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EuroLeague Women inaugural Final Six on DAZN

EuroLeague Women has expanded its partnership with DAZN to include the inaugural edition of the Final Six, set to take place in Zaragoza, Spain from April 9th to 13th. With this announcement, DAZN becomes the exclusive broadcaster for the Final Six in France while also serving as the broadcast partner of the event in all […]

April 3, 2025

NBA, FIBA exploring new pro basketball league in Europe

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have announced their joint exploration of a new professional men’s basketball league in Europe that would bring the sport to more European fans and accelerate the game’s growth across the continent.  The NBA and FIBA will continue discussions that began more than a year […]

March 27, 2025

High Hoops lands on BBC iPlayer

Season 1 of kids’ comedy series High Hoops – which tells the story of a charmingly reckless high school basketball player and her chaotic pursuit of success, fame, love and the perfect hook shot – is now available on the BBC iPlayer. The show, written and created by Sinéad Fagan, features Peep Show alumni Robert […]

March 17, 2025By Nik Roseveare

DAZN launches DAZN Basketball

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced the launch of DAZN Basketball – dubbed ‘the Global Home of Basketball’ – marked by the appointment of Chus Bueno as Managing Director of Basketball. Before joining DAZN, Bueno significantly advanced the strategic direction for Legends in the Iberian market. His past roles include Vice President of NBA […]

February 28, 2025

Super League Basketball Women’s Finals free on DAZN

DAZN, the sports entertainment platform, has announced that it will broadcast three Super League Basketball (SLB) Women’s Finals free to audiences globally. The broadcast schedule includes the Trophy Final on January 6th, the Cup Final on March 9th and the Play-off final on May 18th. The Women’s League is a key part of the unified […]

January 24, 2025

EVS introduces new Gen-AI replay effects with XtraMotion 3.0

EVS, a specialist in live video technology for broadcast and new media productions, has announced the release of XtraMotion 3.0, expanding its signature super slow-motion capabilities with two new replay effects: Deblur and Cinematic. Since its debut in 2021, XtraMotion has earned global recognition for its ability to create super slow-motion content from any camera, […]

January 23, 2025

Sportdigital scores ACB rights in Germanic countries

In partnership with Munich-based sports media advisory SN1, the Spanish Basketball Clubs Association (ACB) has awarded to Sportdigital the broadcasting rights for ACB competitions (Supercopa, Liga Endesa and Copa del Rey) in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the remaining 2024-25 season and the full 2025-26 season. The agreement covers the broadcast rights for live […]

January 15, 2025

Euroleague Basketball, IMG expand partnership

Euroleague Basketball, the organiser of Europe’s premier professional basketball club competitions – the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the BKT EuroCup – and IMG, a sports marketing agency, have announced the renewal of their partnership agreement. This extended collaboration will run through the 2035-36 season, building upon the success of their joint venture launched in 2016. […]

January 7, 2025

NBA app viewership up 52% in UK

The NBA has reported that its NBA App is growing with momentum across Europe and the Middle East with over six million downloads since launching in September 2022. In the UK, viewership of all live and off-court content on the app has increased by 52 per cent year on year, with UK users spending an […]

January 2, 2025

DAZN partners with EuroLeague Women

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, and FIBA Europe have announced DAZN as the global broadcast partner for action from EuroLeague Women this season. Europe’s top women’s basketball competition, EuroLeague Women, sees 16 clubs from across the continent compete across an autumn-spring league. The format for the competition was recently revamped ahead of the 2024-25 season, […]

November 19, 2024