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NBA, BBTV tip off new online video network for YouTube creators

VANCOUVER and NEW YORK - The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Vancouver-based BroadbandTV (BBTV) are teaming up on a new community for video creators focused on basketball and basketball culture.Known as NBA Playmakers, the video network will offer content creators access to select NBA footage, NBA games and special events, access to NBA production facilities and merchandise.  Select videos will live on a new YouTube channel, also named NBA Playmakers, which will launch later this year.To mark the collaboration, NBA Playmakers will feature a select group of YouTube creators producing digital versions of the league’s playoffs campaign Every Second Counts, part...