Shareholder sues WBD over lapsed NBA television deal
A shareholder says WBD executives weren’t fully forthcoming on the risk of losing NBA television rights to Comcast and Amazon.
National Basketball Association (NBA)
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league that consists of 30 teams in North America — 29 in the United States and one in Canada.
Domestic telecast rights to NBA games are held by the Walt Disney Company’s ESPN, Warner Bros Discovery’s TNT Sports and several regional sports broadcasters through the 2024-25 season.
Starting with the 2025-26 season, nationally-televised NBA games are tentatively scheduled to move from TNT Sports to Comcast’s NBC Sports and Amazon’s Prime Video.
NBA, WBD reach settlement in TV rights lawsuit
The settlement will allow the NBA to move forward with its telecast agreement with Amazon, while giving WBD international distribution rights to some games.
Court unseals NBA television contracts with Amazon, NBC
The contracts offer a glimpse into which games will air on Comcast’s NBC and Amazon’s Prime Video if the telecast agreement holds up.
TEGNA partners with peer broadcasters to expand access to Dallas Mavericks games
Stations owned by Nexstar Media Group, Gray Media and Sinclair will offer Mavericks games across Texas.
Sinclair to distribute Portland Trail Blazers games on broadcast TV
The professional basketball team is also making its games available on a subscription streaming service, launching soon.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski announces retirement
Wojnarowski is leaving the media industry to become the GM of the men’s basketball team at his alma mater.
Netflix drops trailer for basketball docuseries “Starting 5”
The program will shine a spotlight on some of the biggest starts in the National Basketball Association.
Gray Media to air New Orleans Pelicans games on free broadcast TV
Gray Television will distribute New Orleans Pelicans games through a new regional sports broadcast network that will air on nearly a dozen TV stations.
Dallas Mavericks games moving to TEGNA-owned broadcast stations
Dallas Mavericks games will air on more than a half-dozen TEGNA-owned television stations in Texas this upcoming season.
NBA seeks dismissal of WBD’s lawsuit over telecast rights
The professional basketball league says WBD’s offer was not substantially the same as one made by Amazon for games on Prime Video.