Inside The NBA will be licensed to ESPN/ABC next year

[ALonelyDad]

 

[FAH1223]

WBD is also going to continue running NBA TV as it has over the last decade and a half plus.

Backend rights got WBD to continue having access to NBA content without having games to air. So House of Highlights and Bleacher Report will continue to post game clips and press conferences in real time.

Also, this means we get the Inside the NBA crew for the NBA Finals.

 

[SchoolboyC]

ESPN having their hand in things more is never good news

 

[ALonelyDad]

WBD is also going to continue running NBA TV as it has over the last decade and a half plus.

Backend rights got WBD to continue having access to NBA content without having games to air. So House of Highlights and Bleacher Report will continue to post game clips and press conferences in real time.

Also, this means we get the Inside the NBA crew for the NBA Finals.

ESPN having their hand in things more is never good news

They will have to change their whole format, you can blame the people all you want but their biggest halftime problem has always been that shyt format.

Also they will force Stephen A on that show like crazy, I hate it already

 

[In The Zone '98]

Shams dont feel right on ESPN

Inside The NBA will feel even worse

 

[FAH1223]

ESPN having their hand in things more is never good news

TNT Sports remains the producer of the show.

All the people Charles was worried about keeping their jobs will still be working for TNT.

Also, Disney and Warner Brothers are partners in that Venu Sports venture

 

[Flex Grossman]

Don’t have to have ESPNs shytty pre/postgame shows, TNT still producing inside, NBA on NBC theme coming back.

The best possible outcome

 

[UpAndComing]

’Inside The NBA’ Will Move To ESPN In 2025 In Licensing Deal With TNT


Now, we know what that will be, and instead of TNT airing the fellas talking about various sports (as was rumored at one point), they will continue to cover the NBA as part of ESPN’s NBA coverage in a unique licensing deal between Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery. According to the Wall Street Journal and Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, the deal will see TNT Sports continue producing the show, but it will air on ESPN.

Separately, Warner Bros. Discovery struck a deal with Disney to license the TNT show “Inside the NBA” to ESPN and ABC starting next season, according to the people familiar with the matter. The show, which features the former players Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal, has an enthusiastic and large following. The show will air throughout the course of the season.

This all happens alongside a larger settlement between the NBA and WBD, which will see WBD continue running NBA TV and the league’s digital platforms, with Bleacher Report and House of Highlights maintaining rights to NBA videos. That is all excellent news for those at TNT Sports and those outlets, and sources inside TNT Sports tell Dime that they are “considering it a best case scenario” after losing NBA game broadcasts — particularly considering NBA TV is their lone year-round property.


I'm guessing ESPN gametime would end and Inside the NBA would take over ESPN's half time and postgame basketball coverage

 

[StatUS]

So Inside the NBA is bumping SportsCenter's time slot or is one of them moving to ESPN2?

Also the biggest problem is the ad breaks for ESPN. Who's controlling that?

 

[BlackMajik]

Noooooooooooooooooooo

ESPN is HORRIBLE

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Buried in the article is that Charter Communications just reupped with Warner Bros. to keep the TNT carriage fee the same as it always was even without NBA content and ESPN is licensing more college football games to TNT aside from the playoff games they already agreed to air.

Zaslav likely isn't going anywhere. He got exactly what he wanted out of this. Idiots said the backend rights either didn't exist or weren't going to save TNT and it looks like they just did.

Coli lawyers.....

 

[Hip-Hop-Bulls]

Hmmm, cautiously optimistic. Glad the production crew get to keep their jobs. Unsung heroes.

 

[RammerJammer]

NBA Countdown dead

 

[Bleed The Freak]

No more Barkley saying

 

[jdubnyce]

Inside The NBA will be licensed to ESPN/ABC next year

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