ABA & Zingo TV Form A Streaming Relationship

ZingoTV and American Basketball League (ABA) Sign Broadcast Partnership; Will Launch New Streaming Channel During 2019 ABA Final 8 (March 25, 2019) Piscataway, NJ – ZingoTV, the innovative streaming network featuring leading entertainment, sports, and community events, is proud to announce new a broadcast partnership with the American Basketball League (ABA). 

The new ABA channel will launch in conjunction with the 2019 ABA Final 8 and ABA National Championship Game, taking place in St. Louis, MO, from April 9-13, 2019. “We are honored to add the ABA to our line-up of sports channels,” said John Estiva, COO and Managing Partner of ZingoTV. “For 19 years, the ABA has given fans around the country amazing professional basketball, in partnership with the NBA, and has grown into one of the world’s largest sports leagues. We’re looking forward to working with ABA league executives to let fans everywhere experience the excitement of ABA basketball.

” The 2019 ABA Final 8 takes place at St. Louis College of Pharmacy Athletics Center (4588 Parkview Place, St. Louis, MO). Round One games take place April 10 and 11, and the Final Four will be played Friday, April 12. New 2018-2019 ABA National Champions will be crowned during National Championship game on Saturday, April 13. Championship game time is 5:30pm. 

All games will be streamed live on the ZingoTV app. ZingoTV is available for Apple iOS, Google Android, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Chromecast, as well as smart TVs by LG and Samsung. The broadcast partnership with the ABA continues ZingoTV’s focus on bringing top-quality, national sports content to the network, which currently includes Eleven Sports, Global Mixed Gender Basketball (GMGB) and Lax Sports Network. 

ZingoTV offers subscribers the opportunity to stream exclusive sports, entertainment, and community events across a wide range of platforms and devices. In additional to a wide range of broadcast programming, it offers content creators the opportunity to develop their own channels on its platform.

The ZingoTV app is available for iOS, Android, Amazon Fire, Roku, Chromecast, LG Smart TV, Samsung Smart TV and other platforms. www.zingotv.com About American Basketball Association (ABA) Founded in 1999, the modem American Basketball Association (ABA) is the spiritual successor to the original ABA, which operated from 1967-1976, before merging with the NBA. 

Relaunched by Joe Newman and Richard P. Tinkham, who co-founded both the original ABA and the Indiana Pacers, the new ABA is a professional men’s basketball league that operates in partnership with the NBA. www.abaliveaction.com

CJ Henderson Announces New Team In Sydney Parramatta Wildcats

Indianapolis, IN. Joe Newman The American Basketball Association CEO (ABA) & CJ Henderson CEO ABA League Australia today announced that the Parramatta Wildcats are the next team to join the league in Australia.

“Parramatta Wildcats are pleased to confirm that they have taken the next step in their future growth by partnering with American Basketball Association League Australia.

ABA League Australia offers some exciting paths for promising Aussie players who are looking for some exposure to this League and subsequently, the associated US League. “Parramatta Wildcats run the successful Sydney based UBL Summer League and intend to select the best players from the UBL to compete in the ABA League.

ABA League Australia CEO CJ Henderson & Parramatta Wildcats GM Dawn Burke have teamed up and will share the Wildcats home court facilities & will be adding the ABA Brand to the gym as well. The Wildcats are looking to have a new show court in 2020 with box seating as well. For Sydney this will be the home of the ABA going forward and we are looking to keep pushing the boundaries and getting brand awareness says CJ Henderson.

Launch Of The ABA Xperience App

The ABA League Australia has just launched it’s new ABA Xperience App in the Google Play Store.  We will not be releasing an Apple Version but we have an HTML5 link that iPhone and Windows phones can Open then save to their home screens that replicates the app.

If You Have The Card You Will Love The App!

The app will feature some really cool things that will keep ABA fans up to date with all things ABA Like:

•          ABA Xperience Directory with special offers and businesses that want to do business with ABA Fans and teams around the world.  The site has specials from all over America – Australia & other countries. 
• ·         ABA News USA & Australia – get the latest news on the playoffs – player & team’s news and drafts and more right in 1 place. 
• ·         ABA Weekly Podcast – Everything ABA every week.  Get the inside news from Brandon and the team. 
• ·         ABA Gallery – some great photos from USA & Australia, games – players nights out – restaurant photos and more from ABA Fans and Brand Ambassadors. 
• ·         ABA Player Profiles – follow some of your favorite players see their latest videos and more right in the app. 
• ·         Shop ABA Gear right in the app.

The app will also alert fans for game times in Australia via built in messaging.  We will also send special offers to fans from our sponsors USA & Australia. This app will keep every ABA fan up to date with everything happening in the ABA, we are even setting up to stream some of the ABA Finals USA inside the app and on our Facebook page.

To get the most out of our app see image below make sure you have notifications turned on.  Here is how you get the app:

·         For Android users go to the app shop and search for ABA Xperience or follow this link to the store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.abaxperience

·         Other phones iPhone – Blackberry – Windows phones Click This Link and save it to your home screen to have web version on your phone - https://www.pwastore.com/w/aba-xperience 

We hope you enjoy the app and we look forward to bringing you some really great content going forward.

Have a great day

ABA League Australia Marketing Team  www.abaleagueaustralia.com