Basketball

Digital services company Spark New Zealand has agreed a deal to offer discounted coverage of the North American National Basketball Association (NBA).

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 proposed to spin-off its media and sports businesses from its entertainment division.

Betradar, a division of sports and betting-related services company Sportradar, has struck a carriage deal with Spanish gaming operator Codere for its Live Channel service.

White label smart-television portal provider NetRange has struck a deal to make content from the Euroleague Basketball club tournament available on an on-demand basis.

The athletics division of US college Arizona State has said it will terminate its multimedia rights deal with IMG College and is claiming more than $5m (€3.9m) in damages from the agency for failing to meet contract obligations.

The Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, will receive record international broadcast coverage for its 2014-15 season.

NBA TV, the cable and satellite television broadcaster operated by the North American basketball league, has extended its rights deal with Euroleague Basketball for the 2014-15 season.

There are three main reasons why the National Basketball Association secured a 180-per-cent increase in the value of its domestic media rights this month, according to US rights experts.

Media rights clips from October 2 to 15

Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus and domestic public digital terrestrial broadcaster Sport 1 have expanded a rights deal for the Euroleague Basketball club tournament to broadcast more games in the country.

SportA, the sports rights agency for German public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF, has agreed a two-year sublicensing deal with telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom for rights to the Basketball Bundesliga, the top division of the sport in Germany.

Polish pay-television broadcaster NC Plus has signed a two-year agreement to show the Euroleague club basketball competition.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed an exclusive live rights deal with Brose Baskets for the Basketball Bundesliga club’s 2014-15 campaign in the Eurocup competition.

Pay-television broadcaster SportKlub has extended a media rights deal in the Balkans for the Euroleague Basketball club tournament.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, Czech Republic public-service broadcaster Czech TV and Slovakian pay-television broadcaster Slovak Sport have acquired rights for the Euroleague Basketball club competition.

The North American NBA basketball league is to make a number of regular-season games available on a new online sports platform that will be created in partnership with US pay-television broadcaster ESPN as part of its next rights cycle.