Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB)
Five-year DAZN deal ends doubts over LNB coverage
French basketball’s top-tier LNB Élite has ended months of uncertainty amid the financial troubles of streaming platform Skweek by signing a long-term domestic broadcast rights deal with DAZN.
LNB termination brings Skweek’s OTT future into sharp focus
Ongoing payment delays at Skweek threaten to erode rights-holders’ confidence despite its insistence that it merely requires more time, yet there are signs of it working through its issues with Euroleague Basketball, certainly until the end of the season at least.
Skweek’s seven-year French basketball deal axed amid L’Équipe production row
Skweek’s sublicensing deal for France’s LNB Pro A has collapsed amid a dispute with the production arm of L’Équipe, increasing the scrutiny over the future of the basketball streaming platform’s short-te…
Wembanyama rise fuelling closer ties between NBA, LNB
France’s importance to the NBA is growing with a media tie-up in the country among the latest initiatives off the back of an annual regular-season game and the success of French rookie Victor Wembanyama’s debut season.
France’s LNB lands broadcast exposure to 2030 with Skweek, L’Équipe
Ligue Nationale de Basket, organising body of French men’s top-tier basketball competition LNB Pro A, has struck a long-term domestic rights deal with streaming platform Skweek and L’Équipe, the digital terr…