Basketball fans across New Zealand will be able to watch every domestic game live and free in one place from 2027, following a new broadcast agreement between Sky and Basketball New Zealand.<\/p>\n
The extended partnership will see all matches from Sal\u2019s National Basketball League, G.J. Gardner Homes Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa and the Rapid League streamed live and free-to-air on ThreeNow. Games will also continue to be available on Sky Sport and Sky Sport Now.<\/p>\n
It is the first time every domestic competition run by Basketball New Zealand will be accessible live and free in one place.<\/p>\n
Belinda Edwards, chief executive of Basketball New Zealand, says the move is a major step for the sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur domestic competitions are the shop front of our sport, showcasing incredible basketball talent. Making our competitions more available to more New Zealanders is a significant step forward for the game and, in an evolving broadcast landscape, reflects the growing demand and momentum behind basketball in Aotearoa,\u201d Belinda says.<\/p>\n
The expanded coverage begins in 2027 and includes every game across the men\u2019s and women\u2019s national leagues, along with the Rapid League.<\/p>\n
Nelson Giants head coach Mike Fitchett welcomes the announcement, saying it reflects the sport\u2019s rising profile.<\/p>\n
The move \u201cis another example of the rapid growth and interest in basketball in New Zealand,\u201d Mike says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Basketball fans across New Zealand will be able to watch every domestic game live and free in one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-715884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}