Basketball

North American basketball league the NBA has agreed a multi-year partnership with digital media and broadcasting company Vice Media.

North American basketball league the NBA has extended its distribution agreement with Eurovision, the European Broadcasting Union's production arm.

French telecommunications company Altice has acquired rights for the EuroLeague and EuroCup basketball tournaments.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights to the domestic Women’s National Basketball League.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has renewed a rights partnership with Big3, a three-on-three, half-court basketball league that launched earlier this year.

German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom has acquired rights to national team events operated by the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has appointed the Torneos agency to distribute its broadcast rights in Latin and South America from 2017 to 2025.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights to a host of national team competitions organised by the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

It is thought Fox was Discovery’s only rival bidder, but the broadcaster’s limited budget for sports rights did not allow an aggressive bid. Discovery, on the other hand, was very keen on the rights

The International basketball federation (Fiba) has earned a huge increase in the value of its rights in sub-Saharan Africa, buoyed by this year’s AfroBasket being held in Angola

EuroLeague Basketball has appointed Andrea Bassani as the media manager of its EuroCup club competition.

The Big Ten Conference has confirmed domestic rights deals with the CBS and Fox networks and sports broadcaster ESPN.

Italy’s Lega Basket has seen the value of its domestic and international rights almost double in new deals with Rai and Discovery Communications.

Pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports Network will pay a small fee to show Fiba events in Taiwan in an exclusive five-year deal agreed last month.

Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has acquired exclusive rights in sub-Saharan Africa for national team competitions operated by the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the national basketball team’s games in the Supercup tournament, along with a friendly against France, as it prepares for the 2017 EuroBasket competition.