As reported back in May, NBC Sports has shown interest in bringing the NBA back to the network, a person with knowledge confirmed to The Athletic. NBC has even proffered to bring back “Roundball Rock,” the famed John Tesh opus if it were to get NBA rights.
However, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery leaders have been circumspect this year about their spending plans.
Those two companies also have been measured in their reliance on sports streaming. While ESPN has seen its streaming app “grow nicely,” Iger said, and Disney hopes to pivot ESPN into streaming over time, he added that Disney is “not going to do that precipitously.
While its television ratings have remained generally flat this regular season — averaging about 1.6 million viewers across TNT, ESPN and ABC, which is down 21,000 viewers compared to last season — it’s still valuable as the number of homes with cable TV shrink every year and the league grows its share of them. The NBA’s playoff ratings, however, have boomed so far, with some games putting up pre-cord-cutting numbers. That only enhances the league’s case to potential rights holders.
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