Basketball

The Portland Trail Blazers North American NBA basketball franchise has extended a local rights deal with CSN Northwest, part of the NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has extended a rights deal with the British Basketball League and Women’s British Basketball League domestic club competitions.

Le Sports, which is operated by Chinese internet company LeEco, has agreed a three-year deal for the exclusive digital media rights in China to the International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba) Stanković Continental Champions’ Cup national team tournament.

Basketball’s Euroleague said this week the complaint it lodged at the European Commission against the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) in February could have far-reaching consequences. 

Italy’s top basketball league, Lega Basket Serie A, has more than doubled the value of its international rights in a renewal with the MP & Silva agency.

Interview with Eduard Scott, chief operations officer of Euroleague Basketball, on the league’s complaint to the European Commission about Fiba and the recent Munich Court injunction against Fiba Europe sanctions.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the country’s Basketball Bundesliga and sealed a deal to show the ESL One Frankfurt 2016 esports event.

Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN has extended and expanded a deal in Australia and New Zealand for the North American NBA basketball league.

The Brazilian Basketball League (LNB) has entered into a partnership with Facebook through which it will become the first domestic sports organisation to stream games via the social media platform’s Facebook Live service.

The International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba) deal with Chinese digital company Tencent is thought to be its largest ever on a per-annum basis.

Mexican media company Televisa has acquired rights for the NBA North American basketball league.

Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, has claimed a first for the Spanish sports media market by live streaming a game via social media platform Facebook.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has signed a nine-year partnership with Chinese internet company Tencent.

North American basketball league the NBA has partnered with media and technology company BroadbandTV to launch a new platform designed as a community for video creators.

The MP & Silva agency has extended a worldwide rights distribution deal with Lega Basket, the top division of club basketball in Italy.

The Basketball League of Serbia has sealed a deal to launch a video subscription platform in partnership with online services provider StreamAMG.