Basketball

LNB TV, the OTT streaming platform of the Ligue Nationale de Basket, the governing body of men’s club basketball in France, has acquired broadcast rights in France to the Basketball Champions League.

SVT, Sweden’s public-service broadcaster, has secured rights to International Basketball Federation (Fiba) events and qualifiers until 2025.

Indian media group Viacom18’s three-season deal for rights to the NBA reflects the property’s stagnant profile in the country, where broadcaster interest in the league has waned.

MCS Basket, a new OTT platform focusing on basketball, has acquired broadcast rights to Spanish club competitions organised by the Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB) in the markets of F…

Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang has further expanded its sports rights portfolio by agreeing a multi-year deal with North American basketball league the NBA

France’s Ligue Nationale de Basket has ended its search for a domestic broadcaster after agreeing a deal with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports.

Veteran American sports commentator Beth Mowins will make history on December 3 when she becomes the first woman to call a National Basketball Association regular-season game on ESPN

Indian media group Viacom18 has secured a multi-year deal for National Basketball Association broadcast rights in India

The NBA will earn record revenue from its digital media rights in China in the coming seasons, despite the ravages of the pandemic and the 2019 Daryl Morey controversy.

Basketball New Zealand (BBNZ) has hailed a “ground-breaking” five-year rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand covering national team and club games, as well as leading to the launch of …

Saran Media Group has acquired international basketball rights in Turkey, the Czech Republic and Slovakia from Fiba, continuing the latter’s series of deals announced in Europe.

Subscription streaming platform Okko has acquired exclusive live and on-demand streaming rights in Russia to the EuroLeague and EuroCup club basketball competitions

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has continued its rights drive in Europe by striking deals in the Baltics, Poland and the Czech Republic

Fiba has agreed a broadcast deal in New Zealand with telco Spark for its international basketball competitions until 2025, the latest in a series of such agreements announced this week

Eleven Italy has landed a deal with Fiba for live coverage of international basketball events in the country until 2025. The streaming platform, which relaunched on its parent’s platform ElevenSports.c

Fiba, the world basketball governing body, has reached an agreement with Spanish public-service broadcaster RTVE for rights to the Spanish basketball team’s international matches until 2025.