Basketball

The Chinese Volleyball League has agreed rights deals with the Sina Sports division of Chinese internet operator Sina and the Suning Sports division of conglomerate Suning Holdings.

Euroleague Basketball, which organises continental club competitions in Europe, has signed a media partnership with Turkish online sports platform Fanatik.

Movistar Plus, the pay-television platform of Spanish telecommunications group Telefónica, has agreed a multi-season extension to its rights deal for North American basketball league the NBA.

The NBA’s blockbuster deal with e-commerce firm Rakuten in Japan will soon be followed by new deals in Spain with Telefónica and Poland with NC Plus, TV Sports Markets understands.

On the back of Twitter's purchase of the IPL rights tender and its announcement of several sports streaming deals in Asia-Pacific, Aneesh Madani talks to TV Sports Markets about the social media platform's future strategy regarding sports rights in the region.

Sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in the US to a range of national team events operated by the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

Euroleague Basketball, which organises continental club competitions in Europe, has named Greek online sports platform, Gazzetta.gr, as its official premium media partner in the country.

Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten has furthered its ties to the NBA by agreeing a multi-year media and marketing partnership with the basketball league.

The operators of the European Basketball Champions League have launched a new mobile application that will allow fans to access video coverage of games.

Online streaming platform Tencent is close to agreeing a deal for domestic Chinese Basketball Association rights for a fee close to the total value of the association’s digital rights last season.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has widened its coverage of US sports in Italy by acquiring rights to National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball and American football.

The British Basketball League has agreed a streaming partnership with UK-based online news and entertainment company Unilad.

The Pro Basketball League, the top-tier club competition in Belgium, has agreed a partnership with sports streaming service Fanseat.

Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has extended and expanded its rights deal with the National Basketball League domestic club competition.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG has agreed a five-season extension to its rights deal with the national governing bodies of basketball, handball, floorball and volleyball.

Sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in Australia to three upcoming friendly games between teams from the domestic National Basketball League and North America's NBA.