TNT Remains In ‘Constructive Negotiations’ With NBA On Media Rights Deal

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed that talks with the NBA to maintain video games on TNT are ongoing. NBC has supplied the NBA $2.5 billion per season to basically substitute TNT because the league’s different main companion alongside ESPN. Amazon will possible enter as a companion for the NBA and broadcast each the NBA Cup and Play-In Event.

“We proceed to be in constructive negotiations with the NBA,” Zaslav stated Monday on the Milken Institute International Convention in California. “It’s a fantastic league. The TNT staff does a terrific job. And we love the NBA.”

WBD maintains matching rights with the NBA as one among their current companions.

WBD’s inventory has misplaced almost one-third of its worth to this point this yr, with a drop of almost 10 p.c final week pushed partially by stories the community may lose the NBA rights. 

Throughout an interview in November 2022, Zaslav stated “We don’t should have the NBA.”