No it won’t. NBC already said no, and why would any of those other 3 want to pay that much for less content?
NBA approves new media deals with Disney (ABC/ESPN), Comcast (NBC), and Amazon for 11 years, $77 billion. Update: NBA REJECTS WBD's (TNT Sports) deal
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The playoffs is the prize. TNT used to do a promo of “40 games in 40 nights” when the postseason started.
Even if you take half of the games airing on NBA TV and put those on TNT, they’ll still not have the postseason inventory since NBC is now taking a lot of it.
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Maybe? I don't think anyone has the answer for this. Yes, as a network you almost have no choice but to go after live sports but at these prices and the way cable is being phased out, there will be a time where these deals end up sinking someone financially...
CABLE SUPPOSEDLY PHASING OUT
IS IRRELEVANT BECAUSE
THEYRE SHOWING THESE GAMES
ON THEIR MAX APP AND
ARE TRYING TO DO A JOINT
SPORTS APP WITH ESPN/FOX
NBA was a loss leader for WBD. They have it for prestige
Really? Source?
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If the FOX/ESPN/WBD streamer fails.... it's going to be very interesting what happens with sports rights 5 years or so from now.
What do they mean by "pay tv households" in regards to Fox and CBS NFL rights. NFL games air OTA on those networks, not on "pay tv".
And I don't think the NFL is dumb enough to remove their product from OTA networks the way the NBA did.
Basically anybody with a cable and/or satellite subscription. The OTA channels are affected by cord cutting don’t get it twisted. Sure, you can get a digital antenna to get those channels, but that doesn’t seem to be a popular option. Basically his point, FOX and Paramount are gonna be tough spot unless they are bought by a big conglomerate.
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The "Plain English" Podcast is interesting but the dude from Puck News confirmed on it that nobody seems to know how the matching rights work and it's for the lawyers to figure out.
WBD basically said to the NBA "go sign your deals and we'll figure out if we can match them"
So that's that.. Once NBA and ESPN/Comcast/Amazon put pen to paper we will find out soon after what WBD plans to do
WBD basically said to the NBA "go sign your deals and we'll figure out if we can match them"
So that's that.. Once NBA and ESPN/Comcast/Amazon put pen to paper we will find out soon after what WBD plans to do
