Basketball

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has extended a domestic rights deal for coverage of the Australian National Basketball League.

North American basketball league the NBA has appointed Jennifer Chun as senior vice-president of global media distribution.

American Sports Network (ASN), the college sports platform operated by US television broadcasting company Sinclair Networks Group, has agreed a sublicensing deal with US sports broadcaster ESPN for rights to men’s basketball games from the American Athletic Conference.

Madison Square Garden Company, which owns US regional pay-television channels MSG Network and MSG Plus along with major league franchises the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers, has approved a spin-off of its sports and entertainment businesses from its media division.

Internet video technology provider NeuLion has sealed a partnership with the Euroleague to support the club basketball tournament's new digital service.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has expanded its partnership with social networking platform Twitter to incorporate a new initiative utilising its live video broadcasting app, Periscope.

German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom and Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus have acquired rights for the 2015 EuroBasket national team tournament.

International pay-television operator Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Poland for the EuroBasket 2015 men’s national team basketball competition.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has sealed a domestic rights deal with the Australian National Basketball League.

Steve Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has reportedly rejected the latest offer for the next cycle of the North American NBA basketball franchise’s local rights and is considering launching an over-the-top streaming network to show coverage.

Italy’s top basketball league, Lega Basket Serie A, is satisfied with the outcome of its recent domes-tic rights negotiations, even though total fees remain well below the level of five years ago.

International pay-television operator Eleven Sports Network has acquired exclusive rights to North American basketball league the NBA in Belgium, while it has struck a multi-year partnership with US media group EverSport.

Singaporean telecommunications company StarHub has launched a new online streaming service that will offer access to sports content provided via its pay-television operation.

AMC Networks International – Central Europe, the central European division of US entertainment company AMC Networks, has agreed a multi-year extension to its deal with the NBA for the rights in Hungary to the North American basketball league.

Basic-tier broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has agreed a five-year deal for exclusive rights to events staged by the French Basketball League (LNB) and French Basketball Federation (FFBB).

Lega Basket, which operates the top division of basketball in Italy, has agreed two-year rights deals with state broadcaster Rai and pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia.