NBA finals live TV broadcast

JAKARTA (JP): Private television station SCTV will broadcast the NBA Finals, which is pitting Orlando Magic against defending champion Houston Rockets, and is also allocating, starting tomorrow, one-minute stop press segments, six times a day during the best-of-seven series.

Pranoto Harun, producer of the live broadcasts, said yesterday that SCTV is sending a three-member team out into the streets during the games, which will conduct teleconferences with Indonesian basketball fans.

Pranoto declined to disclose the budget set for the program, the second NBA Finals aired live by SCTV, but indicated considerable benefits, which may come due to the high audience rating of the NBA finals.

The following is the schedule of NBA finals live broadcasts (all in Western Indonesia Time):

Date Time Venue 1. Thursday, June 8 8.00 Orlando Arena 2. Saturday, June 10 8.00 Orlando Arena 3. Monday, June 12 6.30 The Summit, Houston 4. Thursday, June 15 8.00 The Summit, Houston 5. Saturday, June 17 8.00 The Summit, Houston (*) 6. Monday, June 19 6.30 Orlando Arena (*) 7. Thursday, June 22 8.00 Orlando Arena (*)

(*) if necessary