NBA
TV2 Denmark follows NFL swoop with NBA renewal
TV2 Denmark, the government-owned broadcaster, has renewed its rights to the NBA for three seasons, 2022-23 to 2024-25
Sky retains NBA rights in UK and Ireland
Sky Sports will continue to hold the exclusive rights to the NBA in the UK and Ireland for the 2022-23 season.
TV3 widens NBA coverage in Baltic rights renewal
Baltics media group TV3 has agreed a multi-year extension to its broadcast rights deal with the National Basketball Association and will significantly enhance its coverage of the North American basketball…
Sport must set an example on big issues, NBA’s Silver says
National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver told the SportNXT industry conference in Melbourne yesterday that sports leagues and athletes must accept their status as role models when it comes…
NBA signs Norwegian rights deal with VG
Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang has further expanded its sports rights portfolio by agreeing a multi-year deal with North American basketball league the NBA
DAZN retains NBA rights in DACH region
Subscription streaming broadcaster DAZN has extended and expanded its broadcast rights agreement for North American basketball’s NBA in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
NBA back on air in India thanks to short-term Star deal
Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has acquired rights to the 2020-21 NBA Playoffs in a deal that signals Indian broadcasters’ reluctance to enter long-term agreements for non-cricket sports properties.
NBA agrees multi-year deal in the Philippines with Cignal, Smart
Pay-television platform Cignal TV and telco Smart Communications, sister companies owned by telco PLDT, have become the NBA's main media-rights partners in the Philippines in a multi-year deal
Megogo’s NBA deal is prelude to sport-rights push in Russia
International OTT streaming service Megogo is set to target more sports media rights in Russia, following its NBA deal earlier this month.
CCTV maintains stance on NBA coverage
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has moved to deny claims that it will resume its coverage of the NBA basketball league
Eleven Sports adds NBA TV to Belgian offering
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has moved to counter the lack of NBA action on its Belgian schedules by agreeing a carriage deal for the North American basketball league’s OTT service, N…
Tencent NBA stream ‘halted over Taiwan flag appearance’
A stream of an NBA game between Miami Heat and the LA Lakers by Chinese platform Tencent Sports was interrupted on Saturday because a man seated in the front row of the crowd was wearing a shirt with the…
Sky launches new NBA show as part of biggest-ever coverage
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has announced details of a new weekly basketball show to support its coverage of the NBA during the 2019-20 season
Singapore telco Starhub picks up NBA rights
Singapore telco Starhub has acquired rights to broadcast seven regular-season National Basketball Association games per week in a multi-year deal starting with the 2019-20 season, which tips off October…
NBA agrees free-to-air rights deal in Australia with SBS
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has secured a two-season deal for rights to show two live NBA games and one live Women's NBA game per week
NBA announces five-year extension with China’s Tencent
The NBA and Chinese social media giant Tencent have announced a five-year extension of their current deal, which will now run through to the 2024-25 season
Zion Williamson’s Pelicans debut sets NBA Summer League TV ratings record
Zion Williamson's highly-anticipated debut for the New Orleans Pelicans on July 5 set a record for the highest-rated NBA Summer League game ever
NBA teams up with Unbnd on mixed-reality service
The NBA basketball league has partnered with Australian creative technology company Unbnd to deliver NBA TV content through a mixed-reality theatre experience