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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

LiveU simplifies localisation of international feeds for EuroLeague Basketball

LiveU is continuing its commitment to provide storytellers with innovative tools that help to engage viewers with diverse content while controlling costs. The company has announced that it is providing Skweek, a basketball and lifestyle streaming platform for fans, players and brands, with a cost-effective localised solution for European basketball coverage. Skweek has turned to […]

November 5, 2024

Sport 24 extends NBA rights

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Sport 24, the 24/7 live sports channel for the international airline and cruise line industries, have announced a multiyear extension of their existing agreement that will see Sport 24 broadcast more than 125 live NBA games each season to passengers on select airline carriers and cruise lines. As part […]

October 21, 2024

NBA legend Kenny Smith to host Harlem Globetrotters show

Former NBA star and current TNT Sports commentator Kenny Smith joins as host for Season 3 of the Emmy nominated series Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward. The 30-minute weekly series, produced in an exclusive partnership with Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG) and Herschend Entertainment Studios, premieres in the US on October 5th on NBC’s ‘The […]

September 17, 2024

The new WNBA TV deal worth $2.2bn through 2036 

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has had a record-breaking year in 2024, thanks to Indiana Fever’s addition of rookie Caitlin Clarke. The hype around this young superstar has created rivalries that raised the intensity and competition of games, which has attracted more viewership from sports fans across the US and resulted in a new […]

August 27, 2024