Basketball
Spanish basketball’s ACB nets two-year TV deal in Argentina
The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB), which organises the top tier of club basketball in Spain, has finalised a two-year broadcast rights deal in Argentina with DeporTV, the free-to-air s…
L’Équipe TV poised to land French basketball league rights
Digital terrestrial broadcaster L’Équipe TV is reportedly poised to acquire rights to the Ligue Nationale de Basket.
IMG Arena keeps fee steady in extended Brazilian basketball betting deal
IMG Arena has maintained its outlay on betting streaming rights to the top tier of Brazilian domestic basketball in a six-year renewal of the property.
Spanish basketball’s ACB lands Icelandic TV deal
The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB), which organises the top tier of club basketball in Spain, has finalised a rights deal in Iceland with pay-television broadcaster Stöð 2 Sport.
The Sports Channel doubles NBA outlay for six-season renewal in Israel
Israeli pay-television broadcaster The Sports Channel’s latest renewal with the National Basketball Association saw it double its expenditure on a property with which it has become synonymous.
Eurosport agrees two-season renewal for Lega Basket rights
Discovery-owned pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has renewed its pay-television rights to the Lega Basket Serie A for a further two seasons
IMG Arena bolsters streaming rights with six-year Brazilian basketball deal
IMG Arena, the sports betting arm of the IMG agency, has agreed a six-season extension to its global live streaming deal with Liga Nacional de Basquete, the top tier of Brazilian club basketball
Euroleague Basketball carves out Lithuanian FTA rights while growing Baltic value
Euroleague Basketball has boosted the value of its rights in the Baltics by carving out free-to-air rights in the valuable Lithuanian market, in deals with media group TV3 and Lithuanian public-service broadcaster LRT.
Mediapro secures five CEBL deals in APAC region ahead of finals weekend
Five broadcast deals have been agreed in the Asia-Pacific region for the semi-finals and final of the 2020 Canadian Elite Basketball League Summer Series tournament
Lega Basket kicks off two-season domestic tender, closes in on Infront deal
Lega Basket, the governing body for Italian basketball’s top division, has launched a domestic invitation to tender for its media rights which will cover the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.
NBA creates betting-focused telecasts
The National Basketball Association has created an alternate broadcast option devoted to sports betting within its suite of video platforms
NHL, NBA restart play to strong US audiences
Both the National Hockey League and National Basketball Association returned to play after delays of more than four months due to the Covid-19 pandemic and generated strong ratings among American television…
Enlarged NBA-Yahoo Sports deal includes new virtual reality rights
The National Basketball Association has struck a renewed and enlarged multiyear marketing and content agreement with Verizon Media-owned Yahoo Sports that will see the company deploy NBA games in virtual…
CCTV maintains NBA blackout
The NBA season got underway yesterday (Thursday) without television coverage in China as state broadcaster CCTV maintained its blackout amid a long-running dispute with the basketball league
NBA takes haircut in Philippines in Cignal, Smart deal after long stalemate
The value of NBA rights in the Philippines has fallen sharply due to the withdrawal of two major sports broadcasters, Solar Entertainment and ABS-CBN, from the market.
The Sports Channel signs five-season NBA renewal in Israel
Israeli pay-television broadcaster The Sports Channel has renewed its rights to the National Basketball Association until the end of the 2025-26 season
ESPN expands WNBA coverage
US sports broadcaster ESPN has expanded its coverage of the 2020 Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) campaign by adding an additional 13 regular-season games.
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