Basketball
Telefónica secures NBA renewal in Spain for three-season cycle
Telecoms operator Telefónica has renewed its NBA broadcast rights in Spain for a further three-season cycle, taking the pair’s relationship to 25 years.
Eleven keeps hold of NBA rights in Belgium
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has retained its linear broadcast and digital rights in Belgium to North America’s NBA in a “multi-year” deal announced today (Wednesday).
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SN1 turns to Content Arena to distribute Lega Basket international rights
SN1 Trading, the consultancy and media rights agency, will use the Content Arena platform to distribute its recently acquired international rights to the top tier of Italian domestic basketball
SN1 Trading to sell international rights to all live Lega Basket Serie A matches
All live matches from Italian basketball’s Serie A are to be marketed to international broadcasters for the first time in the two-year agreement with SN1 Trading, the rights arm of Munich-based consultancy S…
Lega Basket and Infront finalise three-year agreement
Lega Basket Serie A, the governing body for Italian basketball’s top division, has finalised a three-year agreement with Infront that affords the agency the title of exclusive marketing, sponsorship a…
Telefónica’s Movistar Plus retains Liga ACB rights to 2023
Spanish telecoms operator Telefónica has renewed its exclusive domestic broadcast rights agreement with Liga ACB, the top tier of Spanish basketball, for another three seasons.
Lack of competition slows pay-TV fee growth for Italy’s Lega Basket
Lega Basket, the governing body of top tier Italian basketball, saw its domestic pay-television media-rights income growth slow considerably in the 2020-22 rights round, driven by a significantly less competitive market.
Spanish basketball’s ACB agrees three-season Venezuelan TV deal
The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB), the governing body for the top-tier of Spanish domestic basketball, has concluded a three-season broadcast rights deal in Venezuela with telco I…
Pixellot signs Israeli basketball production and rights deal
Automated sports video production company Pixellot has signed a deal with the Israeli Basketball Association (IBBA) to produce and distribute live games and additional content across the body’s media p…
Lega Basket concludes Rai free-to-air deal, SN1 lands international rights
Lega Basket Serie A, the governing body of the top-tier of Italian domestic basketball, has completed its domestic media-rights sales process after agreeing a two-season renewal for its free-to-air rights…
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.