$20 million annually would be HUGE for the NBL.

Can someone please post the entire article?

Early April fools

Great for the NBL or should I say LK but will force us hoops lovers to get Stan. Not in favour of another subscription. Also depends on how many games Nine shows.

Interesting to see what happens with this. Stan is trying to grab sports but so far seems to be going for the leagues that do/will struggle to get any financial offers (Rugby union being the one they've locked in).

I could understand LK taking a deal like this even though it would greatly hurt ratings to get SOME ROI, but its hard to see how it would help the game. Though, like the last 3 tv deals, I'm sure it would still be described as a "landmark deal"

Anyone able to cheeky post article?

$20mil would cover NBL salaries for 10 teams id say...Wonder if LK would be content subsidise salaries for $1mil per team? That would go a huge way to NBL team viability IMO.

Quote from LK in 2018

"Even if it is a better commercial deal for me, I still won't do it if it doesn’t suit basketball. That is how the sport got itself into trouble in the first place."

While I don't think many would blame him for cashing in given all of the money he's lost, it would be interesting to see the talking points if a deal like this were to go through given it'd be the exact opposite of the above statement.

I'm not sure that australian basketball fans are in a position to laugh at the viewership of any other code

Having said that, i think the rugby deal is evidence that stan is willing to overpay to get their platform going

Stan is paying overs for sure to get content.

I think that might well be a good indicator on just how overstated the rise of the NBL has been.

Wow, NBL with a potentially substantial monetary TV deal for once.

Well at least there's one benefit to the 488487447 streaming services out there.

In 1995 when Fox Sports launched the two domestic leagues it had rights to were Super Rugby and NBL. History may repeat itself.

*Super League

No, Super League launched later on as Optus held ARL rights.

On launch it was Super Rugby and NBL.

Yep, just looked. You're right I'm wrong. Apologies.

You're kind of right though as when Fox started up their big plan was Super League but the legal battles delayed broadcast.

Can't wait to be limited to low-bitrate streams I can't record, rather than the current moderate-bitrate broadcasts I can retain and do with as I please.

The other problem is Stan, unlike other sports streamers, requires you to be subscribed to their base plan before you have the privilege of adding-on Stan Sport. Ewww, just like Foxtel.

That's what kayo is for

I know, but if NBL does sign up with Stan there will be no Kayo-like shortcut!

That's what kayo is for

We've all been seduced by the 'Big NBL TV deal incoming' siren songs of years past and they usually amount to nothing or the fine print allows them to ream the NBL unapologetically so I'll wait until this does happen before worrying about it.

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This is the first time it's a streaming service, though. There's a streaming bubble at the moment and lots of people are pouring lots of money into building their streaming services.

Probably the closest parallel is when the new digital channels launched, and the league got a pretty damn good deal out of that. Unfortunately there was a change at the top and there was one bad clause in the deal, but I'm not sure what the streaming equivalent of that could possibly be.

Kayo is Foxtels way of getting the sports without paying for a basic package.

Nice way to misread

but I'm not sure what the streaming equivalent of that could possibly be.

If it's anything like Kayo, I don't believe the model works.
If you're a sports nut, and spend 10 hours a day watching TV, then it's probably good value. But paying for their service, to watch one shitty broadcast per week, just isn't worth it.