Basketball
BeIN Sport swoops for Euroleague Basketball rights
French pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has agreed a four-year deal for the exclusive rights to the Euroleague basketball competition in France.
Comcast prepared to step in for struggling Houston network
US media and technology corporation Comcast has said it is prepared to bid for Comcast SportsNet Houston, the exclusive home of Houston Astros MLB baseball and Houston Rockets NBA basketball games, if it can force a sale of the financially-troubled regional sports broadcaster.
MCS adds French football and ESPN America rights
MCS stocks up with French league football and US college sport
Canal Plus swoops for Euroleague rights in Spain
Spanish pay-television operator Canal Plus has agreed a three-year deal with Euroleague Basketball for the exclusive rights to the European club competition.
Rai and MP & Silva land Lega Basket deals
The Italian basketball league, Lega Basket, has agreed rights deals with state broadcaster Rai and the MP & Silva agency.
British Eurosport nets BBL rights
British Eurosport, the UK arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport, has agreed a deal to become the new official broadcast partner of the British Basketball League for its 2013-14 season.
NBA’s Kings score local rights deal
NBA basketball franchise the Sacramento Kings have announced a broadcast partnership for the 2013-14 season with News10, the local affiliate of the ABC network.
Sportradar scores Ligue 1 rights in MP & Silva deal
Sports and betting-related data company Sportradar has agreed a deal with MP & Silva for the exclusive retail broadcast rights to French Ligue 1 football, along with other sports properties held by the agency.
NCAA basketball secures new broadcast partner in France
French basic-tier sports broadcaster Ma Chaîne Sport has agreed a three-year deal to broadcast National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball.
Petrucci brings Rai to the table
Petrucci intervention helps Fiba close late late Rai deal
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Zuku seeks space alongside SuperSport
Zuku looks to expand in Africa without treading on SuperSport's toes
Sina agrees NBA game streaming deal
Chinese internet operator Sina, owner of the Weibo microblogging service, has agreed a deal with the NBA to stream one game per day from the North American basketball league, according to Bloomberg.
Basketball Australia enhances ABC deal
Basketball Australia has agreed a new rights deal with public-service broadcaster the ABC encompassing the Women’s National Basketball League and the women’s and men’s national teams.
CBS Sports extends Big East basketball deal
The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has agreed a sublicensing deal with the Fox Sports division of the Fox network to televise basketball games from the Big East college sports conference from 2013-14 to 2018-19.
New South African basketball league secures broadcast partner
South Africa's new professional basketball league, the Basketball National League, has agreed an exclusive five-year deal with pay-television broadcaster SuperSport.
NTV Plus slashes price of sports package
Russian pay-television broadcaster NTV Plus is to slash the price of its Supersport package of sports channels.
Nova commits to Euroleague Basketball
Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has agreed a three-year extension to its rights deal with Euroleague Basketball.