BBL and Sky remain partners

The British Basketball League along with their partner Televideo, the Sheffield based TV production company, are pleased to announce the continuation of coverage of BBL games on Sky Sports for the 2011/12 season.

The coverage will continue in a similar format to last season, except for the exciting introduction of additional live games to the schedule.

The BBL’s Chairman Paul Blake said, “Last season’s coverage was extremely well received throughout the sport and we are delighted to extend our relationship with Sky Sports into a second season. The coverage last term provided an excellent platform for BBL to showcase our exciting product and with the addition of more live games this season, we have even higher expectations”.

The Managing Director of Televideo Paul Scivill commented, “We are thrilled to be continuing our partnership with the BBL. We are extremely excited about this season’s coverage and the addition of more live games to the schedule”.

The planned initial set of games to be shown, with transmission dates, are as follows (live games are shown in bold):

Glasgow Rocks v Sheffield Sharks (BBL Championship) – Tuesday 15/11/11 (AS LIVE)
Sheffield Sharks v Leicester Riders (BBL Championship) – Tuesday 22/11/11 (AS LIVE)
MK Lions v Worcester Wolves (BBL Championship) – Tuesday 29/11/11
Guildford Heat v Worcester Wolves (BBL Championship) – Tuesday 06/12/11 (AS LIVE)
BBL Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg (BBL Cup) – Tuesday 13/12/11
Plymouth Raiders v Glasgow Rocks (BBL Championship) – Tuesday 20/12/11 (AS LIVE)
Milton Keynes v Newcastle Eagles (BBL Championship) – Tuesday 10/01/12 (AS LIVE)
BBL Cup Final – Sunday 15/01/12