The British Basketball League (BBL) and Sky Sports have announced that Sky Sports will be showing 25 weeks of action from the BBL including live coverage of the Cup Final, Playoff Final and Trophy Final.

 

Coverage begins in late October when the current BBL Championship holders, Newcastle Eagles, face the Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders in a repeat of last season's Playoff Final. Weekly coverage will include a two hour show with an increased number of live games later in the season.

 

Barney Francis, managing director of Sky Sports, said: "This deal proves our commitment to offering a wide variety of live sports for our customers. Sky Sports caters for a broad range of diverse content and our recent rights renewals give us the strongest line up of live sport for our viewers to watch at home or on the move."

 

BBL chairman, Paul Blake, commented: "Last season's coverage was extremely well received throughout the sport and we are delighted to extend our relationship with Sky Sports into a third season. The coverage last term provided an excellent platform for BBL to showcase our exciting product and we anticipate this season it will be to an even higher standard."

 

Coverage will again be provided in conjunction with the BBL's broadcast partner, Televideo. Paul Scivill, the managing director of Televideo, said: "We are thrilled to be continuing our partnership with the BBL. We are extremely excited about this season's coverage and the addition of more live games to the schedule."

 

The Schedule of TV Games up until the end of January is as follows:

 

Transmission Date	Game	Date of Game
30/10/2012	Newcastle Eagles v Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders	26/10/2012
06/11/2012	Glasgow Rocks v Worcester Wolves	04/11/2012
13/11/2012	Durham Wildcats v UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders	11/11/2012
20/11/2012	Manchester Giants v Cheshire Jets	16/11/2012
27/11/2012	London Lions v Worcester Wolves	23/11/2012
04/12/2012	BBL Cup Semi Final	02/12/2012
11/12/2012	UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders v Newcastle Eagles	09/12/2012
18/12/2012	Newcastle Eagles v Surrey Heat	14/12/2012
08/01/2012 - LIVE	London Lions v Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders
13/01/2012 - LIVE	BBL Cup Final
22/01/2012	Manchester Giants v Surrey Heat	18/01/2012
29/01/2012	UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders v Durham Wildcats	25/01/2012