The NBA announced its new media rights deal on Wednesday afternoon and shared that Warner Bros. Discovery (TNT) failed to match Amazon’s bid. The league said that Amazon Prime will be one of the broadcast partners beyond the 2024-25 season, along with Disney and NBCUniversal. However, this didn’t sit well with TNT, who have been…
NBC and TNT Sports are expected to broadcast Big East men’s and women’s basketball starting in the 2025-26 season. Fox Sports will remain the main partner for the conference, though NBC and TNT Sports are looking to add a significant number of games. NBC will broadcast most of their games on Peacock. The incumbent, CBS…
Warner Bros. Discovery is in negotiations with the NBA about the possibility of a fourth media right package, sources tell Michael McCarthy of FrontOffice Sports. ESPN, Amazon and NBC would be the three media partners of the NBA under the currently proposed deals. WBD has match rights as an incumbent partner, which is believed to…
If TNT loses the NBA beginning with the 25-26 season, Charles Barkley will receive interest from all three media rights partners in ESPN, Amazon and NBC, according to Andrew Marchand. Barkley is under contract beyond 2025, but it is unclear if he has an out dependent on the NBA. Barkley has been outspoken criticizing Warner…
Comcast’s NBCUniversal is closing in on securing the third NBA package and likely unveil a “Basketball Night in America” telecast with its annual bid of $2.5 billion per year, sources tell Sports Business Journal. Sources say Warner Bros. Discovery, parent company of TNT, would have to increase its bid to as much as $2.8 billion…
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed that talks with the NBA to keep games on TNT are ongoing. NBC has offered the NBA $2.5 billion per season to essentially replace TNT as the league’s other primary partner alongside ESPN. Amazon will likely enter as a partner for the NBA and broadcast both the NBA…
According to sources from Front Office Sports, ESPN and TNT have matching provisions in their media rights deals with the NBA. Even though they didn’t extend their contracts before the exclusive negotiating window closed, both networks have the opportunity to respond to outside bids before finalizing any agreements. This provision includes both streaming and linear…
Photo: YouTube screenshot The exclusive negotiations between the NBA and Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are expected to end Monday without a deal. Both companies are in talks to continue broadcasting games on ESPN and TNT. The NBA is looking to secure a new flagship streaming partner, with discussions potentially starting with Amazon, Apple, YouTubeTV,…
TNT Sports analyst Rio Ferdinand didn’t hold back in his criticism of Arsenal’s lackluster display against Porto in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 matchup. The Premier League side struggled to produce any shots on target before conceding a late goal in the 94th minute, courtesy of Wenderson Galeno, handing the hosts a…
Ally McCoist was thoroughly impressed with the quality of Joelinton’s performance and goal during Newcastle United’s match against AC Milan. McCoist highlighted the contributions of Anthony Gordon and Tino Livramento as well, but he specifically praised Joelinton for his outstanding strike and the intricacies leading up to the goal. McCoist, who was covering the game…
