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douggood wrote:Tha Cynic wrote:If this means I can watch on prime without additional subscriptions than my current one, then great. Otherwise I'll have to go to other methods.
these are all american tv deals
to my knowledge the amazon prime deal for nfl thursday was not available in canada. was on dazn here.
TNT also operates NBA TV and NBA.com on behalf of the league. Unwinding that relationship would be a messy and expensive undertaking. In today’s hyper-competitive market for live sports rights, doubling the number of NBA media partners to four would be significant. Just ask the NFL, which keeps adding new partners like Netflix and Amazon.
Sports media consultant Jim Williams notes a fourth package would enable the NBA to televise/stream its live games across Disney’s ABC/ESPN/ESPN+; NBCUniversal’s NBC/USA/Peacock; and WBD’s TNT/Max. “It’s the perfect solution. They have the inventory to do it and it’s yet another billion-dollar deal,” Williams says. “I have no idea why they haven’t done it already. It makes all the sense in the world.”
Additionally, for TNT, a smaller, cheaper package could ensure the survival of Charles Barkley’s Emmy-winning Inside the NBA studio show. The 61-year-old Barkley says he wants to work less anyway. He’s been increasingly critical about the lack of direction from his bosses at TNT.
“Like, hey man, just tell us something. Everybody’s got an article coming out every day about ‘we’ve still got a chance’ or ‘we’ve lost it,’” Barkley told Mad Dog Sports Radio’s Beadle & Decker. “I’m like, ‘Yo, man, you guys see us every week, how ’bout picking up the phone, saying, ‘Hey, we still negotiating’ or ‘you know what, we’ve lost it.’ Just truth us. Because the one thing that really sucks, we gotta do this next year no matter what.”
WuTang_OG wrote:The NBA’s new media deal was always going to be big, but nobody predicted just how massive the league’s financial gains would be. A report from the Wall Street Journal indicates that the agreed to deal with NBC, ESPN and Amazon will be 11 years, $76 BILLION — shattering even the high-end of expectations.
The figure averages out to just over $6.9B a year, representing a 265 percent increase over what the NBA was getting from Warner Bros. Discovery, ESPN and ABC. The parent company of TNT, as well as Disney had been paying a combined $2.6B a year to air NBA games. The agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery was part of an uninterrupted deal that started in 1988 with TNT in cable’s infancy. This new contract marks the first time the NBA has truly jumped ship to new networks in almost 40 years, which as fans have mourned, will mean the end of the legendary Inside the NBA due to the talent having existing contracts with Warner Bros. Discovery.
It has been hoped from the Warner camp that they would be able to find a way to keep their NBA programming, but ultimately the figure simply got too high. The triumvirate who are set to gain the rights represent three of the biggest conglomerates in the United States, with Comcast (NBC), Disney (ESPN), and Amazon all having access to funds that Warners Bros. Discovery simply couldn’t match.
It’s unclear at this time how games will be split up, or what agreement each proposed stakeholder has to air games. In addition it remains to be seen how elements of the NBA’s business like NBA League Pass or local market games will operate under this new deal. One thing is clear, however: Players are about to benefit in ways he have never, ever seen before.
Players must receive 50 percent of any media deal under the collective bargaining agreement reached with the NBPA, which runs through the 2029-30 season. It’s important to note that funds from the new TV deal wouldn’t be reflected in the salary cap until the 2025-26 season, at which point they would be rolled out as incremental 10 percent increases year-over-year for the life of the deal.
2019nbachamps wrote:Seems like TNT will get some games which is great for fans.
navyblue wrote:2019nbachamps wrote:Seems like TNT will get some games which is great for fans.
Actually not. You have to subscribe to an extra channel/service to get it now.
ESPN/abc/ESPN+
Amazon prime
Nbc(free ota)/peacock
Tnt/max+
agkagk wrote:navyblue wrote:2019nbachamps wrote:Seems like TNT will get some games which is great for fans.
Actually not. You have to subscribe to an extra channel/service to get it now.
ESPN/abc/ESPN+
Amazon prime
Nbc(free ota)/peacock
Tnt/max+
Yup this is kinda frightening.
I worry that if the nba fragments their product too much in their attempt to unearth additional revenue streams, it might implode ala going to the movies.
WuTang_OG wrote:
deeps6x wrote:WuTang_OG wrote:
I'd prefer not to hear another word from Barkley or Shaq ever again.
Useless stupid distractions from otherwise good comments.
Senbonzakura wrote:deeps6x wrote:WuTang_OG wrote:
I'd prefer not to hear another word from Barkley or Shaq ever again.
Useless stupid distractions from otherwise good comments.
It’s supposed to be for fun…
The NBA and network executives finalized contracts that will make NBC and Amazon Prime Video new partners, while maintaining ESPN as the home of the NBA Finals, under agreements that will extend for 11 seasons and be worth $76 billion, according to executives with direct knowledge of the deals.
While the NBA and its partner agreed to all the language, incumbent TNT Sports continues to threaten to match. The CEO of TNT Sports’ parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav, has publicly stated he may attempt to use language in the current contract to remain involved with the NBA. If Zaslav goes through with that, he is expected to target Amazon’s package.
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The next step is for the league’s governors to approve the agreements with ESPN, NBC and Amazon, which is expected to be a formality.
The board of governors has meetings Tuesday in Las Vegas. At some point following the final step by the league’s governors, the NBA will send the finished contracts to TNT Sports.
At that point, the company will have five days to make its move. If it declines, then the NBA is expected to be an official announcement before the Olympics, which open on July 26th.
The NBA and TNT Sports declined to comment.
Under the new NBA television deals with ESPN, NBC and Amazon Prime, the regular season would feature national telecasts nearly seven days a week, according to sources briefed on the agreements.
The NBA will borrow a page from the NFL, as following the end of the football’s regular season, NBC will have the NBA succeed the highest-rated primetime show on television, “Sunday Night Football,” while, on Thursdays, Amazon will do the same after its TNF coverage concludes.
During the entire regular season, Amazon Prime Video is anticipated to have its other games streamed predominantly on Friday nights and Saturdays.
NBC will have games throughout the full NBA season on Tuesdays. Peacock, NBC’s streaming service, is expected to have exclusive telecasts on Mondays. Peacock will also simulcast all the NBC games.
ESPN will slightly cut down on the amount of regular-season games, going from around 100 now to the range of 80. During the NFL season, it will have its games on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with its Saturday night game being its special ABC window. Later in the year, after the NFL, ESPN will have Friday night action, as well.
All three platforms will have playoff games, while Amazon Prime Video will be the home of the In-Season Tournament. Amazon and NBC will alternate showing conference finals. ESPN will have a conference final and the NBA Finals each season.
Appostis wrote:How is Canada impacted?
Any word on Canadian League pass?
Tor_Raps wrote:Senbonzakura wrote:deeps6x wrote:I'd prefer not to hear another word from Barkley or Shaq ever again.
Useless stupid distractions from otherwise good comments.
It’s supposed to be for fun…
You can tell who's fun at parties based on whether you like Inside The NBA or not loll
WaltFrazier wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:Senbonzakura wrote:
It’s supposed to be for fun…
You can tell who's fun at parties based on whether you like Inside The NBA or not loll
Yes they are fun, and funny, but they aren't very good in terms of analysis of the game. I get tired of Shaq talking about "the others" all the time. Same with Chuck, his main point is, superstars have to step up.
On the other hand, the ESPN halftime panel is far worse.
