Basketball
Basketball Bundesliga to continue clips experiment on Facebook and Twitter
The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top division of the sport in Germany, has said it will continue to offer near-live clips of games via social media platforms Facebook and Twitter following a successful pilot initiative at the weekend.
Digicel makes NBA connection in Caribbean
Caribbean telecommunications company Digicel has signed a multi-year broadcasting partnership with North American basketball league the NBA.
ESPN broadens commitment to NBA Development League
US pay-television network ESPN will expand its coverage of the National Basketball Association’s Development League in North America.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From March 12 to 25
Media rights clips From March 12 to 25
Canal Plus set to close sports channel – report
French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus is planning to close its Sport Plus television channel, according to L’Equipe.
Univision Deportes and NBA strike content partnership
US pay-television broadcaster Univision Deportes has agreed a multi-year partnership with the National Basketball Association to provide fans in the US with Spanish-language content from the North American basketball league.
Metta Sport partnership broadens Pac-12’s reach to Latin America
Pac-12 Networks, the content and multi-platform media company for the Pac-12 US college sports conference, has agreed a multi-year distribution partnership with the Metta Sport agency covering the Latin America region.
Euroleague secures Spox.com as German media partner
Euroleague Basketball has agreed a partnership with digital sports media group Spox.com to provide online video content for fans of the pan-European club competition in Germany.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From February 26 to March 11
Media rights clips from February 26 to March 11
Nova nets NBA rights in Bulgaria
Nova Broadcasting Group, part of multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group, has agreed a deal with the National Basketball Association to show the North American basketball league in Bulgaria.
Bundesliga games set for new StarTimes channel
Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has agreed a two-year deal for the rights to the German Bundesliga football competition and will launch a new premium sports channel to exploit the content, according to Rwandan newspaper the New Times.
Sports.ru secures digital deal with Euroleague
Russian sports news website Sports.ru has struck a deal to become an official premium media partner of the Euroleague Basketball club tournament.
NCAA Digital launches March Madness YouTube channel
NCAA Digital, a joint venture between the Turner Sports division of US cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting Systems and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, has launched a channel on video-sharing website YouTube for this year’s NCAA March Madness basketball tournament.
ESPN to show amateur basketball tournament
US pay-television network ESPN has acquired rights for the 2015 edition of the Basketball Tournament, an amateur, single-elimination competition in the country.
Germany hosting role adds value to 2015 EuroBasket rights
ARD and ZDF will pay a decent rights fee, plus broadcast sponsorship, for EuroBasket 2015 rights in Germany - with value driven by the country hosting some matches.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From February 12 to 25
Media rights clips from February 12 to 25
RCS MediaGroup launches GazzettaTv
Italy’s RCS MediaGroup has launched its new Gazzetta dello Sport-themed television channel.
Sportitalia adds to basketball coverage with Copa del Rey rights
Italian DTT sports broadcaster Sportitalia has acquired rights to the 2015 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, the annual knockout competition of Spanish club basketball.