Basketball
Fanseat lands suite of basketball league rights from Sportradar
Fanseat, the subscription-based sports streaming service owned by the Spring Media agency, has secured rights to broadcast six basketball leagues in the Denmark, France and the UK
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.
Kuaishou becomes NBA’s short video partner in China
Social video platform Kuaishou has become the NBA's official short video platform in China under a multi-year deal
Basketball Champions League renews automated highlights deal with WSC Sports
The Basketball Champions League has renewed a deal with Israeli artificial intelligence firm WSC Sports to deliver automated real-time highlights for the competition until 2024
Foxtel, ABC renew Women’s NBL rights
Australia's Women's National Basketball League has renewed domestic media-rights deals with pay-television broadcaster Foxtel and public-service broadcaster ABC for the 2021-22 season
New Joj Sports channel lands ACB rights in Slovakia
Newly launched Slovakian pay-television broadcaster TV Joj has secured rights to the Spanish top-flight basketball league for the next two seasons
ESPN replaces Ziggo as NBA rights-holder in the Netherlands
Dutch pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights to the NBA basketball league ahead of the start of the 2021-22 season later this month
TapDMV acquires B.League rights in Philippines
Filipino sports media platform Tap Digital Media Ventures has acquired digital and linear television rights for Japanese B.League basketball for the 2021-22 season
FreeSports secures non-exclusive EuroLeague rights in UK
FreeSports, the UK free-to-air channel, has acquired a package of rights to basketball’s EuroLeague during the 2021-22 season.
Instat TV set for Polish launch on back of basketball rights deals
OTT streaming platform InStat TV is to break into the Polish market this week after securing rights to two domestic basketball competitions
Euroleague secures increase from Saran in tough Turkish market
Euroleague Basketball has secured an increase in value for its media rights in a tough Turkish market, agreeing a new three-season deal with Saran Media from 2022-23 onward.
Liga ACB expands outside Europe with Bilibili deal in China
Spanish basketball's Liga ACB has landed an international broadcast deal which will see it break into the Chinese market
Eleven Sports secures non-exclusive EuroLeague digital rights in Italy
Eleven Sports has acquired non-exclusive digital rights in Italy to the EuroLeague and EuroCup, European basketball's top-tier competitions, in a three-season deal that will sit alongside pay-television…
ACB maintains momentum with TV3 Group deal in Baltics, renewed Facebook streaming
Spanish basketball league Liga ACB has secured a multi-year contract in the Baltics with TV3 Group, following up on its latest deal with the Baltics-based media group earlier this year
ACB lands deal with fuboTV in US, Puerto Rico
Spain’s top basketball division, the Liga ACB, has awarded its US rights for the forthcoming two seasons to US streaming service fuboTV.
Streaming wars help revive Australian market as Nine and Ten launch new services
An outbreak of ‘streaming wars’ in Australia has injected life into a sports media rights market that this time last year looked threatened by a sharp decline.
ACB pens rights renewals in Turkey and Israel
The Liga ACB, Spain’s top-flight basketball competition, has struck deals with broadcasters in Turkey and Israel, continuing its spree of renewals in recent weeks.
ACB lands two-year agreement in Poland with Sportklub
The Liga ACB, Spain’s top-flight basketball competition, has renewed its broadcast rights deal in Poland with Sportklub for two more seasons, from 2021-22 to 2022-23.