Basketball
NBA extends domestic rights deals – report
US network ABC and cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System have struck long-term media-rights extensions for the NBA basketball league, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.
Fiba hopes clicks help rights sales
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) expects the strong engagement with digital coverage of last month’s World Cup in Spain to aid media-rights sales for EuroBasket 2015 and other events.
Liga ACB coaxes increase from cash-strapped TVE
The top basketball league in Spain, Liga ACB, earned a decent domestic rights fee increase in its renewal with public-service broadcaster TVE.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From September 18 to October 1
Media rights clips from September 18 to October 1
United League renews with Ufa Sports
The Ufa Sports agency has extended its exclusive media-rights distribution agreement with the United League European basketball tournament.
MP & Silva to market NBA rights in Latin America
The MP & Silva agency has agreed a one-year partnership with the NBA to distribute programming from the North American basketball league across selected territories in Latin America.
Sportradar boosts streaming coverage with Infront deal
Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has agreed a media rights deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency.
Levira to broadcast Estonian basketball
Telecommunications company Levira has struck a deal to begin broadcasting matches from the Alexela Basketball Premier League, the top division of club basketball in Estonia.
TVE extends ACB basketball rights deal in Spain
Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has renewed a rights deal for coverage of the ACB’s leading basketball competitions in the country.
BT’s last-minute Fiba World Cup deal
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport agreed a late deal to broadcast the latter stages of the Fiba World Cup for what TV Sports Markets understands was a nominal fee.
TV2 looks to NBA to beef up new sports channel
Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 last week agreed a deal for National Basketball Association rights to bolster its sport content ahead of the launch of its dedicated sports channel.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From September 4 to September 17
Media rights clips from September 4 to 17
Sport1 pounces for Basketball Bundesliga rights
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired the free-to-air rights to the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top division of the sport in Germany, after agreeing a two-year deal with the league’s rights-holder, telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom.
Viasat extends NBA rights deal in Eastern Europe
Pay-television broadcaster Viasat has extended a rights deal in Russia, the CIS countries and Georgia for the North American NBA basketball league.
BT Sport covers Fiba World Cup finale
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has agreed a deal to televise the concluding stages of the 2014 Fiba World Cup national team basketball tournament.
Basketball Bundesliga granted licence for TV channel
Germany’s Conference of Directors of the Media Authorities (DLM) has granted the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top division of the sport in Germany, a 10-year licence for the formation of a television channel, according to the Digital Fernsehen website.
Big East teams up with Fox Sports for new digital channel
The Big East Conference college sports organisation has partnered with the Fox Sports division of US network Fox to launch a new digital channel offering free live streaming of 80-100 events annually.
Fiba enhances World Cup coverage with video replay service
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has launched a second screen video replay app to enhance coverage of the closing stages of its 2014 World Cup.