FIBA ANNOUNCES A MULTI-YEAR COLLABORATION WITH TWITCH

FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, and Twitch have announced a multi-year collaboration to bring more basketball content to the interactive live streaming service. The Federation will not just stream sports content but also, together with Twitch, will tailor that content to maximize its impact on the service. This is the first strategic agreement that Twitch has struck with an international federation.

FIBA will broadcast around 600 hours of live basketball games each year to its own Twitch channel as well as other unique programming formats, which are specifically developed to leverage Twitch's unique interactive tools and features. Fans will be allowed to produce FIBA-related content on their own Twitch channels since FIBA is one of the few rights-holders in global sport to give access to official footage to Twitch creators.

FIBA plans on establishing a network of creators in each of its major markets around the world, including the United States, France, Italy, Spain, and Australia, who will also co-stream the live games and create their own programming and formats for their own channels. The agreement is part of a wider campaign for Twitch, which is looking to inspire a broad base of basketball fans to create user-generated content and deliver FIBA's 3x3 and basketball events to a new audience.

The live games, which will be streamed both on FIBA's Twitch channel and on the channels of its creators' network, will include all FIBA 3x3 competitions, the EuroLeague Women and selected youth tournaments. Additionally, highlights and delayed coverage of FIBA's national team and other club competitions and youth tournaments will be packaged and distributed uniquely for Twitch creators and basketball communities around the world.

“FIBA is delighted to announce this unique collaboration with Twitch, a live streaming service that is used by millions of people globally each day. This innovative agreement will further strengthen our strategic objective to enlarge the FIBA family by offering year-round basketball action to more fans, on an interactive service,"  said Andreas Zagklis, Secretary General at FIBA.

"Twitch is a community of superfans where the most passionate come together to participate in and shape their own entertainment - live. FIBA is an innovation-driven organization and is passionate about bringing fans together in new interactive ways around livestreaming. This makes FIBA the perfect fit for Twitch. We are excited to see FIBA reach new and existing audiences across the globe with truly innovative content that makes the most of the tools and resources Twitch has to offer,"  added Damian Burns, SVP EMEA at Twitch.