Basketball

The Houston Rockets NBA basketball franchise has been granted additional time by a federal bankruptcy judge to negotiate on behalf of financially-troubled Comcast SportsNet Houston, the exclusive home of Rockets and Houston Astros MLB baseball games, according to the Houston Chronicle.

North American basketball league the NBA is close to agreeing a conditional deal that will end the payment of a share of national television revenues to the owners of the Spirits of St. Louis franchise in the defunct American Basketball Association, according to the New York Times newspaper.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has awarded the exclusive media rights in Greece for the 2014 World Cup and EuroBasket 2015 competitions to commercial broadcaster Antenna TV and pay-television broadcaster OTE TV.

Pay-television broadcaster Telemundo has acquired exclusive rights in Puerto Rico for a series of national team basketball tournaments in a deal with Fiba, the sport’s global governing body.

NBA wants one home in the UK

North American basketball league the NBA has signed a multi-year partnership with digital sports content company Perform that will result in the live streaming of NBA games in Australia.

Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has agreed a multi-year deal with the NBA for the exclusive live rights to the North American basketball league in the UK and Ireland.

Media rights clips from 7 to 20 November

Media rights clips from 24 October 6 November

Video-sharing website YouTube has agreed a one-year extension with North American basketball league the NBA for the live streaming of more than 350 games from the second-tier Development League during the 2013-14 season.

The Turkish Basketball Federation has agreed a long-term partnership with the Infront Sports & Media agency that includes the global media rights for the top-tier Turkish Basketball League.

US education establishment Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) has agreed a deal with local state broadcaster MyTV30 for the local rights to 11 games featuring various teams from the university’s athletics department.

Spanish regional broadcaster EiTB has agreed a three-year deal with Euroleague Basketball to become the official broadcaster of the Euroleague continental club competition in the Basque region of the country.

Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has expanded its three-year broadcast deal with North American basketball league the NBA in an agreement that will more than quadruple the number of regular-season games aired in the country.

Greek digital publishing group 24 Media has agreed a deal with Euroleague Basketball to stream video highlights of the continental club competition on its Sport24.gr website in Greece and Cyprus.