NBC Interested In Bringing Back the NBA When TV Rights Expire In 2025

[DaBadGuy7]

They say deadline was yesterday? Surprised no leaks yet

Barkley jumped the gun on that:

 

[Kirk Van Houten]

Amazon to get In-Season and Play-in tournaments as part of NBA deal

The NBA’s two newly-created properties, the In-Season Tournament and Play-in Tournament, are reportedly headed to Amazon in the league’s new rights deal.

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Amazon will own rights to the NBA In-Season Tournament (renamed the NBA Cup as of next season) and Play-in Tournament under its expected rights deal with the NBA, John Ourand of Puck reported Monday. The Amazon deal would also include a conference final every-other-year and the previously reported slate of regular season and playoff games. Newly reported Monday is that Amazon is seeking — and likely to get — a Saturday night window. One would assume that means the end of ABC’s occasional Saturday night game.

ESPN, per Ourand, will carry only Wednesday night regular season games as part of its renewal, dropping the Friday night slate that it has aired since the 2002-03 season.

By contrast, the “B” package of games currently owned by Warner Bros. Discovery will only include a conference final every-other-year, alternating with Amazon. The rest of the current “B” inventory will remain in place, including NBA All-Star Weekend and a night of regular season games (Sundays on NBC, Tuesdays or Thursdays on TNT). NBC’s package also would include games on Peacock. Per Ourand, it is unlikely that the NBA will find a way to split the remaining inventory between WBD and NBC, as there is simply not enough to go around. As of Monday, there is “no agreement in sight” for the “B” package.

It is clear from the inventory for each company that the “B” package is closer to Amazon’s “C” package than to ESPN’s “A” package, an indication that NBC’s $2.5 billion bid likely raised the price tag for WBD from somewhere in the neighborhood of Amazon’s $1.8 billion/year.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

Clear NBC is willing to outbid WBD or even weaken them further in debt if they have to match the deal for a merger down the line.

 

[Kirk Van Houten]

Clear NBC is willing to outbid WBD or even weaken them further in debt if they have to match the deal for a merger down the line.

I mean I get why Comcast is willing to pay that much for the packcage is not better than the current one from WBD so it makes no sense for them to match the numbers.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

I mean I get why Comcast is willing to pay that much for the packcage is not better than the current one from WBD so it makes no sense for them to match the numbers.

Actually they might not have a choice but to match:



NBA is that important to WBD’s bottom line. For Comcast, it’s a want, not a need.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Actually they might not have a choice but to match:



NBA is that important to WBD’s bottom line. For Comcast, it’s a want, not a need.

Based on that, they should definitely give it up. The carriage fees & ad revenue lost is far less than the package cost, and that's before paying for production, talent, etc.

 

[Kirk Van Houten]

Actually they might not have a choice but to match:



NBA is that important to WBD’s bottom line. For Comcast, it’s a want, not a need.

So pretty much a lose/lose scenario for WBD

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[oknazevad]

It's called the First Amendment. Look it up.

Is anyone throwing you in jail? No? Then the first amendment is irrelevant. Grow up.

 

[Anisimovs AK]

It's called the First Amendment. Look it up.

Hahaha you cant be serious.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[Kirk Van Houten]

Could WBD match Amazon instead of Comcast?

Could Warner Bros. Discovery hold onto its NBA media rights by matching Amazon instead of Comcast, or is TNT destined to lose the NBA?

www.sportsmediawatch.com

Feels like this is the best move for WBD match the Amazon offer to get IST and Play In tournaments drop the All Star Weekend and get a conference final once every two seasons and since WBD has Max they can go global with local rights if that's what Amazon was also looking for

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[DaBadGuy7]

@jkrdevil I feel this quote by Jon Lewis perfectly describes your overall thoughts on how ESPN covers any sport:

“ESPN is not a platform for the game, the game is a platform for ESPN. So long as that is the case, one has no choice but to turn back the clock in order to watch the game as it was meant to be shown.”

 

[jkrdevil]

@jkrdevil I feel this quote by Jon Lewis perfectly describes your overall thoughts on how ESPN covers any sport:

Read the article and Jon is 100% accurate. The network that does the best job of doing what Jon describes how NBC handled the NBA is CBS right now. Not coincidentally its sports division was run by Jim McKay’s (of Olympics and Wide World of Sports fame) son up until the Masters this year.

ESPN is like a new rich person who fell into their wealth and wants to prove it was the acumen all along. ESPN was the scrappy underdog who eventually fell into Mickey Mouse money and ended up becoming the dominant player in sports media. But people involved with ESPN want to say it’s climb to the top of the pyramid is because of the great work they do.

BTW, tonight’s Game 7 broadcast may be the worst Stanley Cup broadcast from a technical level since the OLN year.