NTV+ secures Euroleague basketball

Russian pay TV operator NTV+ has secured the rights to show matches from the Euroleague basketball tournament for the 2015-16 season.

The deal will enable NTV+ to show all matches featuring Russian teams including CSKA Moscow, Khimki and Krasnodar’s Lokomotiv Kuban, with each team guaranteed to feature in one match each week.

The broadcaster will also show the matches of the final four teams in the competition, which will be held in Berlin.

Key matches will be shown in NTV+’s new national sports channel Match TV.