BBL back on Sky Sports – with increased live games

It was announced today that the BBL will be shown over 25 weeks on Sky Sports, which this season sees steps many had hoped for in the right direction with the news of increased live coverage.

Later this month, Newcastle Eagles face Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders, the repeat of last season’s Play-off Final, which will be recorded as live for broadcast, two weeks today, on October 30th.

The two-hour weekly offering will also be accompanied by live coverage of the BBL Cup, Trophy and Play-off Finals, as well as a selected number of live games.

The first match being transmitted live and exclusive will be between London Lions and Riders on January 8th, shortly followed by the BBL Cup Final a few days later.

Barney Francis, managing director of Sky Sports, said: “This deal proves our commitment to offering a wide variety of live sports for our customers. Sky Sports caters for a broad range of diverse content and our recent rights renewals give us the strongest line up of live sport for our viewers to watch at home or on the move.”

Chairman of the BBL, Paul Blake, commented: “Last season’s coverage was extremely well received throughout the sport and we are delighted to extend our relationship with Sky Sports into a third season. The coverage last term provided an excellent platform for BBL to showcase our exciting product and we anticipate this season it will be to an even higher standard.”

The coverage is being produced once more with the help of the BBL’s broadcast partner, Televideo.

Paul Scivill, the managing director of Televideo, said: “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.”

For a list of confirmed games (and dates) to be recorded/shown live visit the BBL website by clicking here.