Basketball
Poor audiences prompt German basketball broadcast changes
German basic-tier channel Kabel Eins has postponed its next live broadcast of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the country’s domestic basketball league, until 2013 due to poor ratings.
Infront hails increased exposure for Chinese basketball league
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will provide “unprecedented” coverage of the Chinese Basketball Association’s top league during the 2012-13 season, according to the Infront Sports & Media agency.
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Fiba bringing the game to the fans
Fiba overhaul to bring national team basketball to home fans and boost value of World Cup; Rights fees up but tough talks still to come in key territories
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From November 8 to November 21
FOOTBALL
Football: Brazilian pay-television broadcaster SporTV acquired the rights to the 2013 Concacaf Gold Cup from the Traffic Sports agency
YouTube buys rights for NBA D-League
Video-sharing website YouTube has agreed a deal with US basketball league the National Basketball Association for the live streaming of more than 350 games from the second-tier Development League (D-League)…
CCTV renews and expands NBA rights
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has renewed its rights for the National Basketball Association in a multi-year deal which will expand the level of the league’s coverage in China.
Fox Sports snaps up Oklahoma State University rights
US broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights for sports events featuring Oklahoma State University teams in a deal with the Learfield Sports agency.
The length of the multi-year agreement was not disclosed
Sportitalia sublicenses Italian basketball rights from La7
Italian commercial broadcaster La7 has sublicensed non-exclusive, simulcast rights for Italian Lega Basket Serie A matches to digital sports broadcaster Sportitalia, after gaining permission from the league…
Spanish ACB agrees rights deal in Cyprus
Cypriot pay-television broadcaster Cyta has agreed a deal with the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto, the Spanish basketball association, for rights to all ACB competitions in the current season.
Marca TV feeds off ‘leftovers’ to build audience share
Marca TV feasting on tasty 'leftovers' as recession bites
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: From October 25 to November 7
FOOTBALL
Football: Spanish-language US broadcaster Univision Deportes acquired rights for tournaments operated by Concacaf, the governing body of football in North and Central America and the Caribbean
NBA switches to single rights-holder for Indian market
Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has agreed a three-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, for the exclusive rights to show NBA basketball in India
BeIN Sport nets NBA rights in France
French pay-television broadcaster BeIN Sport has acquired exclusive rights in France for NBA basketball in a four-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2015-16
Time Warner Cable SportsNet strikes deal with West Coast Conference
Southern California regional cable-television broadcaster Time Warner Cable SportsNet has acquired rights for US college sports body the West Coast Conference
Big East opens up rights sales process
The next cycle of domestic rights to the US college sports conference the Big East will be opened up to the market after sports broadcaster ESPN failed to reach a deal with the operators of the conference,…
Eurosport extends Eurocup basketball deal
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has renewed its deal with Euroleague Basketball for rights to the Eurocup, European club basketball’s second-tier competition, for a further three years, from 2…
StageUp expands Italian basketball advisory role
The StageUp agency has been appointed to act as the media and marketing adviser for Lega Basket Serie A, the top league of basketball in Italy