NBA to broadcast games to China via Internet
(AFP)
Updated: 2006-09-04 08:49
BEIJING - As many as 87 basketball games of the upcoming NBA season will be
made available to the Chinese public via the Internet, state media said.
NBA is co-operating with Chinese Internet companies nusport.cn and sohu.com
to bring the games to China's millions of basketball fans, Xinhua news agency
said, citing NBA (China) Vice President Mark Fischer.
"With the development of the Internet technology and the co-operation with
the Chinese Internet media, NBA hopes to get more basketball programs closer to
the fans," Fischer was quoted as saying.
The program includes one live show on each Monday and Friday and a replay on
Wednesdays, Fischer said according to Xinhua.
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