The National Basketball Association has made this year's NBA All Star game more accessible to fans worldwide.

According to the NBA, this year's game will be covered by more than 265 international media members from 42 countries. As a result, 90 international TV, radio outlets and websites will convene in New Orleans, LA.

Space TV will be covering the game for Brazil while Argentina's Depor TV will broadcast the game on their "free-to-air channel" across the whole country, says NBA. The NBA All Star 2014 game will also be covered by Canal+ in Spain.

BT Sport will be in-charge of NBA live coverage in the UK, while the game will be aired live on African TV courtesy of SuperSport. According to NBA, SuperSport will also be covering the all star games online HERE.

Sport 1 will be providing live broadcasting with commentary for Hungary while Sport 2 will be airing the games delayed. For NBA fans in the Middle East, beIN Sport 9 and 12 (MENA) will be airing the game live though delayed telecast is also available via NBA TV (beIN Sport 8).

Asia is not left behind with live NBA All Star game coverage with WOWOW in-charge for Japan, CCTV 5 for China and Sony SIX for India.

The NBA has posted the international players who will be participating in the all star game this year:

Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki (Germany)

San Antonio's Tony Parker (France)

Cleveland's Kyrie Irving (Australia)

Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greece)

Toronto's Jonas Valanciunas (Lithuania)

Oklahoma City's Steven Adams (New Zealand)

Boston's Kelly Olynyk (Canada)

Phoenix's Goran Dragic (Slovenia)

San Antonio's Marco Belinelli (Italy)

Among the most awaited events in the annual NBA All Star Weekend are the Celebrity Game, the Rising Stars Challenge, the D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, the D-League All Star Game, the Slam Dunk Contest, the Three Point Shootout, the Skills Challenge and the Shooting Stars Competition.

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