Chinese broadcaster CCTV said on social platform Weibo that it will broadcast Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat.
The NBA has been subject to a blackout in China since Rockets general manager Daryl Morey shared his support for protesters in Hong Kong in October last year.
CCTV and Tencent, one of the NBA's main media partner in the country with a streaming deal worth $1.5 billion over five years, also took actions and both vowed not to show Rockets games. "I was merely voicing one thought, based on one interpretation, of one complicated event. I have had a lot of opportunity since that tweet to hear and consider other perspectives.
Rumors the tide may be turning for the NBA in China first surfaced in May, when the league appointed Michael Ma, the son of CCTV Sports executive Ma Guoli, as the CEO of NBA China, which handles the league's business ventures in the country."On issues concerning China's sovereignty, CCTV Sports' attitude is solemn, clear and consistent with no room whatsoever for ambiguity or manoeuvre," CCTV said in a statement issued in May.
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