FIBA TV department   Contact: FIBA TV department Avenue Louis Casa, 53 1216 Cointrin/Geneva - Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)22 545 00 00 Fax: +41 (0)22 545 00 99 E-mail: tv@fiba.com

Overview
The last three years has seen an unprecedented growth in both the quality and awareness of international basketball featuring national teams competing at the Continental and World level.

Basketball was once again one of the most viewed and most popular sports at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Tens of thousands of fans in the arena and hundreds of millions on television and the internet witnessed a very high level of play from both the men and the women. The USA men’s team was full of the very best NBA players and they regained the Gold Medal in an epic Olympic Final, one of the best ever games of basketball, against the current FIBA World Champions Spain. In the women, Australia and the USA once again showed that they are the top two teams in the world and the USA retained their Olympic Gold Medal with a dominant display over the very spirited efforts of the current FIBA World Champions.

Eight hundred million people watched the 2006 FIBA World Championship live together with a further 5.3 billion who followed the action through sports round-ups and news features.

The world of basketball has never been more competitive and the future FIBA World and Continental Championships will showcase the very best of international basketball featuring the stars of the sport. If you are a broadcaster and wish to reach your audience with programming which is exciting, dynamic and truly international, then the FIBA International Basketball Programme is the answer.

FIBA TV is now investigating broadcast partners for FIBA at a national or regional level who will work with FIBA over the 2009-2011 period to further enhance the various international competitions for television content, production and distribution.


Activities

Event Organisation
FIBA TV is responsible for the coordination of all of the television and New Media production and delivery elements related to the FIBA World and FIBA Continental events.

The FIBA Television Manual that has been produced outlines all of the relevant aspects in detail to ensure the optimum television coverage of the competition.

FIBA Television Graphics
As part of the complete FIBA branding concept, a FIBA Graphics Manual has been produced which details all of the necessary templates for the competitions and ensures that all of the graphics are in line with the FIBA Corporate Identity as well as the relevant event look and feel. The FIBA Graphics Manual is given to each television Host Broadcaster for the competitions.

FIBA dvds
FIBA TV has produced the following range of DVDs related to the FIBA World and Continental Championships. FIBA 2007 - The Road to Beijing

For information on how to acquire the DVDs please contact TV@fiba.com

Internet broadband offering
FIBA TV recently launched, in coordination with its Digital Rights Partner, FIBAtv.com (www.fibatv.com), an online broadband offering of all events to basketball fans around the world. The offerings will be accessible through the FIBA/FIBA Zone and/or Event websites. In addition an online FIBA Archive will be accessible in the coming months.

FIBA World Basketball
FIBA World Basketball is a 23 minute weekly television programme which features basketball action from all around the world. The show includes action from men, women and junior players competing in the various FIBA World and FIBA Continental Championships to regional and National League competitions as well as historical footage from the FIBA Archive. The programme is produced on behalf of FIBA by Sportsbrand, an Australian company that specialises in such weekly television sports productions. The programme is currently distributed in over 120 countries around the world.

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