VTB United League CEO Ilona Korstin recounted the details of the agreement between the league and , and also expressed his hope that the new season will be exciting for the fans.
On Friday, the continuation of cooperation between the channel and the league was announced, the contract was signed for three years. The contract includes the production of all the matches of the federal channel by , as well as the monetary part.
– Can we say that in the next three years, there will be more basketball on the air?
– Absolutely. We tried to compose our calendar so that there is more basketball, that there is basketball every day. I am very happy that we continue our cooperation and partnership with . Last season we were very happy with our interaction. I believe that at present, a long-term contract is the best offer for us who was in the market. “” knows how to show basketball in a beautiful and high quality way. I hope next year basketball will really be on every day. And fans will be able to enjoy our favorite game wholeheartedly.
– When the schedule was agreed, did a day arise when the match of the week takes place on Sunday or Monday? What days will the central matches be?
– We still have a tour system. There will be weeks where clubs play once a week, and next week they play twice. But if before we played rounds in two days, now they will play for a week. If before we were hampered by the Euroleague, certain FIBA competitions, now our clubs do not participate in international competitions and are completely free. And we decided to fill all the space with the VTB United League.
I think our season will be interesting, because all the teams will be about equal in terms of level. Teams that were far behind the leaders before will have a chance to prove themselves and beat our leaders, who were out of reach in past seasons. The teams have done a very good job of the offseason, signing players, signing foreigners. I think the compositions will be interesting. Foreign specialists remained at Zenit and UNICS. Foreign players pass exactly below them. I think the season will be interesting, the teams will be competitive.
— The VTB United League has a new format: two rounds, then the teams are divided into six. Was the new format taken into account in negotiations with ? How attractive is he on television?
– I think this format is very attractive, because everyone wants to see the confrontation between the leaders. We know from last season that we have the top five or six teams and there are other teams that play point by point with themselves, but when you meet the leaders sometimes there are not the best matches. more interesting. We were just thinking about a television format that would be interesting, including for and our fans. So that they see the best of the last stage of our regular season: heat, hardship, emotions.
– What conditions? How many matches per week should be broadcast on ?
– A significant increase. We have the total number of matches that will be broadcast live. There are category A matches which will be broadcast on and category B and C matches which will be broadcast on thematic channels. Basketball, if desired, can be watched every day. There will be around 40 matches on the main channel, and there were 25,” Korstin told .
Earlier it was announced that Russian clubs are not allowed to participate in the Euroleague and European Cup due to the situation in Ukraine.
Source : MatchTV
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