Basketball
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.
Tencent reports increased revenues and profits, warns on virus impact
Chinese digital media company Tencent reported large increases in revenues and profits in 2019, but warned of the impact on its business of the coronavirus epidemic
NFL, NBA offering fans free previews of subscription digital products
The National Football League and National Basketball Association announced they will offer free previews of their subscription digital products to fans free of charge amid the absence of any live sports…
WarnerMedia, CBS Sports say NCAA tournament coverage plans unchanged amid virus crisis
WarnerMedia and CBS Sports, which co-produces coverage of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, said their production plans for the marquee US sports event remain on despite the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, a…
Brazilian women’s basketball league secures free-to-air return
Brazil’s top women’s basketball league, the LBF, has secured a return to free-to-air television through a rights deal with TV Cultura.
NBA’s Brabants: Traditional sports must follow esports to capture young viewers
Traditional sports players must take insights gleaned from esports and other innovations if they are to engage with younger audiences, according to Matt Brabants, the NBA’s senior vice-president of global m…
Big3 extends CBS broadcast deal for 2020
Ice Cube’s Big3 basketball league has extended its domestic broadcast partnership with CBS Sports for the 2020 season.
NBA All-Star Game TV ratings rise eight per cent following format change
The format change of the National Basketball Association All-Star Game has proven a hit with fans, with TV ratings for this year's event at Chicago's United Center averaging 7
TNT to broadcast NBA All-Star Game’s fourth quarter commercial-free
TNT has announced it will broadcast the untimed fourth quarter of this weekend's National Basketball Association All-Star Game, which will honor the late Kobe Bryant, commercial-free for the first time
Mega to return to Greek screens with Euroleague sublicense
Greek free-to-air broadcaster Mega TV will return to Greek screens for the first time since 2018 and is set to broadcast the home Euroleague matches of Panathinaikos and Olympiacos
LA Lakers’ Kobe Bryant tribute draws big audience for ESPN
The Los Angeles Lakers' first game following the death of Kobe Bryant, against the Portland Trail Blazers on January 31, averaged 4.41m viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen figures.
WSC Sports enters South America with LNB deal
Israel-based WSC Sports, a provider of artificial intelligence-supported sports video highlights, has made its first move into the South American market by agreeing a deal with Liga Nacional de Basquete,…
Mediapro to produce Canadian Elite Basketball League matches
The Canadian Elite Basketball League has selected the Mediapro agency as its production partner for all matches that will be aired live by public-service broadcaster CBC during the 2020 season
NBA and Tsai ‘optimistic’ over return of CCTV coverage
Brooklyn Nets owner Joseph Tsai has expressed his desire for Chinese state broadcaster CCTV to resume its coverage of the NBA basketball league amid the continued fallout caused by a tweet sent last year…