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.
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.
Utah Jazz games moving to free broadcast TV
The Utah Jazz will begin offering regular season games on Sinclair-owned KJZZ later this year; a streaming service is also being developed.
2023 NBA Finals to be widely available on streaming services
There are plenty of cheap and free ways to stream the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat during the 2023 NBA Finals without cable.
YouTube apologizes for TNT glitch during NBA game
Officials at YouTube have apologized after a glitch left millions of streamers unable to watch Game 1 of the NBA's Eastern Conference Final on Wednesday.