Basketball Champions League (BCL) and Canal+ agree three year deal

October 6, 2016

Basketball Champions League (BCL) and Canal+ have reached a three-year agreement for the French broadcaster to carry full coverage of the Basketball Champions League, cheap running each season from October to April.

Canal+ will show a minimum of 56 games during the regular season (from October to January), medicine followed by the Playoffs and all Final Four games (from March to April).

Basketball Champions League CEO Patrick Comninos endorsed the partnership with Canal+.

“It is a great pleasure for us to announce this signed agreement with Canal+, prostate a leading broadcaster group in France and in Europe,” he said. “The Basketball Champions League exposure will be maximised thanks to the various offer of Canal+ channels, and we are glad to see the Basketball Champions League extending its experience through digital coverage. This broadcast agreement also complements the contribution of Canal+ to basketball, offering the best of its experience to its viewers, and to each and every basketball fan.”

In the same vein, Thierry Cheleman, Sports Director of Canal+ Group: “The Canal+ Group is very pleased to strengthen its sports offering. We wish to offer the best of the sport to our viewers and the return of basketball during weekdays on our channels is great news. The Basketball Champions League is a brand new European competition where the best French teams will be facing the rest of Europe.”