Basketball
ZDF nets strong audience for German Fiba World Cup triumph after late sublicensing
Germany’s triumph in the final of the Fiba Basketball World Cup was watched by an average audience of 4.6
EuroLeague returns to Telefónica in Spain after year-long negotiations
Euroleague Basketball has completed its final major media rights deal for the 2023-24 season, agreeing a deal that takes its top-tier EuroLeague competition back to Telefónica's Movistar Plus platform …
Free-to-air networks reject telco’s Basketball World Cup sub-licensing talks
Deutsche Telekom's offer to negotiate with free-to-air linear broadcasters in Germany over a sub-licensing rights deal for the ongoing Fiba Basketball World Cup appears to have fallen on deaf ears
Fiba readies ‘most successful’ commercial World Cup as it completes road to recovery
The commercial success of the upcoming Fiba Basketball World Cup in south-east Asia will ensure the sport’s governing body breaks even for the four-year cycle despite the devastating impact of the global p…
Utah Jazz signs with Kiswe for switch from RSNs to D2C
The National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz has announced it will work with cloud video company Kiswe to launch the team's first-ever direct-to-consumer (D2C) offering following its exit from the AT&T…
Sportklub adds Liga ACB to basketball offering
United Media has further strengthened the basketball portfolio of its Balkans pay-television broadcaster, Sportklub, by agreeing a multi-year deal with the Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto f…
Phoenix Suns, Mercury land media-rights deal with local TV, leave Bally Sports
The Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association and the Mercury of the WNBA will be taking their local broadcasts to Gray Television, leaving Diamond Sports Group's Bally Sports regional sports…
WNBA boasts 46-per-cent viewership rise on ESPN at midway point
The Women's National Basketball Association has drawn an average of 548,000 viewers on ESPN through 13 games for a 46-per-cent increase over the 2022 WNBA season average on the network
BBL hires DAZN’s McKeown as media executive
Neil McKeown has left his role as an executive producer at subscription sports broadcaster DAZN to take up a similar position at the British Basketball League
Euroleague increases media rights income in Baltics
Euroleague Basketball has increased its media rights revenues in the Baltics through a new arrangement with media group TV3 and public-service broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT).
Sky Italia retains Uefa European Championship, NBA and Six Nations
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has announced rights renewals for a slew of sports properties, including the Uefa European Championship, the NBA, rugby union’s Six Nations and sailing’s America’s Cup.
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France’s LNB lands broadcast exposure to 2030 with Skweek, L’Équipe
Ligue Nationale de Basket, organising body of French men’s top-tier basketball competition LNB Pro A, has struck a long-term domestic rights deal with streaming platform Skweek and L’Équipe, the digital terr…
Big3 adds to global reach with FITE
US basketball league the Big3 has secured global exposure through a deal with combat sports-focused streaming service FITE
ESPN renews commitment to Fiba World Cup coverage in US
The 2023 Fiba Basketball World Cup is to receive comprehensive coverage in the United States on ESPN, after a new rights deal was announced today (Monday)
NCAA and IMG weigh up unbundling women’s basketball
The NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship – considered one of the most undervalued properties in American sports – is focused on maximising the property’s value from the 2024-25 season, which opens the door to possibly unbundling the rights.
MASN adds Big3 rights
The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) has secured broadcast rights to the Big3 league that will see 52 games available
NBA’s Utah Jazz swap RSN for local station
The Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association will have their games broadcast on local, over-the-air television station KJZZ and a subscription streaming service as the team moves away from the…
WSC Sports makes headway in ‘hard to penetrate’ French market with Skweek deal
AI-powered video content company WSC Sports is escalating its growth in France after striking a three-year deal with streaming platform Skweek, owned by logistics, shipping and commodities trading company…