Covid-19: beIN Sports France and Eleven Sports Belgium dedicate channels to the NBA

beIN Sports is dedicating the beIN Sports Max 4 channel (additional channel) entirely to the NBA, in partnership with the North American basketball league from 07/04/2020 at 18:00 CET. "Until the NBA championship resumes, subscribers will be able to enjoy a channel exclusively dedicated (24/7) to US basketball," announced the pay-TV group on 06/04/2020. The pay TV group Eleven Sports has also set up a similar initiative in Belgium where its channel Eleven Sports 2 has been offering NBA TV since 28/03/2020 (see below).

"Starting this week, fans will be able to relive a selection of NBA games from the beginning of the season, as well as legendary games, including Tony Parker's 2014 San Antonio Spurs NBA Finals against LeBron James' Miami Heat, with Game 1 to follow tomorrow when the channel launches," said beIN Sports.

"Following the suspension of current sports competitions, beIN Sports is adapting its schedule by offering the channel's best content for rebroadcasting, with the best games of the season in each discipline as well as numerous exclusive content. In partnership with the…