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Hopefully this means the troops over there kicking ass and taking hyphenated names get to watch more hoops on their free time.
Middle East to receive NBA games
Bloomberg News
The NBA agreed to have one game a week shown live on the U.S. government-funded Alhurra Television in the Middle East.
The Arabic-language satellite channel also will show episodes of NBA Jam, a behind-the-scenes program that focuses on teams and players.
"Alhurra is quickly becoming a very prominent and valuable source of news, information and entertainment to millions of Arabic speakers," NBA Commissioner David Stern said in a statement.
Alhurra, which started in February, is available in 22 Middle East countries with potential to reach 300 million people, said Norman Pattiz, chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, a federal agency that funds the channel.
The commercial-free Alhurra is paid for by Congress, which in 2003 approved $60 million for the network's first year, Pattiz said. The agreement with the NBA is for this season. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
"Adding the NBA will give us a much larger audience to promote the rest of our programming," Pattiz said in a telephone interview.
Hopefully this means the troops over there kicking ass and taking hyphenated names get to watch more hoops on their free time.
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