Tencent has quietly resumed online broadcasts in China of NBA preseason games after a dispute last week prompted all of the American league's official Chinese partners to suspend ties.
Hong Kong Tencent has quietly resumed online broadcasts in China of National Basketball Association preseason games after a dispute last week prompted all of the American league's official Chinese partners to suspend ties.
The Chinese tech giant on Monday live streamed two games — one between the Toronto Raptors and Chicago Bulls in Toronto and another between Israeli team Maccabi Haifa and the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis — a week after saying it would not show two preseason games that took place in China last week.
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