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FIBA and TNT Sports (a division of Warner Bros. Discovery) have announced a long-term partnership Basketball USA. The agreement, which runs through 2029, will see elite international competitions broadcast across the TNT, TBS, and truTV networks, alongside comprehensive streaming on HBO Max.
TNT Sports and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have reached a multiyear deal for exclusive U.S. English language rights for all Men’s and Women’s tentpole tournaments to be showcased across
Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the governing body for Italy’s premier basketball championship, partners with ScorePlay, the AI-powered media infrastructure built for sports, to centralize and streamline its digital content
A team of legendary announcers and analysts and a classic graphics look will bring the past to life NBC Sports and Peacock will return to yesteryear for tonight’s Coast 2
Designed specifically for pro basketball, the renovated space at Gainbridge Fieldhouse features two separate control rooms Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis has been extremely busy over the past two years, handling
STADIUM TECHNOLOGY NEWS Orlando Magic deploys ST 2110 IP Control Room at Kia Center to modernize game production The Orlando Magic have launched a new SMPTE ST 2110 IP-based production control room at Kia Center, replacing legacy broadcast infrastructure with a fully networked workflow supporting…
ESPN had a busy mid-month weekend of innovation, deploying CapCam and EarCam systems from POVORA (inventor of the JockeyCam) for its broadcasts of the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game (Feb. 13)
Genius Sports Limited has announced a partnership with NBC Sports Regional Networks (NBCSRN), significantly expanding its exclusive, data-powered augmented advertising footprint across live, local NBA broadcasts.
Legendary sports broadcasters Bob Costas, Doug Collins, Mike “Czar of the Telestrator” Fratello, Jim Gray, Hannah Storm, Isiah Thomas, and P.J. Carlesimo return to NBC Sports in a special edition
ESPN and the Horizon League announce a new multi-year, multi-platform media rights agreement, continuing a 38-year collaboration that began with the 1988 Midwestern Collegiate Conference men’s basketball championship game. Why
Targeting a younger audience, creator-led network’s Access Granted series highlights daily lives of the team’s rookie class In a saturated sports-media industry, many companies dedicate time and resources to telling
The WNBA’s Portland Fire and NWSL’s Portland Thorns announce a groundbreaking, multi-year media partnership establishing Gray Media’s KPDX (FOX 12 Plus) as the regional broadcast home for the two professional
Street-level images of iconic Los Angeles landmarks are incorporated into the regular-season look With NBC Sports just months into its return to NBA coverage after a 24-year absence, the broadcaster’s
At the 26th NBA All-Star Technology Summit at YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg, Charlotte Hornets rookie Kon Knueppel and the world’s
The league is producing its first All-Star with NBC, Intuit Dome, and, once again in-house, NBA TV With a new broadcast partner, new state-of-the-art arena, and NBA TV back in-house,
Once again an in-house operation, the league’s network is producing shows from three locations in Intuit Dome After 18 years of operations in Atlanta under Warner Bros. Discovery (née Turner
The operations team reimagined traditional workflows were reimagined and built an infrastructure from the ground up NBC Sports returned to NBA All-Star coverage after more than two decades away, while
Coverage features 4X-slo-mo Supracam and Steadicam, Nucleus 4K cameras, closer play-by-play angle, 10 player mics NBC Sports is in the midst of its first NBA All-Star Weekend in nearly a
New to NBA coverage, the viewer experience offers several angles in addition to the main game feed After teasing the feature prior to the 2025-26 NBA season tipoff, NBC Sports
The production infrastructure scaled seamlessly from regular-season games to the league’s midseason showcase NBC is relying on NEP Group in delivering its first NBA All-Star Weekend in 24 years. With
