I think it will be something similar to the netball deal.

At a guess..
One live game a week, probably Friday night and 1 delayed game

If ONE come to the party, 7/9 GMs said they want their team to buy their teams TV rights and broadcast locally, which is good and bad. Good because you'll see most (if not all) of your local team, bad because you won't get to see as many other teams.

As much as i love the Hawks, i don't want to exclusively watch them every week.

I'd like to see something like a live game, a delayed game, plus rights with the league/clubs to stream live or sell delayed games in local stations/markets. Not sure if that last bit would ever be an option though.

I think the live game will be in the afternoon out of prime time. A live game at 4pm Saturday and Sunday arvos would be great. I suspect one live game on Sunday with NZ home games + one other replayed at 10.30pm.

NZ home games are always made available to broadcast

It comes down to the NBL wanting games on at better times and Ten not wanting the expense of broadcasting four games. Hopefully they can find a nice balance. Two live games a week and NZ games replayed would be a very good result given where basketball stands in the overall pro sports landscape.

So that they are on a time when people will watch and sponsors will pay money for advertising.

So if I am KK, and I come to Hoops.com.au, and I see a thread that is titled "Gaze on SEN regarding TV Rights" am I just frightened at the point to click on the link and actually read what he said?

The problem is, they might show games at 10.45 from Thursday to Sunday night. The NBL then can only show off an average audience of, say, $25K and fans slowly drift from the broadcast.

Take two live games on weekends and get 50K that makes the NBL a lot more accessible for fans and seems a lot better when it is negotiating its next TV deal with whichever network.

If live arvin games are on the cards don't expect to see much more than Melbourne and Sydney

It is, but it sounds a lot better when pitching it to networks and it gives much more potential for growth. Showing during the day gives a chance to attract younger viewers and create new fans of the NBL.

Late nights only really attract the already converted and I think those will drift away over time at that timeslot, as ratings this year indicate.

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Actually no, 4 @ 25 is not the same net result as 2 @50.

4 @ 25 can be written off as a total audience of only 25000. 2 @ 50k mean at least 50,000 people are watching.

In every sense it is very different.

As for those calling for BA to take a hardline on Ten... this is an instance where BA cannot go too hard, it needs to negotiate a sensible outcome given that it's partner, Channel 10, have obviously expressed a desire to move in a different direction.

If BA got all tough and rough over this, it would kill any negotiations with other networks as well.

If it came to litigation, everyone knows that BA does not have deep enough pockets to take on Ten. In fact, BA would lose, and badly.

If it says "near live" in the contract, then Ten/One haven't done anything wrong in terms of living up to their end of the agreement. Its not ideal for NBL fans but there is nothing we can do about it.

The big thing is getting Ten to agree to something they are happy to run with for the next three years of the deal, not spend the bare minimum with crap commentators and no effort into promoting the league at all and showing it in the graveyard shift.

You need a product that they get value from and the league can grow from. Otherwise this TV deal could be the last where the league receives money and they might have to fork out for future coverage.

The change in Ten's ownership was the biggest factor.

If ownership changes again and the new agreement is loose then they might have to go through the same thing. If the agreement is tight they probably wont.

natwhereyouat, explain further?

Everyone was happy as larry when this happened three years ago and the current situation where the playoffs are virtually unwatchable is the end result, why is everyone so damn positive?

I liked it when it was on ten in the 90s, i want to watch my team at home and on the road!! loved it was on at 8.30, the home and away games. Each city should have there own commentators. Would love to watch nz on a thurs nights 2, like season past!!! Any 1 know the real reason why one has done it like this season?? Perth can't play a 4pm time slot, then our games would start at 1, no way i am going to a game at that time!!! just want the NBL to be how it was, all teams like Hobart Brisi ect, coverge was awsome. Now ure lucky to hear ure team on the news, it's just AFL!! A game where u can win the grand final if u miss a goal?? That's sad!!!

@natwhereyouat Good to hear.

Bring back localised coverage. Since its demise the league has not been the same presence wise.

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I've been asked here before if HO = Head Office. Sorry but no... (and I don't wish!)

The tough and rough is referring to the reasonably controversial stance Keneally took on the West Sydney A-league funding.

And the fact that people were calling here for BA to stick it up One HD...

The pirated live feed was 11,000+ viewers. Almost as high as the TV ratings, which is pretty good considering theyre not promoted by the teams or the league. Just by a couple of NBL fan sites over social media.
Also the quality of the streams are sub par.

RE: Teams finding their own local broadcast deals, that's all that's being said at the moment. No further details as they obviously can't make any deals until ONE release the rights or relax their current stance..

You have to get out of the ONE deal unless it is severely revised. Who carees if there are five games a week on TV in 2015 if they're all on after eleven or twelve?

After staying up to watch game 3 of Townsville/NZ series when I had to work early the next day, only to have the result ruined by some mongoloid Perth commentator in the opening minutes of the preceeding Perth/GC game, that was the last straw for me in terms of watching NBL basketball this year. I don't have the patience to suffer a tired day at work the next day after putting up with that unprofessional garbage.

Every game telecast on ONE is losing fans IMO, not gaining them. The time to stand up against ONE was when we had finals games being shown after midnight. That time has passed, and no one from the NBL did anything. Time to cut your losses and head elsewhere.

Interesting that Ten/One have just shafted live coverage of Formula One too...

http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/04/fans-angry-as-one-bumps-formula-one-to-ten.html