NBA Goes Live Streaming in Brazil; No Plans For U.S.

Well, it won’t come to U.S. anytime soon, but NBA fans in Brazil have become the first in the world to have access to live games online. About 10,000 fans saw the Dallas Mavericks beat the LA Lakers on Tuesday on Globo.com, which charges an extra monthly fee of 4.90 reals ($2.20) to watch two games per week on Globoesporte.com. The matches, broadcast in Portuguese, are not the same as ones aired live in Brazil by ESPN Intl. and ESPN Brasil.

ChinaTechNews: NBA Unveils Video-on-Demand Basketball Games In China: NBA has made a similar deal in China: NBA fans in China will have access to 42 live webcasts and VOD of NBA games from the current season, including 30 regular season and 12 Playoff games, along with 20 NBA classic games on NuSports‘ website.

Updated: In the comments below, Hank informs us: “NBA is offering live streaming of games in US to premium TV subs who get League Pass package..announced last week.”

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