Colin Cowherd urges NBA to shorten playoffs with 5-game series
"The NBA is on notice."
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Shams Charania expects LeBron James to play ‘at least another NBA season,’ great news for the NBA’s new media partners
"There's no expectation for LeBron James to retire."
John Skipper dismisses NBA ratings concern: ‘The league is in excellent shape’
"Ask anyone associated with the NBA, would you rather have the ratings go up 20% or the media rights go up 300%?"
Utah Jazz have lost 50% of media rights revenue with new strategy
"You couldn’t pay me enough money to go back to the old model."
The 2024 Awfulies: Best & worst in sports television
The 2024 Awfulies: Best & worst sports media moments of the year
Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery reach new carriage agreement
TNT's loss of NBA rights was a significant point of discussion in negotiations.
Warner Bros. Discovery sued for misleading investors over NBA media rights loss
Defendants include WBD’s CEO David Zaslav and CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels.
NBA and TNT reportedly in settlement talks to end matching rights dispute
"It has to be soon. They don’t want to let it drag on."
New details emerge from redacted NBA-Amazon contract
The agreement covers everything from what seats Amazon execs get at games, to what music they use on the broadcast.
NBA continues effort to dismiss WBD media rights lawsuit
The NBA argued in court Wednesday that WBD's "match" was more of a "counteroffer."
Cathy Engelbert defends WNBA negotiating media deal alongside NBA
"I think it was worth a lot for us."
NBA: Warner Bros. Discovery tried to alter Amazon’s ‘poison pill’ in rights deal
As the NBA’s media rights deal came into focus earlier this summer, it became increasingly clear that Warner...
Amazon, NBC want media deals under seal in WBD lawsuit against NBA
NBA urges court to seal Amazon, NBC rights bids
The NBA is attempting to shield its new media rights deals from public scrutiny.
12 things you may not know about the new NBA media deals
Lack of available sports rights motivated Amazon in NBA deal
The UFC is the only major rights package set to become available in the next few years.
Charles Barkley offers theory on WBD’s NBA media rights loss
"I don't think Adam Silver would leave himself open to lose a lawsuit. He was a lawyer, and I think he's too smart."
7 NBA media deal burning questions that need answers
Jimmy Pitaro: ESPN and NBA/WNBA ‘completely aligned’ in prioritizing digital and streaming
"They understand that this is where our audience is migrating — to these direct-to-consumer platforms – and so we need to be there."
In tandem with lawsuit, WBD using PR strategy to say NBA games on Amazon is anticonsumer
"The campaign will argue that Prime Video doesn’t reach a large segment of basketball fans."
Warner Bros. Discovery sues NBA over media rights negotiations
"We strongly believe this is not just our contractual right, but also in the best interest of fans..."
Chris Mannix: ‘This does not have to be the end of Inside the NBA’
"Call me an optimist, but I'm a believer that we're gonna get Inside the NBA on Amazon Prime."
ESPN teases new studio show following media rights deal
A new NBA studio show is seemingly coming to ESPN.
Amazon Prime exec on ‘Inside the NBA’: ‘Obviously, there’ll be a lot of interest’
"We view it as the gold standard studio program."