Sky Sports will present 40 British Basketball League video games throughout the 2023-24 season; new broadcast crew will likely be led by Jeanette Kwakye MBE and have former Team GB and London Lions star Ovie Soko as lead analyst

The British Basketball League will proceed to be proven on Sky Sports for the 2023-24 season.

After the earlier marketing campaign noticed league viewership rise by 217 per cent, Sky Sports will present 40 video games from the UK’s prime males’s and girls’s divisions.

Fans will see one stay recreation every week on Sky Sports’ linear and YouTube channels. Live video games will likely be broadcast on Sky Sports and NOW on Thursday and Friday nights, with the league set to supply the best high quality broadcast expertise in its historical past, anchored by an all-new studio present.

The new broadcast crew will likely be led by Jeanette Kwakye MBE and have former Team GB and London Lions star Ovie Soko as lead analyst, together with Todd Harris and Azania Stewart as commentators.

As a part of the settlement, Sky Sports and NOW will present stay motion from the Championship, in addition to the important thing fixtures throughout the season together with the Men’s and Women’s Trophy Final, All-Star Game and the showstopping finish of season playoffs, together with the ultimate at The O2.

Helen Falkus, director of Multi Sports at Sky Sports, stated: “Domestic basketball continues to go from strength to strength and so we’re delighted to be able to continue to bring our viewers more of the action from both the men’s and women’s competitions.

“We’ll proceed to showcase the Men’s and Women’s British Basketball League on our linear channels in addition to YouTube as we glance to proceed to develop the sport within the UK.”

The new season begins with the Newcastle Eagles internet hosting the Sheffield Sharks on Thursday, with the play-off finals coming to a conclusion on May 19 subsequent yr.

BBL head of broadcast, Mani Gill, added: “The League is delighted to once again be partnering with Sky Sports for a fourth consecutive season to continue to bring the best of the action from the Men’s and Women’s League’s to fans across the country.

“Sky has given us a platform to assist basketball develop exponentially lately, it is nice to have their continued assist and we all know followers will likely be thrilled with the published expertise they’re going to take pleasure in this season.”

Watch the British Basketball League season-opener between Newcastle and Sheffield stay on Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Mix from 7.30pm on Thursday.