The NBA has expanded its broadcast footprint by negotiating agreements worth over $76 billion with Amazon and the NBA over the next 11 years, in addition to an extension with ESPN.
Despite having exclusive rights to many of the games the NBA has sold out until the end of the current season, TNT Sports is not entirely eliminated by these actions.
For instance, TNT and ESPN aired the well-liked In-Season Tournament in the US. According to The Athletic, those games would now only be available on Amazon.
TNT Sports’ CEO, David Zaslav, of Warner Bros., has made it clear that he intends to use the terms of the present contract to maintain his alignment with the NBA.
According to the Athletic, that action would jeopardize certain provisions of the new pact, primarily aimed at Amazon.
The agreements with NBC, Amazon, and the extension with ESPN must next be approved by the governors of the league. Those approvals are almost certain to come.
TNT has five days from the time of approval to reply before the contracts are confirmed.
Before the Summer Olympics officially start on July 26, a new agreement may be made public if TNT decides not to match the NBA’s proposals from Amazon and NBC.
With just NBA players making up the United States’ 12-player squad, several of the league’s biggest names are participating in Paris.
Plans have advanced to the point where NFL season and post-Super Bowl game schedules, including special Saturday night telecasts throughout football season, are starting to take shape.
Following the conclusion of the NFL season, Sunday nights will see more games that will be televised nationally, replacing “Sunday Night Football.”
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