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 identified as victim of alleged criminal hacking scheme
The NBA has been identified as an apparent victim of a criminal hacking scheme, one that is connected to the theft and distribution of raw Fox News video files.
Game 5 of NBA Finals draws 12.2 million to ABC
More than 12.2 million American households tuned in to watch the Boston Celtics defeat the Dallas Mavericks for the NBA Championship.
NBA close to $76 billion deal with national TV broadcasters
Negotiations with Comcast's NBC, Amazon's Prime Video and Disney's ESPN are progressing.
NBC prepares $2.5 billion bid for national NBA television rights
A takeover of some national NBA broadcast rights by NBC could make WBD's streaming joint venture with ESPN and Fox less-attractive to basketball fans.
NBA partners with Roku to launch free streaming TV channel
The channel will be available through a new portal called NBA Zone, which is rolling out to Roku devices this week.
Five Cleveland Cavaliers games to air on free broadcast TV
Gray Television says it will begin airing Cleveland Cavaliers games on its local CW affiliate in the city, starting in March.
ABC, ESPN see viewership increase with NBA games in 2023
More people are watching NBA games on ABC and ESPN this year than last year, with Nielsen showing a 16 percent year-over increase in viewership.
YouTube TV to improve service before pursuing more sports deals, CEO says
Company wants to build on its partnership with the NFL, which includes NFL Sunday Ticket, CEO Neal Mohan affirmed.
WBD confirms live sports tier coming to Max streaming service
WBD will stream live sports from TBS, TNT and TruTV on its Max service, initially for free.
WBD wants to launch sports brand on Max by playoffs
Executives are hoping to launch a live sports tier on its flagship streaming service Max in time for the Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs, according to a report.
Disney holds talks with pro-sports leagues about ESPN investment
Disney executives have held discussions with the NBA, NFL and others about taking a minority stake in ESPN, according to a new report.
NBA Draft on ABC, ESPN sets viewership record
The 2023 NBA Draft telecast on ABC and ESPN grabbed nearly 5 million combined viewers, not including streaming.