan-regional deal covering the Balkans, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria.
Fiba seals Canadian broadcast deal with Sportsnet
Fiba, the world basketball governing body, has grown its footprint in North America by signing a long-term agreement with Canadian pay-television broadcaster Sportsnet
Nelonen lands Fiba national team rights in Finland
Finnish commercial broadcaster Nelonen Media has announced a four-year rights deal with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) to broadcast the country’s national team games and major tournaments.
Cosmote pays slight reduction for Basketball Champions League in Greece
The value of Fiba’s Basketball Champions League has fallen slightly in Greece as it shifted from public broadcaster ERT to pay-television operator Cosmote.
Fiba lets basketball community create future formats with safety net of Twitch investment
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) said this week that its two-year deal with Twitch is an “unscripted exercise” that carries risk but is a necessary experiment to reach younger fans.
Basketball Champions League turns to Twitch for streaming in France
Twitch, the Amazon-owned online streaming platform, has added more basketball inventory to its portfolio in a tie-up with the Basketball Champions League to live stream games in France
BCL lands first North American rights deal with beIN
Subscription broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights to Europe’s Basketball Champions League in the US.
Fiba to stream new esports event on Facebook, Twitch and YouTube
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has launched a new esports competition, which it will stream coverage of across its Facebook, Twitch and YouTube channels
Infront-Fiba relationship deepens as Mathie moves on
Ian Mathie, the Infront agency's Pan-Asia managing director, is leaving the company and will be replaced by David Nivelle, currently director at Fiba Marketing
Basketball data report, 2020
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the basketball media-rights landscape.
DAZN adds Basketball Champions League Americas to Brazil line-up
Sports streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Brazil to the new Basketball Champions League Americas club competition
Fiba to stream pre-World Cup games through NBL link-up
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has teamed up with Australia’s National Basketball League to live-stream coverage of World Cup warm-up games featuring Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
FloSports signs two-year 3×3 basketball partnership deal with Fiba
Texas-headquartered streaming service FloSports has signed a two-year deal with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) covering a range of its 3x3 tournaments
Saran set to snap up Fiba national team rights in Turkey
Saran Media has agreed to acquire exclusive multi-platform rights in Turkey to a series of national team events operated by Fiba, basketball’s global governing body.
Fiba sees potential to grow value of Basketball Champions League
Patrick Comninos, chief executive of the Basketball Champions League, spoke to media at the Fiba Final Four event last week about Greek basketball club Panathinaikos reported interest in joining the competition.
Fiba adds media-rights revenue in Australia with new Fox deal
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has secured a small fee from Fox Sports Australia for rights to its national-team competitions.
Fiba signs Australian rights deal with Fox Sports
Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights to a host of national team competitions organised by the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).
StarTimes sets Fiba on course for big increase with Angola to come
The International basketball federation (Fiba) has earned a huge increase in the value of its rights in sub-Saharan Africa, buoyed by this year’s AfroBasket being held in Angola