Basketball
Dutch Basketball League engages Genius for streaming and data platform
Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has been selected by the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) to launch its first live streaming and data platform
IOC’s Ryan becomes Fiba Media managing director
Fiba Media, the joint venture between sports media company DAZN Group and Fiba, basketball’s international federation, has a new managing director with Andrew Ryan leaving his role at the International O…
Tencent NBA stream ‘halted over Taiwan flag appearance’
A stream of an NBA game between Miami Heat and the LA Lakers by Chinese platform Tencent Sports was interrupted on Saturday because a man seated in the front row of the crowd was wearing a shirt with the…
NBA nets free-to-air deal in South Africa with e.tv
The NBA basketball league has agreed a rights deal in South Africa with free-to-air broadcaster e.tv.
The multi-year agreement names e
MSG Networks and FanDuel partner for Knicks, Devils broadcasts
MSG Networks has partnered with US gambling operator FanDuel in a deal which will give basketball team the New York Knicks and the NHL's New Jersey Devils broadcasts on the regional sports network's channels…
NBA League Pass distribution extended in the Philippines
The NBA basketball league has extended partnerships with digital services and telecommunications providers Globe Telecom, Smart Communications and PLDT to distribute its NBA League Pass subscription service…
NBL TV nets EuroLeague streaming rights
NBL TV, the subscription-based OTT channel operated by Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL), has reached an agreement to stream live coverage of Euroleague Basketball competitions during the 2…
DirecTV Sports becomes latest broadcaster to agree Basketball Champions League Americas deal
DirecTV, the long-term rights-holder in South America to International Basketball Federation (Fiba) competitions, has become the latest broadcaster in the region to pick up the rights to the new Basketball…
Houston Rockets games dropped from Tencent schedule
Chinese conglomerate Tencent will not show Houston Rockets games for the foreseeable future amid the ongoing fallout caused by a tweet posted by the basketball team’s general manager Daryl Morey earlier t…
DAZN adds Basketball Champions League Americas to Brazil line-up
Sports streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Brazil to the new Basketball Champions League Americas club competition
Saran extends EuroCup rights in Turkey
The Saran Media agency has agreed a one-season extension for the exclusive broadcast rights in Turkey to the EuroCup, the second-tier European club basketball competition
Sky launches new NBA show as part of biggest-ever coverage
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has announced details of a new weekly basketball show to support its coverage of the NBA during the 2019-20 season
NBA to stream games on Facebook and Twitter in Philippines as rights talks drag on
The National Basketball Association announced on Tuesday that selected 2019-20 regular-season games will be live streamed in the Philippines for free on social media platforms Facebook and Twitter.
NBA seals broadcast and betting partnership with Australia’s Tabcorp
Australian gambling and entertainment group Tabcorp has signed a multi-year agreement with the National Basketball Association to show the NBA TV channel in more than 4,400 retail and entertainment venues…
Fiba Champions League rights take knock as ERT replaces Nova
Greek public-service broadcaster ERT has acquired rights for the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) Champions League in a one-season deal after pay-television broadcaster Nova elected not to renew, with the property’s value falling by 25 per cent on a per-season basis.
Singapore telco Starhub picks up NBA rights
Singapore telco Starhub has acquired rights to broadcast seven regular-season National Basketball Association games per week in a multi-year deal starting with the 2019-20 season, which tips off October…
ERT picks up Greek rights to basketball Champions League
Greek public-service broadcaster ERT has agreed a deal to broadcast the 2019-20 Basketball Champions League
NBA seals free-to-air Brazilian platform with Band
Brazilian media group Bandeirantes, which operates free-to-air and pay-television channels, has acquired rights for the NBA basketball league