Basketball
Magic renews with Fox Sports Florida
Regional US pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Florida has acquired rights for live coverage of games featuring the Orlando Magic NBA basketball team.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From October 10 to October 23
Media rights clips from 10 October 23 October
Belgian basketball suffers cut
Belgacom renews domestic basketball rights at a discount
Top Greek clubs suffer drop in fees
Big two Greek basketball clubs suffer drop in media rights income
Second-tier rights prices set for boom
Fox shows its teeth with three new deals, Eurosport renews two, pushing up prices for second-tier rights
Sky Italia nets NBA rights deal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired the exclusive Italian rights to North American basketball league the NBA in a three-year deal running from the 2013-14 to 2015-16 seasons.
Belgacom extends rights to Belgian basketball league
Belgian pay-television operator Belgacom has extended its broadcast rights deal with the Ethias League, Belgium’s top tier basketball competition, for a further two years.
Sina expands NBA partnership
Chinese internet operator Sina, owner of the Weibo microblogging service, has expanded its partnership with North American basketball league the NBA to include live video content on the social network and the company’s mobile platform.
Sport1 extends Euroleague rights deal
German commercial sports broadcaster Sport1 has signed a three-year extension to its rights deal with Euroleague Basketball, taking in the 2013-14 to 2015-16 seasons of the continental club competition.
Euroleague seeks to broaden exposure with IMG assistance
The IMG Media agency has agreed a long-term consultancy deal with Euroleague Basketball to market the rights to the continental club competition across a number of markets.
Perform unites online basketball platforms
Digital sports media company Perform has joined forces with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba), along with the federation’s continental zones and the Euroleague Basketball organisation, to launch a new live streaming platform for the sport.
FIC swoops for Euroleague rights
The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of US media company 21st Century Fox has agreed a rights deal with European club competition Euroleague Basketball for markets throughout Europe and Africa.
BeIN Sport set for Philippines launch
Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport will continue its expansion into the Asian market tomorrow with the launch of two channels on Filipino cable television provider SkyCable.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From September 26 to October 9
Media rights clips from 26 September to 9 October
Canal Plus gains in Spain but loses in booming France
Basketball’s Euroleague gains in France and Spain by dropping traditional partners
Hellenic Public Radio Television secures rights to Greek basketball giants
Greek agency TAF has agreed a deal with state broadcaster Hellenic Public Radio Television for the rights to the home games of Olympiacos and Panathinaikos during the 2013-14 season of the Greek Basket League basketball competition.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From September 12 to September 25
Media rights clips from 12 September to 25 September
Fox Sports signs deal with Barclays Center for college basketball contests
The Barclays Center sports and entertainment arena has agreed a deal with the Fox Sports division of US network Fox for the rights to its upcoming Brooklyn Hoops college basketball season.