Basketball

Belgacom renews domestic basketball rights at a discount

Big two Greek basketball clubs suffer drop in media rights income

Fox shows its teeth with three new deals, Eurosport renews two, pushing up prices for second-tier rights

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 clips from 26 September to 9 October

Basketball’s Euroleague gains in France and Spain by dropping traditional partners

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 clips from 12 September to 25 September 

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.