Basketball

Pay-television broadcaster Viasat, operated by pan-Nordic media company Modern Times Group, has acquired rights in Sweden for the North American NBA basketball league.

Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has acquired the rights to the EuroBasket 2013 basketball competition, according to the Sports.ru website.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced that it expects record audience figures for the 2013 edition of the EuroBasket competition after achieving new levels of broadcast distribution for the event.

German commercial sports broadcaster Sport1 has launched a live streaming service to accompany its new US sports pay-television channel.

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US cable-television operator Time Warner Cable Sports has agreed a three-year regional television deal with college sports’ Mid-American Conference.

ESPN president Jon Skipper has insisted that the North American NBA basketball league remains a “critical product” for the US pay-television broadcaster.

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has acquired rights from pay-television broadcaster ESPN for the American Athletic Conference college sports competition.

Online streaming website Spox.com, owned by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired the live German broadcast rights to one game from each day of the EuroBasket 2013 national team basketball competition in Slovenia.

The British Basketball League, the UK’s top division of basketball, is to launch a new dedicated online platform for the high definition broadcast of live games throughout the 2013-14 season.

Australian public-service broadcaster the ABC has agreed a deal to broadcast all four games of Australia’s men’s and women’s basketball teams at the forthcoming 2013 Fiba Oceania Championships.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has agreed a new deal with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) to broadcast live coverage of its showpiece competitions.

Euroleague deal points to life in Greek market

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NBA and Premier League rights fees drop in Spain

North Dakota State University has agreed a three-year broadcast rights extension with US media company Hoak.