Basketball

Meo, the pay-television platform of Portugal Telecom, has agreed a carriage deal for NBA TV, the cable and satellite television channel operated by the North American basketball league.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has agreed a rights deal in the Philippines with commercial broadcaster TV5.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport will simulcast today’s (Thursday’s) NBA basketball clash in London between the Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers on social media platform Facebook, along with providing free-to-air coverage via its BT Sport Showcase channel.

The NBA North American basketball league yesterday (Sunday) streamed a regular-season game via Facebook for the first time, with the game between the Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors available exclusively to users of the social media platform in India.

Virtual reality broadcast technology company NextVR has moved to widen its international reach by partnering with internet company Google and broadening its existing relationship with North American basketball league the NBA.

NBA TV, the cable and satellite television broadcaster operated by the North American basketball league, has extended an agreement to broadcast the Euroleague continental club competition.

The NBA Digital division of the NBA basketball league has partnered with daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel to develop a mobile game that will seek to provide fans with a second-screen experience during television broadcasts of matches.

New Zealand media company NZME and free-to-air broadcaster Maori Television have acquired rights to the domestic National Basketball League men’s competition.

In the second interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the media-rights landscape of the top basketball leagues

In the second interactive monthly data report, TV Sports Markets analyses the media-rights landscape of the top basketball leagues

Australian Women’s National Basketball League team Perth Lynx has announced that two of its upcoming games will be shown live on commercial broadcaster Seven.

Two recent deals with the National Basketball Association have fulfilled different needs for Eleven Sports Network in Singapore and Taiwan.

BeIN Media Group increased its fee for National Basketball Association media rights in France by about 23 per cent ahead of the new season.

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Afrique has agreed a sublicensing deal with telco Econet for rights to North American basketball league the NBA.

Twitter has signed up Globe Telecom of the Philippines as an advertising partner for the social media platform’s live-streaming coverage of the NBA basketball league.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired digital rights in Taiwan for the NBA North American basketball league.