Basketball

The Chinese Basketball Association is close to reaching its media-rights income target of $60m (€51m) per season for the current cycle.

Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset has committed to televise the national basketball team’s opening two qualifying games for the 2019 World Cup after stating it has received the necessary assurances from the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) over the current dispute in the sport.

The Ligue Féminine de Basket, the top division of club basketball in France, will live stream the majority of its games for free in what it described as a “revolutionary” move for the competition.

UAE-based broadcaster Sharjah Sports has agreed a rights deal with the Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has agreed a rights deal with Māori Television, a free-to-air broadcaster in New Zealand, amid question marks over its contract with Spanish commercial broadcaster Mediaset.

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has agreed a rights deal with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has struck a rights deal for coverage of the Formosa Dreamers in the Asean Basketball League, as well as the regional club competition’s play-offs.

US-based multi-platform sports network Stadium has agreed a deal with social media platform Facebook to stream live coverage of US college basketball games.

The Brazilian basketball league’s renewed deals with Bandeirantes and Facebook, and a new deal with Twitter, will earn the property no rights fees but satisfies the league’s immediate needs: production services and worldwide exposure.

Daily fantasy sports company DraftKings has joined forces with MSG Networks, which owns and operates the MSG Network and MSG Plus US regional sports and entertainment channels, to set an apparent first with a fantasy sports-focused broadcast.

Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, has agreed deals through the MP & Silva agency with the social media platform Facebook and Chinese internet company Tencent for live streaming coverage of this Sunday’s game between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, known as ‘El Clásico’.

The Turner Sports division of US cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System and technology company Intel have agreed a multi-year deal to jointly offer virtual reality (VR) coverage of North America’s NBA basketball league.

DraftKings has expanded a partnership with Euroleague Basketball that will allow the daily fantasy sports operator to stream live coverage of the body's EuroLeague tournament.

Finnish telecommunications company Elisa has extended its rights deal for Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has joined forces with North American NBA basketball team the Portland Trail Blazers to trial a new direct-to-consumer media product during the 2017-18 season.

Brazilian broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has agreed an extension to its rights deal with the Brazilian Basketball League (LNB) to cover its top-tier club competition, the NBB.