Basketball

Nova Broadcasting Group, part of multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, has agreed a three-season deal for rights in Bulgaria to Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain.

North American basketball league the NBA has agreed a game highlights syndication deal with digital sports news agency SendtoNews.

Club basketball competition the British Basketball League will introduce live global streaming of its games next year through an initiative launched in partnership with sports technology company Hawk-Eye Innovations, sports broadcaster WebcastSport and pay-television broadcaster Sky.

The Brazilian Basketball League (LNB) has enhanced the reach of its top-tier club competition, the NBB, through a new two-season rights deal with commercial broadcaster RedeTV.

US media company Time Warner has invested $15.8m (€14.9m) in Uninterrupted, the multimedia network for sports lifestyle content created by basketball superstar LeBron James and business partner Maverick Carter.

Pan-European basketball competition the United League has reached an agreement in principle on a broadcast rights deal with Russian sports media platform Match TV, according to the tournament’s deputy chief executive Ilona Korstin.

North American basketball league the NBA has expanded its partnership with Brazilian pay-television broadcaster Globosat through a new digital deal.

Basketball Australia chief executive Anthony Moore has said the governing body is close to signing a multi-year broadcast deal for the Women’s National Basketball League with a free-to-air partner.

The IMG Events & Media agency said this week the income projections behind its newly-created 10-season joint venture with basketball’s Euroleague were “aggressive, but realistic”.

The National Basketball Association has finalised a string of deals outside its domestic US market in recent weeks, securing large increases in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and India, and a modest uplift in Poland.

Interview with Adam Kelly, senior vice president, head of sales EMEA & global business development (worldwide) at IMG.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has extended its media rights deal with US sports broadcaster ESPN through to the end of the 2017-18 season.

The Pac-12 US college sports conference has expanded its rights partnership with Chinese internet company LeTV.

US telecommunications company Verizon has agreed a multi-year content and marketing partnership with the NBA basketball league that will bring daily league highlights, new original series and access to some live games to its new mobile video streaming service Go90.

Pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport has stepped up its commitment to club basketball competition the Eurocup, the second-tier tournament operated by Euroleague Basketball.

The Dallas Mavericks North American NBA basketball franchise has sealed a local rights deal with the Fox Sports Southwest division of US network Fox.