Posted: Wed., Sep. 24, 2003, 6:39pm PT

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Canal Plus, NBA reup TV deal

Pact includes 24-hour network

NEW YORK --The National Basketball Assn. has renewed its contract with Canal Plus through the 2005-06 season, offering a record number of NBA games to French TV viewers.

Key to the deal is the addition of 24-hour network NBA TV, which will schedule one live game each day on CanalSatellite's basic tier. Other NBA TV programming on the platform includes daily highlights of other games, original series and reruns of classic games.

Separate from NBA TV, Canal Plus will broadcast one live NBA game every Friday night during the season and incorporate edited material from another game on its sports magazine program "C du Sport."

Canal's dedicated sports channel Sport Plus will schedule NBA and WNBA games every week, as well as the weekly magazine show "NBA Action."

Canal Plus signed its first contract with the NBA in 1986.

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