Basketball
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, …
Sport Extra secures ACB broadcast rights in Romania
Romanian pay-TV broadcaster Sport Extra has reached an agreement with the Spanish Basketball Clubs Association (ACB) for rights to the Liga Endesa, Copa del Rey, and Supercopa Endesa for the 2022-23 and…
CBS Sports returns as Big3 primary broadcast partner in 2023
CBS Sports will return as the Big3 basketball league's primary domestic broadcast partner in 2023, it has been announced
BT Sport to show EuroCup, Liga ACB lands Czech rights deal
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights to the EuroCup, the second-tier clubs competition organised by Euroleague Basketball
L’Équipe renews EuroLeague coverage for 2022-23 season
French media group L’Équipe has struck a deal to show EuroLeague basketball games involving French teams ASVEL and AS Monaco during the 2022-23 season.
NBA’s Silver: more media change in next five years than in last 30
Commissioner details how accelerating pace of technological revolution will lead to seismic shifts in how sports are presented to fans
TV2 Denmark follows NFL swoop with NBA renewal
TV2 Denmark, the government-owned broadcaster, has renewed its rights to the NBA for three seasons, 2022-23 to 2024-25
Cavaliers to cover Bally Sports+ costs for season-ticket holders
The National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers have announced they will pick up the costs for regional sports direct-to consumer streaming service Bally Sports+ for fans with full- or half-season …
Sky retains NBA rights in UK and Ireland
Sky Sports will continue to hold the exclusive rights to the NBA in the UK and Ireland for the 2022-23 season.
Former NBA star Bibby joins FCH as senior strategist, head coach
Fan Controlled Sports & Entertainment has named former NBA star Mike Bibby as the new senior strategist and head coach their newly formed new basketball league Fan Controlled Hoops
BBL steps up content offering with WSC Sports automated highlights
The British Basketball League (BBL) has expanded its content offering to fans by agreeing a three-year deal with WSC Sports, the automated AI-based video company
Eurosport’s Lega Basket sublicensing deal with Eleven given green light
Lega Basket Serie A, governing body of the top division of Italian club basketball, has announced that the competition and market authority, and the communications authority, have both approved a sublicensing…
Mavericks star Dončić unveils virtual alter ego Luk.AI
Luka Dončić, star player of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks, has unveiled a virtual artificial intelligence-powered version of himself called Luk.A
Brazilian basketball league signs SporTV deal, renews with ESPN
SporTV, the pay-television broadcaster owned by Brazilian media group Globo, has acquired rights to the top-tier Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB), while Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN has also renewed…
IMG Arena adds BBL to basketball portfolio in multi-year deal
IMG Arena, the betting division of the Endeavor-owned IMG agency, has acquired exclusive worldwide betting data and streaming rights to the British Basketball League in a multi-year deal
Liga ACB nets renewals with TVC in Mexico and Game+ in Canada
Liga ACB, the top tier of Spanish basketball, has renewed its rights agreements with TVC Deportes in Mexico and Game+ in Canada
RTL answers call for free-to-air EuroBasket coverage in Germany
German commercial broadcaster RTL has agreed a sublicensing deal with telco Deutsche Telekom to show the national team’s quarter-final match against Greece at the EuroBasket 2022 tournament.
Australia’s WNBL earns first rights fees in ESPN, Nine deals
Christy Collier-Hill, the head of the Women's National Basketball League, has told SportBusiness Media that the property’s first media rights fees reflect its growing popularity and potential.