The network reportedly intends to match Amazon's rights deal.
TNT has announced its intention to match one of the offers the NBA has received from other broadcasters in an attempt to hold on to a share of the league's broadcast rights. While the equation might not be that easy, the network appears ready to fight to keep the NBA on its airwaves.We're proud of how we have delivered for basketball fans by providing best-in-class coverage throughout our four-decade partnership with the NBA.
Regrettably, the league notified us of its intention to accept other offers for the games in our current rights package, leaving us to proceed under the matching rights provision, which is an integral part of our current agreement and the rights we have paid for under it. We have reviewed the offers and matched one of them. This will allow fans to keep enjoying our unparalleled coverage, including the best live game productions in the industry and our iconic studio shows and talent, while building on our proven 40-year commitment for many more years.
Our matching paperwork was submitted to the league today. We look forward to the NBA executing our new contract.to match Amazon's $1.8 billion per year deal. This is where things get complicated. According to Marchand, the NBA prefers to keep the Amazon deal and plans to decline TNT's right to take the package away. The New York Post'sthat the NBA is likely to say TNT can't match the Amazon deal "because it doesn't have the same global reach.
That could trigger a legal fight. As of right now, the ABC/ESPN family of networks and NBC are set as the league's other media partners.Ryan Phillips is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has worked in digital media since 2009, spending eight years at The Big Lead before joining SI in 2024. Phillips also co-hosts The Assembly Call Podcast about Indiana Hoosiers basketball and previously worked at Bleacher Report.
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