NBA Basketball on satellite

recyclebin

With tne new nba season just started i was wondering if there are any free to air channels that show live matches or highights (preferably astra1,2 or hotbird)?

Mossy Monk

afaik all NBA coverage is encrypted unless there is a feed that shows it FTA

netwhizkid

I'm afraid it's not FTA, however some coverage is Channel 5 from the UK and that is FTV which means you can view it if you get a special viewing card. Look here I'm sure there is probably some french or other European channel that should have it FTA*

*Probably

byte

Yeah, five does cover a small bit of NBA, at 00.50 on Sunday Nights.
http://www.five.tv/programmes/northamericansports/

Otherwise, from what I can figure, you'd need a subscription to Sky Sports Italia, Canal+ Sweden, or ART I think.
http://www.satfootball.com/other.html

Mossy Monk

of course there is the shambolic coverage from Sky if you want delayed coverage

byte

I remember TG4 had NBA coverage over a year ago or so, though I don't think they show NBA anymore?

Drag00n79

byte wrote:

Yeah, five does cover a small bit of NBA, at 00.50 on Sunday Nights.

That's their magazine style show. They also show one live match every Tuesday night. The next two will be
8 Nov: Rockets vs Orlando
15 Nov: Pistons vs Celtics

byte

Oh, didn't realise they aired live NBA. Didn't notice any mention in thier crap website.

DMC

Every UK broadcaster has tried the NBA at some point.
The BBC in the eighties to replace Match of the Day (when ITV had the Football League)
Channel 4 in the mid-nineties, and treated it like all other sports, dumped it after huge fanfare and it had built up a niche audience.
ITV picked it up for a year or two, but ITV and niche audience don't go together.
Now, after a couple of years, even Sky cant muster up any of their enthusiasm for this sport.
NASN would be the natural home for the NBA. They cover the NCAA March Madness well.

Pal

NBA+ channel on TPS France.

pay tv

byte

Maybe it's the sort of sport Eurosport should look for tbh. They're a niche channel, and could do with more content, if even to fill Eurosport2 channel.

Though I suppose they'll need to wait until five's contract expires.

TV3 should perhaps consider Irish rights as, let's face it, NBA would be better than a lot of the drivel they air!

Mossy Monk

when they lose the CL i suppose they will need something

Pal

wish somebody other than FIVE would show the baseball.

Creamy Goodness

Pal wrote:

wish somebody other than FIVE would show the baseball.

don't quote me on this but i think one of the sports channels on sky has some baseball i think it's channel 425 (like that's the actual name of the channel) or it's channel 416.

Mossy Monk

Channel 425 (original name :rolleyes: ) and NASN also show baseball

Pal

thanks. I noticed some Brazilian Football on 425.

will watch out for baseball next season.

Mossy Monk

they were showing live games on Wednesday nights

RuggieBear

NASN as stated already, tho it is subscription based. you can see their schedule here