Does Adam Silver think they can match?Nah... they are getting something out of it. Our resident coli lawyers just said the other day that WBD would back down off the "poison pill" in the contract. Clearly, that's not the case... That's after our coli lawyers said for weeks that TNT didn't "have matching rights" because ESPN's former head said they didn't
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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Saysumthinfunnymike
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Silver/NBA believe the deal is different enough to where WBD cannot match it... lawyers will decide if that's the case or not, I'd think the likely outcome would be some sort of settlement and it doesn't go to court. Both parties would rather not go to court from what I've seen reported.
EzekelRAGE
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no, 20B is the total value of the deal. 11 years at 1.8B a year.
HAVEN'T BEEN IN HERE IN A WHILE....
AMAZON RAISED THEIR BID TO 20 BILLION?
Saysumthinfunnymike
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HAVEN'T BEEN IN HERE IN A WHILE....
AMAZON RAISED THEIR BID TO 20 BILLION?
That's for the total length of the contract.
at the thought of Silver accepting a deal from someone that told him they don't need you, funded by a line of credit when Bezos got that checkbook open and Amazon looks like its going to be the future of live-streaming.
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Market cap is $170 billion though
If they can match Amazon that would be great. That spot should be reserved for traditional TV. TNT should try to team up with CBS like they do for March Madness. Could have a similar setup like ABC/ESPN.
Would’ve been cool if Fox had got in on this too. NBA needs to be on more national TV platforms.
Would’ve been cool if Fox had got in on this too. NBA needs to be on more national TV platforms.
Cuban talking more freely now that he’s only has a minority stake in the Mavs
