Basketball

Sports streaming specialist FloSports has agreed a multi-year deal with Basketball Travelers Inc., which organises tours featuring top US basketball universities.

Italian state broadcaster Rai and international sports broadcaster Eurosport have been awarded rights for Lega Basket, the top division of basketball in Italy.

Social media platform Twitter has entered into its first live sports streaming agreement in Argentina through a partnership with Liga Nacional de Básquetbol, the organising body of club basketball in the country.

Greek public-service broadcaster ERT last month fought off competition from local commercial broadcasters to acquire International Basketball Federation (Fiba) events for five years.

Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan has signalled its intention to enter into the sports event business with plans to form three university leagues dedicated to basketball, tackle football and kabaddi.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has struck a rights deal in Taiwan with Fiba, basketball’s global governing body.

Swiss public-service broadcaster SRG has agreed a five-season extension to its rights deal with the Swiss Basketball national governing body.

Greek public-service broadcaster ERT has acquired rights to events operated by the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

The Sina Sports division of Chinese internet operator Sina is to broadcast the final of the 2016-17 Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain.

Finnish public-service broadcaster YLE has acquired rights for events operated by Fiba, basketball’s global governing body.

Euroleague Basketball has said the 2017-18 season of the EuroCup will result in a major enhancement of the second-tier club competition’s broadcast footprint, along with boosting the revenues generated for teams.

The Euroleague will face a litmus test for its new product this summer as it takes its media rights to market in France and Italy – two markets from which the competition is desperate to earn greater revenue.

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has secured a sublicense agreement with sports broadcaster ESPN to televise coverage of the American Athletic Conference’s 2018 college basketball championship.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) is set to more than double its annual media-rights income compared to the previous cycle, boosted by a lucrative deal in China and strong increases in key markets.

Indonesian media group Elang Mahkota Teknologi (EMTK) has acquired exclusive NBA media rights in the country.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in the United States to Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain.