Basketball
Sky Italia retains NBA rights for four more years
Sky Italia has signed a new four-year deal with the US’s National Basketball Association that will allow the Italian pay-TV broadcaster to air more than 300 regular-season matches live.
It’s the Asian era – Zagklis underlines Fiba focus on eastern markets
Basketball’s world governing body is developing the sport and its competitions in Asia, the body’s president Andreas Zagklis has said, speaking exclusively to SportBusiness on the weekend of the World Cup…
Viewers flock to Cuatro for Spain’s Fiba World Cup victory
Spain’s triumph at the 2019 Fiba Basketball World Cup drew significant audience figures for commercial free-to-air broadcaster Mediaset’s Cuatro channel.
Philippines, Indonesia, Japan to begin Fiba World Cup 2023 hosting preparations
Basketball officials from the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan officially took over from China the hosting duties for the 2023 Fiba World Cup at a half-time ceremony at Sunday's 2019 Fiba World Cup final…
Fiba completes appointments to central board for 2019-23
The new central board of basketball's world governing body Fiba had the first meeting of its 2019-2023 term in Beijing on Saturday, with various appointments being made to complete its composition
Fiba extends Ganten Water sponsorship until 2023
Chinese mineral water brand Ganten and Fiba, the global governing body of basketball, have agreed a four-year global partnership running from 2019 to 2023
Michael Jordan to sell significant minority stake in Charlotte Hornets
Michael Jordan is selling a significant stake in the Charlotte Hornets to two New York-based investors – but he will remain the majority owner of the National Baseball Association franchise.
Rajesh Sethi appointed managing director of NBA India
Experienced media industry executive Rajesh Sethi has been appointed by the NBA to lead its operations in India
NBA mulls capital vehicle to help bring in new team investors
The National Basketball Association is considering creating an investment vehicle that could purchase passive, minority ownership interests across multiple teams, according to Bloomberg
Events spend prompts CHF5.3m loss at Fiba, but commercial revenues strong
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) generated revenues of CHF98.3m (€89.6m/$99.1m) in 2018, including commercial receipts of CHF75.4m, but reported a net loss of CHF5.3
Warriors remain the most popular NBA team online in China in 2019
China-based sports digital consultancy and marketing platform Mailman has released its NBA Red Card report today, which analyses the online influence and digital performance of the American basketball…
Fiba elects Niang as new president
Hamane Niang has today (Thursday) been elected as the new president of the International Basketball Federation (Fiba), replacing Horacio Muratore
NBL appoints Loeliger as commissioner
Jeremy Loeliger, the chief executive of Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL), has been appointed to a new role as commissioner of the competition.
Tsai’s record-setting takeover of Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center now official
Alibaba co-founder deal gains full control of upstart NBA franchise, Brooklyn-based arena
Dallas Mavericks embrace Bitcoin
The Dallas Mavericks have become the second team in the NBA basketball league to accept Bitcoin, a form of cryptocurrency, as a method of payment for game tickets and merchandise
Tsai poised to take full control of Nets in record-setting deal
Alibaba co-founder gaining 51 percent of the NBA team he did not already own
Washington Wizards seek to break the industry mould, find wins with new leadership structure
Struggling NBA team looks well outside basketball for new ideas and approaches in its senior leadership
Ohio State extends deal with Ticketmaster
New term between Live Nation-owned company, Big 10 Conference school to incorporate Olympic sports, implement SafeTix technology