Basketball
BBL extends with main partner Deutsche Telekom
German telco Deutsche Telekom has agreed a five-season extension to its role as the main rights partner of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top division of the sport in Germany.
Fox Sports takes rights to new NBA tournament
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has agreed a multi-year rights partnership with the NBA through which it will back the North American basketball league’s new Jr. NBA World Championship.
Euroleague signs digital partnership in key Lithuanian market
Euroleague Basketball has signed a digital media partnership with Lithuanian platform 15min.lt.
NBA details groundbreaking live streaming offering
The digital division of North American basketball league the NBA has confirmed landmark plans to allow fans to purchase and watch live games in-progress at a reduced price.
Infront hoping for increase in Turkish basketball league tender
The Infront agency is likely to benefit from relatively strong competition for domestic rights to the Turkish basketball league in its tender, despite difficult market conditions in the country.
Altice acquires NBA rights, Sling TV claims first with League Pass deal
Telco Altice has acquired rights to North American basketball league the NBA in the Dominican Republic, while multichannel television streaming service Sling TV has claimed a first with a carriage deal for out-of-market live game subscription service NBA League Pass.
Turner and Intel launch NBA’s new VR platform
The Turner Sports division of US cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System and technology company Intel have launched a new platform that will result in extensive virtual reality coverage of North American basketball league the NBA.
BBL secures further exposure with FreeSports deal
UK free-to-air digital television channel FreeSports has agreed to broadcast live coverage of the British Basketball League.
Infront lends helping hand to CBA in international rights sales
The Infront agency, which is consulting the Chinese Basketball Association on the sale of its international media rights on a deal-by-deal basis, struck the CBA’s deal across Southeast Asia with Sportsfix this month.
Verizon expands NBA partnership
Verizon has expanded a content and technology partnership with the NBA, with the telco’s Yahoo Sports platform set to offer access to live coverage of the North American basketball league.
Liga ACB expands into Iceland with Sport TV deal
Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, has secured coverage in Iceland for the first time under a new rights deal with broadcaster Sport TV.
Eleven adds NBA G League to basketball portfolio
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in a number of territories to the G League, the NBA basketball league’s developmental competition.
Twitter to live stream Spanish women’s basketball league
Social media platform Twitter has agreed a deal to live stream games from the Liga Femenina, the top division of Spanish women’s club basketball.
SportsFix seals Chinese basketball partnership
Southeast Asian OTT service SportsFix has struck a rights deal with the Chinese Basketball Association.
TV Gazeta to show Brazilian women’s basketball league
Brazilian broadcaster TV Gazeta has acquired rights for the 2018 season of the country’s top women’s basketball league, the LBF.
Videoland pays up for expanded NBA deal, sublicenses to Eleven
The NBA has increased its annual media-rights value in Taiwan via a new agreement with Videoland, which has subsequently sublicensed rights to Eleven Sports.
G League to receive Twitch showcase
The G League, the NBA basketball league’s developmental competition, has agreed a streaming deal with social video platform Twitch.
Eleven seals extended NBA deal in Taiwan
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has renewed an agreement for rights in Taiwan to the NBA basketball league.