Basketball
Sky lands NBA rights
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has acquired rights for basketball’s NBA, the sport’s top competition in North America.
Univision to show domestic Spanish basketball
Spanish-language broadcaster Univision has acquired live rights in the US for domestic basketball games that take place in Spain
Pacers picked up by regional broadcaster
US regional sports network Fox Sports Midwest acquired live rights for NBA basketball games featuring the Indiana Pacers
Sport and TV: a digital revolution
Industry leaders highlight digital as the biggest game-changer in the last 15 years
Platforms racing the clock in talks to carry new channel
Tough carriage talks over new Colombian sports channel
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From December 6 to December 19
FOOTBALL
Football: Chilean commercial broadcaster Megavisión acquired domestic and international rights for Chile national team matches, in the four years from 2015 to 2018.
Euroleague signs UK rights deal
UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights to the remainder of the 2012-13 Euroleague basketball season
Viasat agrees deal for NBA rights
Viasat Sport East, the pay-television channel operated by Modern Times Group in Russia, CIS and Georgia, has acquired rights for content from North America’s National Basketball Association.
ESPN Star Sports strikes ASEAN basketball deal
Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has acquired rights for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Basketball League pan-regional competition
One-year NBA deal as ESPN studies its numerous UK options
ESPN signs NBA and keeps options open
Events business ‘troublesome’ and ‘too small’ for C+
Dutaret says events business can grow despite the crisis
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From November 22 to December 5
FOOTBALL
Football: The IMG Media agency agreed a three-year extension to its deal for the media rights on aeroplanes and ships for English Premier League football, from 2013-14 to 2015-16
Bell adds NBA programming to mobile television service
Canadian telecommunication company Bell has agreed a deal to add NBA content to its mobile television service
ESPN deal ends NBA’s UK blackout
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has agreed a deal for television rights in the UK and Ireland for the remainder of the US National Basketball Association’s 2012-13 season.
Eurosport Asia-Pacific snaps up Euroleague rights
Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport Asia-Pacific has acquired rights for the Euroleague, the pan-European club basketball competition, in a two-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2013-14
Sport1 acquires NBA rights in Germany
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has signed a two-year deal for the exclusive media rights to US basketball league the National Basketball Association for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons
Sky and ESPN in talks to end NBA’s UK blackout
UK pay-television broadcasters BSkyB and ESPN are in talks with the NBA about acquiring rights for the North American basketball league, according to the Daily Mail newspaper