1-Man’s Opinion on Sports–Friday. “NBA-on-TV-Different Deal”
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“NBA-TV-War”
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The NBA has a new 76B-TV contract. ESPN-NBC are back in. Amazon Prime Streaming has come on board. TNT is out. Get ready to lawyer up.
TNT claims it had the right to ‘match’ any contract offer’ to stay with the NBA. The NBA maintains it was only for ‘over the air broadcasts’, and that Amazon offers something no one else can, streaming, to build a very different base. The matching contract clause is not for streaming.
Wonder what Charles Barkley thinks about that now that Inside the NBA is no longer a player. TNT should have read the fine print about what they could and could not match.
Here’s what to look for next year as TNT and the NBA prepare to go to court, off the court, infront of a judge.
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NBA on TV Breakdown:
Disney:
Disney will broadcast 80 regular season games per year, including 20+ on ABC and up to 60 on ESPN. ABC’s games will air on Saturdays and Sundays, with ESPN’s airing on Wednesdays and some Fridays.
ABC and ESPN will broadcast about 18 games in the first two rounds of the playoffs each season.
In 10 of the 11 seasons in the agreement, ABC and ESPN will air one of the two conference finals.
ABC will continue to air the NBA Finals.
ABC/ESPN will continue to air the draft, the draft lottery, and half of the Summer League games.
NBCUniversal:
NBCUniversal will distribute as many as 100 regular season games per year. More than half of those games will be broadcast on NBC on Sunday and Tuesday nights. Peacock will stream Monday night doubleheaders throughout the regular season.
The All-Star Game and All-Star Saturday Night (including the dunk contest and three-point competition) will air on NBC.
NBC and/or Peacock will air about 28 games in the first two rounds of the playoffs each season.
In six of the 11 seasons in the agreement, NBC will broadcast one of the two conference finals. They’ll rotate with Amazon beginning in 2025/26.
Amazon:
Amazon will distribute 66 regular season games per year on Prime Video. Those will include Thursday doubleheaders (beginning in January), Friday doubleheaders, some Saturday games, and at least one game on Black Friday.
Prime Video will broadcast the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final of the NBA Cup (in-season tournament).
Prime Video will broadcast all six games in the play-in tournament.
Prime Video will air approximately a third of the games in the first two rounds of the playoffs each season.
In six of the 11 seasons in the agreement, Amazon will air one of the two conference finals. They’ll rotate with NBC beginning in 2025/26.Note: Because NBC and Amazon will each broadcast six conference finals, there will be one year in which they each get one and Disney doesn’t.
Prime Video will air half of the Summer League games.
A lawsuit from TNT Sports – a longtime NBA broadcast partner and the odd man out in this round of negotiations – is possible after the NBA rejected TNT’s right to match Amazon’s deal.
