Barcelona, October 23rd, 2006. This year Euroleague Basketball will be emitted in more countries than ever, bringing the best European basketball closer to fans and viewers. Some features of the expansion in television programming include:
– This year’s Euroleague Basketball opening game, DKV Joventut vs. Panathinaikos on Tuesday, October 24th, will be shown in 10
countries (Spain, Greece, Turkey, Italy, UK, Ireland, Poland, Bulgaria, USA and Canada).
– Games played during the first week of the regular season will reach a minimum of 118 countries on all five continents.
– Germany and Bulgaria will be added to the growing list of countries that will have live transmission of Euroleague Basketball
games.
– Teledeporte of Spain will dedicate almost the entire day of October 24th to Euroleague Basketball, with exclusive programming
beginning at 8.30 and lasting until 23:00 CET. The Teledeporte programs will include:
08:30
– Introduction to a day of Euroleague Basketball
– Profile Drazen Petrovic
– Transmission of the first Final Four title game, 1988, Tracer Milan vs. Maccabi in Ghent, Belgium
10:15
– Profile Sarunas Jasikevicius
– Transmission of last Final Four title game, 2006, CSKA vs. Maccabi in Prague, Czech Republic
12:00
– Profile Dominique Wilkins
– Historical documentary (history of the competition, the first finals in black and white, the arrival of the Final Four, the European
breakup, and the recent history of the Euroleague)
12:30
– Profile Arvydas Sabonis
– Interview with Antonio Martin, remembering Real Madrid’s last title.
– Transmission of 1995 Final Four title game, Real Madrid vs. Olimpiakos, in Zaragoza, Spain
14:15
– Profile Juan Antonio San Epifanio
– Interview with Rodrigo de la Fuente, remembering FC Barcelona’s 2003 title
– Transmission of 2003 Final Four title game, FC Barcelona vs. Benetton in Barcelona, Spain
16:00
– Documentary Jordi Villacampa of DKV Joventut, a president who knows from experience
– Transmission of the 1994 Final Four title game, Joventut vs. Olympiakos in Tel Aviv, Israel
17:30
– Profile Toni Kukoc
– Re-transmission of the historical documentary shown at 12:00
19:45
– Link up with Badalona for live coverage of Euroleague opening game, DKV Joventut vs. Panathinaikos
– Review Euroleague Basketball 2005-06
– Live interviews with Alfred Julbe, Rafa Vecina, Rafa Jofresa and others.
– Special report on Joventut: Badalona=Basketball, Europe’s basketball city
20:15
– Pre-game interviews
– Profile Zeljko Obradovic, the European coach with the most titles
– Joventut’s European trajectory (historical)
– Presentation of Joventut 2006-07
– Panathinaikos Euroepan trajectory (historical) and 2006-07 presentation
20:30
– Interview Jordi Bertomeu, Euroleague Basketball CEO
– Euroleague Basketball presentation acts from Badalona
20:45
– Live transmission, DKV Joventut vs. Panathinaikos
– Post-game interviews
22:30
– Euroleague Basketball season 2006-07
– repeat of player profiles
– Profile Drazen Petrovic
– Profile Sarunas Jasikevicius
– Profile Dominique Wilkins
– Profile Arvydas Sabonis
– Profile Juan Antonio San Epifanio
– Profile Toni Kukoc
23:00
Sign off from Badalona
The complete season television programming is as follows:
GAME |
DATE
TIME *
TV CHANNELS *
DKV JOVENTUT- PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS
Oct. 24, 2006
18:45
CANAL 33, SPAIN SUPERSPORT, GREECE UKTV SKYTURK, TURKEY CANAL+, POLAND SKY SPORT, ITALY TELEDEPORTE, SPAIN RING TV, BULGARIA NBA TV ( delayed )
OLYMPIACOS PIRAEUS- TAU CERAMICA
Oct. 25, 2006
18:15
SUPERSPORT, GREECE ETB, SPAIN ESPN INTERNATIONAL CANAL+, POLAND TELEDEPORTE, SPAIN ( 20:45 ) TANGO TV, LITHUANIA
LOTTOMATICA ROMA – PARTIZAN BELGRADE
Oct. 25, 2006
18:45
SKY SPORT, ITALY
ELDO NAPOLI – CSKA MOSCOW
Oct. 25, 2006
18:45
SKY SPORT, IALY SPORT, RUSSIA SPORTKLUB ( HUN, SER, MON, ROM, SLO )
ARIS TT BANK – FENERBAHCE ULKER ISTANBUL
Oct. 25, 2006
16:15
SUPERSPORT, GREECE SKYTURK, TURKEY
ELAN BEARNAIS PAU-ORTHEZ – WINTERTHUR FC BARCELONA
Oct. 25, 2006
18:30
SPORT+, FRANCE CANAL 33, SPAIN SUPERSPORT, GREECE TELEDEPORTE, SPAIN ( Thu 9:30 )
EFES PILSEN ISTANBUL – PROKOM TREFL SOPOT
Oct. 26, 2006
18:15
SKYTURK, TURKEY CANAL+, POLAND
LE MANS SARTHE – CLIMAMIO BOLOGNA
Oct. 26, 2006
18:30
SPORT+, FRANCE SKY SPORT, ITALY
MBC DYNAMO MOSCOW – RHEINENERGIE KOELN
Oct. 26, 2006
16:15
SPORT, RUSSIA CENTER TV, GERMANY SUPERSPORT, GREECE
MACCABI ELITE TEL AVIV – UNICAJA
Oct. 26, 2006
18:00
IBA, ISRAEL TELEDEPORTE, SPAIN ( 19:45 ) SUPERSPORT, GREECE UKTV
CIBONA ZAGREB – UNION OLIMPIJA LJUBLJANA
Oct. 26, 2006
18:45
TV SLOVENIJA, SLOVENIA VIASAT SPORT 3 AL JAZEERA SPORTS RING TV, BULGARIA SPORTKLUB ( HUN, ROM, SER, MON )
BENETTON BASKET TREVISO – ZALGIRIS KAUNAS
Oct. 26, 2006
18:45
SKY SPORT, ITALY TV3, LITHUANIA SUPERSPORT, GREECE SPORTKLUB, SLOVENIA
* ALL TIMES LISTED REFER TO GMT, NOT LOCAL TIME.