Basketball

The Sports Channel, the Israeli pay-television broadcaster, has extended a rights deal for the Euroleague Basketball club competition.

NBA franchise the Orlando Magic will provide streaming-only coverage of a game for the first time tomorrow (Wednesday) when it takes on the San Antonio Spurs in a pre-season contest.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TV3 Catalunya and the Movistar Plus broadcast platform of telecommunications company Telefónica have extended rights deals for the Euroleague continental club basketball competition.

The North American NBA basketball league has extended and expanded rights partnerships with Chinese IPTV provider BesTV and Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia.

Indian digital media company Veqta has acquired rights for the Australian National Basketball League club competition.

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired rights to the newly-launched Basketball Champions League European club tournament.

Live coverage of the Australian National Basketball League will be available in China after media companies Ali Sports and Sina Sports agreed rights deals for the competition.

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1’s free-to-air channel ProSieben Maxx has expanded its sports portfolio by agreeing a rights deal for club competitions operated by Euroleague Basketball.

Basketball’s Euroleague is close to a new media-rights deal in Greece even though its existing contract has two seasons to run, TV Sports Markets understands.

Digital sports media company Perform Group has extended a rights deal with the British Basketball League domestic club competition.

Vietnamese pay-television operator Vietnam Cable Television (VTVcab) has acquired exclusive rights in the country to North American basketball league the NBA.

Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has acquired rights to the upcoming season of the National Basketball League domestic club competition.

NBA basketball franchise the Los Angeles Clippers has agreed a multi-year extension to its partnership with cable television channel Prime Ticket in a deal that reportedly doubles the value of its local rights.

The national federations of 10 countries have signed up to the International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba) new multi-cast initiative, with the sport’s global governing body keen on securing further partners before the end of the year.

National Basketball Association media rights soared in value in Hong Kong by more than 500 per cent this week as LeSports displaced incumbent rights-holder PCCW.

DB Video will extend its contract for media rights to Belgium’s top-tier basketball league for a further season despite losing money on the current deal, TV Sports Markets understands.