Basketball
Zion Williamson’s Pelicans debut sets NBA Summer League TV ratings record
Zion Williamson's highly-anticipated debut for the New Orleans Pelicans on July 5 set a record for the highest-rated NBA Summer League game ever
WNBA signs media-rights deals with three Canadian networks
The Women's National Basketball Association is furthering its reach into Canada by signing media-rights deals with Sportsnet, TSN, and NBA TV Canada
Eleven takes on Basketball World Cup rights in Portugal
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive rights in Portugal to the 2019 Basketball World Cup
NBA teams up with Unbnd on mixed-reality service
The NBA basketball league has partnered with Australian creative technology company Unbnd to deliver NBA TV content through a mixed-reality theatre experience
British Basketball League signs revised deal with DAZN Group
The British Basketball League (BBL) has reworked its partnership with DAZN Group in a deal with the group's betting rights and data division, Perform Content
Israeli Basketball Premier League domestic rights flat as market cools
The value of the Israeli Basketball Premier League’s domestic rights has stalled, with incumbent pay-television broadcaster Sports Channel renewing rights from 2019-20 amid little competition.
Bleacher Report plans multi-site video show for NBA Draft
WarnerMedia-owned media outlet will blend on-site video reports from three sites with social media content
FloSports signs two-year 3×3 basketball partnership deal with Fiba
Texas-headquartered streaming service FloSports has signed a two-year deal with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) covering a range of its 3x3 tournaments
Saran set to snap up Fiba national team rights in Turkey
Saran Media has agreed to acquire exclusive multi-platform rights in Turkey to a series of national team events operated by Fiba, basketball’s global governing body.
CBC acquires rights to Canadian Elite Basketball League
Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC has agreed a rights deal with the fledgling Canadian Elite Basketball League
Lagardère holds off local agencies to renew VTB United League international rights
The VTB United League, a pan-European club basketball competition, has significantly increased the value of its international rights in a new deal with the Lagardère Sports agency amid interest from local Russian agencies.
Protocol Sports to market select Liga ACB rights in Asia, Eurasia
Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, has chosen Protocol Sports Marketing to market the competition to key territories in Asia and Eurasia
ESPN experiments with NBA live stream aimed at teenagers
ESPN unveiled a live stream of Game 2 of the NBA Finals on the ESPN App on Sunday evening that was aimed exclusively at a teenage audience
SBS close to NBA rights deal in Australia – report
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS is reportedly closing in on a deal for rights to the NBA basketball league
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube to stream NBA Finals in India
The NBA has confirmed that the basketball league’s season-ending Finals will be live-streamed in India on social media websites Facebook and Twitter and video-sharing platform YouTube.
Silver: NBA will consider earlier West Coast games to boost TV numbers
The NBA may soon be moving up the games involving some of its marquee teams and players in a move to improve television viewership
Band deal returns NBA to Brazilian free-to-air TV
Brazilian broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes (Band) has acquired rights to the 2019 NBA Finals, returning the North American basketball league to free-to-air television in country for the first time since 2004
Euroleague beats bearish Spain outlook with DAZN deal
Euroleague Ventures – the joint venture between Euroleague Basketball and the IMG agency –secured a robust price from sports streaming service DAZN for the 2019-20 to 2022-23 rights cycle in Spain despite an initially unpromising market outlook, SportBusiness Media understands.