Basketball
ACB renews with Sharjah Sports, lands Mexican rights deal
The Spanish Basketball Clubs Association (ACB) has renewed a rights agreement with UAE-based broadcaster Sharjah Sports and struck a new deal with Mexican sports broadcaster Hi! Sports
ESPN Africa extends NBA rights deal
The NBA basketball league and sports broadcaster ESPN have extended and expanded their rights deal in Africa under a 'multi-year' renewal
Loophole set to spare United Media punishment over Fiba World Cup qualifier broadcasts
ALIA, the broadcast regulator in Luxembourg, has intervened in a case involving the alleged violation of Slovenian listed events legislation by pan-regional broadcasting group United Media during its broadcast…
Indonesia’s Emtek retains NBA rights in expanded deal
Indonesian media group Emtek has signed a 'multi-year' extension to its rights agreement with the National Basketball Association
New deals in Germany and France take Euroleague past major milestone
Europe’s top-tier basketball competition, EuroLeague, has regained momentum in the key markets of Germany and France, earning huge increases in both territories from 2022-23 onward and taking the competition past an important milestone.
Basketball and football form backbone of Setanta’s new Philippines service
Setanta Sports has announced the launch of a linear and streaming platform in the Philippines, with a content portfolio focused on basketball and football, including top European leagues
Canal Plus to show domestic free-to-air coverage of NBA Paris game
January’s NBA game between the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls in Paris is set to be shown on free-to-air television in France by Canal Plus.
Overtime Elite expands reach with Amazon Prime Video deal
Overtime Elite (OTE), the startup basketball league for top high school-aged prospects, has significantly expanded its domestic and international reach by securing a global streaming rights deal with Amazon…
FPT strikes three-year deal for NBA rights in Vietnam
Vietnamese telecoms operator FPT has acquired exclusive rights to the NBA in a deal starting with the current season and running until 2024-25
NBA to stream Wembanyama French games on its app
The National Basketball Association announced that all Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 games, which feature French star and top 2023 NBA Draft prospect Victor Wembanyama will be streamed for free on…
Fubo Sports Network renews No Chill with Gilbert Arenas
Fubo Sports Network announced that it has signed a multiyear renewal with No Chill with Gilbert Arenas co-hosts Gilbert Arenas and Josiah Johnson as the 2022-23 National Basketball Association season …
SporTV makes its return as NBA broadcaster in Brazil
Globo's pay-television broadcaster SporTV will once again broadcast the NBA in Brazil after securing a sublicensing agreement with beer brand Budweiser, which holds a package of NBA media rights in the…
Buzzer secures multiyear NBA, WNBA extensions
Live sports mobile platform Buzzer has secured multiyear partnership extensions with the National Basketball Association and Women's National Basketball Association to continue to distribute out-of-market…
ESPN expands NBA deal in Australia
ESPN has expanded its media rights agreement in Australia with the NBA to add two live games per week that were previously on free-to-air public-service broadcaster SBS, starting from the upcoming 2022-23…
NBA League Pass and NBA TV added to Verizon’s +play
Verizon has completed a deal in which NBA League Pass, the National Basketball Association’s live game subscription service, and the league’s television channel NBA TV have been added to the company’s +play…
Warner Bros. Discovery retains ‘Inside The NBA’ quartet
One of the most influential shows in US sports media stays intact
Amazon Prime Video to stream NBA games in Brazil
The National Basketball Association and Amazon announced a multiyear agreement to stream NBA games exclusively on Amazon's Prime Video in Brazil, marking another major step in both the rights acquisition…
LA Clippers unveil cutting-edge ClipperVision streaming service
The National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers have unveiled a cutting-edge new regional direct-to-consumer streaming service, which will feature a series of augmented reality, alternate-language, …