Basketball

Media rights clips from July 10 to July 23.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has signed a deal with the British Basketball governing body to show Great Britain’s home qualifying matches for the EuroBasket 2015 national team tournament.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has acquired rights for the Spain national basketball team’s warm-up games ahead of the 2014 Fiba Basketball World Cup in the country.

German public-service broadcaster ARD has struck a rights deal with the DBB, basketball’s governing body in the country, to show a series of Germany national men’s team games this summer.

The National Basketball Association wants to double the value of its domestic media rights deals in the next cycle, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.

Media rights clips from June 26 to July 9

The Infront Sports & Media agency has moved to support its entry into the Turkish market by opening a new office in Istanbul.

North American pay-television broadcaster One World Sports has extended a rights deal for games operated by the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

German telco Deutsche Telekom last week moved back into buying exclusive sports rights with a deal for the domestic basketball league, which was a big increase on the previous value.

Dutch pay-television broadcaster Sport1 last week agreed to pay a decent percentage increase in the value of its rights to the National Basketball Association.

Media rights clips from June 12 to June 25

Interview with Will Moerer, vice president of Dutch pay-television broadcaster Sport1, on the renewal of its NBA basketball rights.

Interview with Jan Pommer, chief executive of the Basketball Bundesliga, on the league’s four-year domestic deal with telco Deutsche Telekom.

US media group Time will launch 120 Sports, a new all-digital sports network, on June 25, it was announced today.

German telecommunications firm Deutsche Telekom has agreed a four-year deal for the media rights to the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top division of the sport in Germany.

The Euroleague doubled the value of its media rights in Turkey this month as pay-television operator Digiturk ousted incumbent rights-holder, NTV Spor.

Media rights clips from May 29 to June 11

Dutch pay-television sports broadcaster Sport1 has agreed an extension to its rights deal for the NBA North American basketball league.