Basketball
Sky Italia retains NBA rights for four more years
Sky Italia has signed a new four-year deal with the US’s National Basketball Association that will allow the Italian pay-TV broadcaster to air more than 300 regular-season matches live.
Viewers flock to Cuatro for Spain’s Fiba World Cup victory
Spain’s triumph at the 2019 Fiba Basketball World Cup drew significant audience figures for commercial free-to-air broadcaster Mediaset’s Cuatro channel.
Digiturk agrees three-season deal for Euroleague rights
Digiturk, the beIN Media Group-owned pay-TV broadcaster, has agreed a three-season deal from 2019-20 onwards for the exclusive rights to Euroleague basketball in Turkey
Eurovision Services signs distribution agreement for Spanish Basketball League
Eurovision Services, the business services arm of the European Broadcast Union, has agreed a deal with Spanish basketball’s governing body the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto to distribute the broadcast si…
NBA agrees free-to-air rights deal in Australia with SBS
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has secured a two-season deal for rights to show two live NBA games and one live Women's NBA game per week
Fiba YouTube channel delivers World Cup highlights
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has detailed a cooperation partnership with technology company Google which is designed to deliver a premium experience to fans who cannot be at the ongoing…
DAZN picks up Flamengo, Botafogo basketball games in Brazil
Sports streaming service DAZN has agreed a deal with the Rio de Janeiro Basketball Federation to provide coverage in Brazil of Campeonato Estadual games played between Flamengo, Botafogo and Niterói.
German Basketball Federation wants ARD-ZDF to boost FIBA World Cup exposure
The president of the German Basketball Federation (DBB) has called on German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF to negotiate a rights agreement that ensures the closing stages of the forthcoming FIBA Basketball…
Fiba to deliver 4K broadcasts at 3×3 events
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced plans to produce and broadcast in 4K for the first time during 3x3 events in Debrecen, Hungary
Ewell Zhao, General Manager, Tencent Sports
Ewell Zhao talks about Tencent’s rights renewal with the NBA, its method for valuing sports media rights and the future of the Chinese sports video streaming industry.
DAZN secures exclusive Fiba World Cup rights in Japan, Canada
Sports streaming service DAZN has acquired exclusive rights in Japan and Canada to the upcoming Fiba Basketball World Cup in China
China’s Tencent sees off Youku to keep NBA digital rights in record deal
Chinese social media giant Tencent saw off competition from rival streaming player Youku Tudou to retain the NBA’s digital rights in the country for the 2020-25 cycle at a record-breaking fee, underscoring the strong growth in China’s streaming market in recent years.
Sporttotal nets 10-year Women’s Basketball Bundesliga streaming deal
Germany’s Women’s Basketball Bundesliga (DBBL) has agreed a 10-year rights deal with sports production and live streaming company Sporttotal.
Fiba to stream pre-World Cup games through NBL link-up
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has teamed up with Australia’s National Basketball League to live-stream coverage of World Cup warm-up games featuring Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
New NBA schedule features earlier shift in many national broadcast windows
Shift to earlier start times for nationally broadcast doubleheaders follows shift of LeBron James to Los Angeles and ratings declines last season
Telefónica retains LaLiga rights in bars and cafes in Mediapro deal
Spanish telco Telefónica has renewed its deal with agency Mediapro for the rights to broadcast a range of live sports in public places during the 2019-20 season.
Nova pays premium to secure Euroleague Basketball rights in tumultuous Greek market
Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has paid a premium to renew its exclusive rights to EuroLeague and EuroCup basketball in Greece and Cyprus, SportBusiness Media understands, marking a second consecutive fee increase for the European tournament’s rights in the territory.
Twitch named exclusive live streaming partner of USA Basketball
Twitch has been named the exclusive live streaming partner of USA Basketball, in a deal announced by the governing body and the National Basketball Association.