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DIRECTV extends agreement to broadcast EuroLeague games through 2023

Euroleague Basketball is proud to announce that DIRECTV Latin America will remain its official partner until the 2022-23 season thanks to a three-year extension of the existing agreement between the two parties on rights to broadcast Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games in South America and the Caribbean Territory. The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games will be aired on an exclusive basis in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, and on a non-exclusive basis in a selected list of Caribbean territories.

DIRECTV Latin America will show a minimum of one Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season game per week plus all Playoffs and Final Four games, starting in January 2021. All devoted Latin American and Caribbean fans will have the chance to follow their representatives in the top European basketball league. Argentinian representatives lead the list of Latin Americans in the EuroLeague, with Nicolas Laprovittola and Gabriel Deck leading Real Madrid, Leandro Bolmaro of FC Barcelona, Luca Vildoza at TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, and Patricio Garino at Zalgiris Kaunas. Jayson Granger of ALBA Berlin is from Uruguay while Johnny Hamilton of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul is from Trinidad and Tobago.

Euroleague Basketball (EB) is a global leader in the sports and entertainment business, devoted to running the top European competitions of professional basketball clubs under a unique and innovative organizational model. Owned and administered by some of the most successful and historic clubs in the world, EB manages and organizes the continent’s two premier men’s basketball competitions, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and the 7DAYS EuroCup, as well as the sport’s premier under-18 showcase, the EB Adidas Next Generation Tournament.

The EB competitions bring the elite of European basketball to all five continents and to the entire sports community through the OTT platform EuroLeague TV. EB also organizes a series of community and educational programs. Its ground-breaking corporate social responsibility program One Team features all EB clubs that have already made a difference in the lives of over 22,000 participants. Its Sports Business MBA trains future professionals in sports management.