Isaac
Years ago
New ABC TV deal for WNBL, Opals and Boomers
Basketball Australia today announced an exciting new agreement with the ABC that will see expanded coverage of the 2013/14 Women's National Basketball League season, as well as the Jayco Australian Opals and Australian Boomers road to the 2014 World Championships.
Under the terms of the new agreement, the WNBL will expand its Saturday afternoon coverage to a two-hour timeslot, with action tipping off at 3:00pm nationally.
The ABC and Jayco Australian Opals continue their long-standing relationship under the new agreement, with all Opals games played in Australia to be broadcast on free-to-air television.
In a coup for Australian basketball fans following on from the success of the FIBA Oceania Championships, the ABC will also expand their coverage to include all Australian Boomers games on home soil.
In a further boost for national team fans, the ABC will endeavour to provide additional coverage of Opals and Boomers games played overseas in the lead-up to the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women and 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.Full announcement
The 2013/14 WNBL season will see a host of Opals stars and WNBA imports headline what promises to be an action-packed campaign.
Under the new agreement WNBL fans will see:
1. One game a week shown in full at 3:00pm nationally on ABC’s free-to-air TV channel, ABC1, with the a number of games going LIVE into Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and ACT;
2. The expanded two-hour time slot will feature increased analysis and coverage of the competition;
3. All WNBL finals will be broadcast in full also on ABC 1, and
4. Games on-demand through ABC's popular catch up channel iView for up to 14 days after broadcast.
