Basketball

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights to Australia’s National Basketball League.

NBA basketball franchise the Los Angeles Clippers is closing in on a new local rights deal with cable television channel Prime Ticket that would allow it to retain streaming rights, according to the New York Post.

LeSports, which is operated by Chinese internet company LeEco, has acquired rights in Hong Kong and Macau to North American basketball league the NBA.

French free-to-air television channel Numero 23 has secured rights to the Pro A, the top division of domestic basketball.

Fiba, the global governing body of basketball, is keen to explore further multi-cast partnerships with national federations following a successful two-game collaboration with Swiss Basketball.

Australia’s National Basketball League has launched a new online streaming service that will provide every game live from its 2016-17 season.

French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has extended rights for the North American NBA basketball league and secured coverage of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations tournament as part of a package of African football rights.

French digital-terrestrial television channel L’Équipe 21 has dropped coverage of the domestic Pro A men’s top-tier basketball league for the 2016-17 season.

The Sports Channel has renewed a host of rights in recent weeks as it seeks to solidify its position in the Israeli broadcast market.

Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 and pay-television broadcaster C More have acquired rights to the national basketball team’s qualification campaign for the 2017 EuroBasket competition.

Sports streaming platform Fanseat has agreed rights deals with the British Basketball governing body and the French Ice Hockey Federation (FFHG).

The Australian National Basketball League club competition has extended and expanded its partnership with telecommunications company Telstra.

US regional sports broadcaster Midco Sports Network has extended its multimedia rights partnership with the athletics department of South Dakota State University.

Lagardère Sports, the sports marketing division of conglomerate Lagardère, has agreed an exclusive deal to sell global media rights to pan-European club basketball competition the VTB United League.

North American basketball league the NBA has agreed a deal with social media platform Facebook to stream live coverage of USA Basketball’s warm-up games for the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Thema-Alterna’TV, a subsidiary of French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus, is to launch a new basketball-dedicated pay-television channel in the US and Latin America.