Basketball
Infront-Fiba relationship deepens as Mathie moves on
Ian Mathie, the Infront agency's Pan-Asia managing director, is leaving the company and will be replaced by David Nivelle, currently director at Fiba Marketing
“The Last Dance” ratings stay strong but take slight dip in Week 3
ESPN's highly-acclaimed Michael Jordan-themed documentary series The Last Dance maintained strong US television ratings in Week 3, as Episodes 5 and 6 averaged 5.5 million viewers across ESPN and ESPN2
“The Last Dance” maintains strong TV ratings for second successive week
ESPN's highly-acclaimed Michael Jordan-themed documentary series The Last Dance maintained its impressive US television ratings for a second successive week, with Episodes 3 and 4 averaging 5.
Long-form Kobe Bryant documentary series awaits
The late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant hired a documentary crew to record the final season of his storied National Basketball Association career in 2015-16, it has emerged
Rai and Eurosport ‘seek rights fee cut’ from Lega Basket
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai and pan-European broadcaster Eurosport have turned to Lega Basket, the governing body of Italian domestic basketball, in a plea to reduce their fees for the cancelled…
Fiba teams up with Eleven to showcase Taiwan’s Super Basketball League Finals
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has agreed a deal with international sports broadcaster Eleven Sports that will allow it to provide a live stream of Taiwan’s Super Basketball League Finals.
WNBA Draft ratings up 123 per cent from 2019
The 2020 Women's National Basketball Association Draft enjoyed a significant ratings boost thanks in large part to the event's pride of place on the main ESPN network and the dearth of any competing sports…
Eleven scores big audiences for live Taiwanese sport
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Taiwan has hailed the strong audiences generated by its global live streams of Taiwanese basketball and baseball last weekend
“The Last Dance” draws record ratings for ESPN
ESPN's highly-anticipated multi-part Michael Jordan documentary series The Last Dance proved an immediate ratings hit for the sports network, with the first two episodes averaging 6
RMC Sport holds back payment on LNB basketball rights
RMC Sport, the French pay-television broadcaster operated by telco Altice, has not paid the second half of its annual €10m ($10.9
CBA lands wide-ranging China Mobile rights deal
Migu, the video entertainment subsidiary of mobile telcoms operator China Mobile, has signed a wide-ranging agreement with the CBA, the top basketball league in China
BeIN Sports France dedicates channel to NBA archive
French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports will from today (Tuesday) devote one of its overflow channels exclusively to archive content from the National Basketball League
NBA, ESPN eye televised H-O-R-S-E competition
The National Basketball Association and US sports network ESPN are reportedly planning to put on a H-O-R-S-E competition involving several high-profile players
ESPN moves up release of anticipated Bulls documentary
ESPN has moved up the release date for its highly anticipated 10-part documentary series The Last Dance from June to a new start of April 19 due to widespread viewer demand amid the ongoing sports hiatus.
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…
Big3 partners with Endemol for planned quarantined reality show
Ice Cube’s Big3 basketball league is partnering with media production company Endemol to create a planned reality show basketball tournament amid the global Covid-19 pandemic.
FREE | Basketball market report, 2020
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the basketball media-rights landscape.
Basketball data report, 2020
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Media analyses the basketball media-rights landscape.