Basketball
IMG and NBA in talks to launch Indian league
Executives from the IMG Media agency have had talks with David Stern, commissioner of US basketball league the NBA, about establishing a professional basketball league in India, Bloomberg reports
French basketball chief wants more exposure
Alain Béral, president of La Ligue Nationale de Basket, the French basketball league, said he was not satisfied by the level of exposure the league is getting in its existing domestic rights deal with …
Setanta partners with Basketball Ireland
Irish pay-television broadcaster Setanta Sports agreed a three-year rights deal with Basketball Ireland from 2012 to 2014
Big Sky signs DirecTV deal
US pay-television operator DirecTV agreed a five-year deal with the Big Sky college sports conference for its basketball and American football competitions
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: NFL, MLB, NBA, Australian cricket, women’s golf and more
American Football: US networks CBS, Fox and NBC acquired rights for the NFL in nine-year deals, from 2014-15 to 2022-23, worth a combined $3.1bn (€2.4bn) per year.
2014 World Cup deals in Asia prove fruitful for Fifa
Asian deals keep World Cup rights fees on the increase
Telenet acquires Spanish basketball rights
Belgian pay-television broadcaster Telenet acquired rights for the Spanish basketball league, the ACB, in a multi-year deal until the end of the 2014-15 season
The Score brings US college programming to Canada
The Fox Sports International media company agreed a multi-year deal to provide at least 250 hours of live US college sports programming per year to Canadian cable-television sports channel The Score
Oklahoma close to regional Fox deal
The University of Oklahoma is close to a carriage deal with the Fox Sports Oklahoma and Fox Sports Southwest US regional cable and satellite broadcasters which will put the university’s sports network i…
NBA deal in New Zealand
New Zealand state broadcaster Māori Television acquired rights for basketball’s NBA in a one-year deal for the delayed 2011-12 season which is set to commence on Christmas day.
Bell teams up with Rogers to buy Maple Leaf Sports
Canadian telecommunications company Bell, through its parent company BCE, and rival telco Rogers Communications agreed a deal to jointly acquire a controlling stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment,…
Sport1 tips off live basketball coverage on YouTube
German sports channel Sport1 started streaming live basketball games online via its own channel on video-sharing website YouTube on December 10
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2:Basketball, boxing, BCCI cricket, BDO darts and more
Basketball: The MP & Silva agency brokered several deals for the Spanish league, the ACB, beginning this season
Fastrack: Issue 15:21
FA set for 50% boost...Spo TV ousts incumbents in Korea...Euroleague on the up...Pacquiao ppv numbers...Box Nation gets encryption deal
Nova competition helps Greek league avoid big loss
Loss for Greek basketball clubs is smaller than expected
Lagardère changes strategy to deal with sports ‘black hole’
Mounting losses force major strategy change at Lagardère. Agency has 'changed its DNA'
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Basketball, cricket, golf, ice hockey, Olympics and more
Basketball: UK pay-television channel ESPN extended its rights for the Euroleague to cover the 2011-12 season in a deal with the league
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Chinese and Italian basketball, curling, hockey and handball
Basketball: US Asian-focused sports network One World Sports acquired exclusive rights for Chinese basketball’s top-tier league, the CBA, in a multi-year deal with the Infront Sports & Media agency, m…