Exactly. With it on the same channel, that would be a great day of sports. They could do it like Christmas maybe and squeeze in 2 games if they have enough time
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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Baseball do it all the time lol
Yall just dont pay attention to it. People shyt on Babe Ruth and the older players hate how the game is being played. John Smoltz is fox A team and thats all he do
Touche. Admittedly, I was speaking on when I did watch. Does Baseball Tonight even come on anymore?
Yea lolTouche. Admittedly, I was speaking on when I did watch. Does Baseball Tonight even come on anymore?
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I can see the NBA making a fourth media package, just not now obviously. It'll boil down to how the landscape will be from 2025 to 2036 for them to consider a fourth media package.
Black Lightning
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Charles Barkley praises Adam Silver for NBA media deal
Charles Barkley offered mixed reviews of the NBA's new media rights deal but praised Adam Silver's negotiation skills.
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Charles Barkley praises Adam Silver for NBA media deal
Charles Barkley offered mixed reviews of the NBA's new media rights deal but praised Adam Silver's negotiation skills.
Entertainment Exec: New NBA Media Deals An Example Of 'Transfer Of Wealth From Hollywood To Sports Leagues'
Hollywood agents and writers have begun complaining that the NBA's 11-year, $76 billion deals with Disney, NBC and Amazon will impact their businesses as there will be fewer new scripted television shows and fewer reruns, which will result in lower residuals.
NBC’s deal alone will replace more than 150 hours of broadcast TV entertainment with live NBA programming on Sunday and Tuesday nights, which excludes the playoffs.
One veteran media executive who wished to not be named in the Hollywood Reporter story described the deals as a “transfer of wealth from Hollywood to the sports leagues.”
Disney said that it expects to spend $25 billion on content this year, down from $27 billion in 2023. Forty percent of its content budget is dedicated to sports and sports-adjacent programming.
“There’s less money overall, and more of that money is being allocated toward sports,” says Jonathan Miller, a former NBA executive who serves as CEO of Integrated Media, which specializes in digital media investments. “The sports audience is a more or less a guaranteed audience: predictable, you can sell against it, you kind of know where it’s going to fall within ranges.”
Hollywood agents and writers have begun complaining that the NBA's 11-year, $76 billion deals with Disney, NBC and Amazon will impact their businesses as there will be fewer new scripted television shows and fewer reruns, which will result in lower residuals.
NBC’s deal alone will replace more than 150 hours of broadcast TV entertainment with live NBA programming on Sunday and Tuesday nights, which excludes the playoffs.
One veteran media executive who wished to not be named in the Hollywood Reporter story described the deals as a “transfer of wealth from Hollywood to the sports leagues.”
Disney said that it expects to spend $25 billion on content this year, down from $27 billion in 2023. Forty percent of its content budget is dedicated to sports and sports-adjacent programming.
“There’s less money overall, and more of that money is being allocated toward sports,” says Jonathan Miller, a former NBA executive who serves as CEO of Integrated Media, which specializes in digital media investments. “The sports audience is a more or less a guaranteed audience: predictable, you can sell against it, you kind of know where it’s going to fall within ranges.”
Entertainment Exec: New NBA Media Deals An Example Of 'Transfer Of Wealth From Hollywood To Sports Leagues'
Entertainment Exec New NBA Media Deals An Example Of Transfer Of Wealth From Hollywood To Sports Leagues - RealGM Wiretap
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EzekelRAGE
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^ Hollywood has no one but themselves to blame. They been fukking over ppl moneywise for a long time. There's a reason "hollywood accounting" is a thing. They also cashed in like a motherfukker with the streaming deals. A bunch of writers/directors signed production deals with streamers worth hundreds of millions. Looks at Severance. Show delayed because of bts drama. Cost over 20M an episode because of "script rewrites".
With sports these companies dont have to worry about any of the extra shyt(delays, going over budget, shyt being trash etc).
With sports these companies dont have to worry about any of the extra shyt(delays, going over budget, shyt being trash etc).
The writing has been on the wall. Another thing to keep in mind with the advancement in AI technology, a lot of narrative based storytelling is going to be generated in the future, which only will make live entertainment/sports even more valuable in comparison.Entertainment Exec: New NBA Media Deals An Example Of 'Transfer Of Wealth From Hollywood To Sports Leagues'
Hollywood agents and writers have begun complaining that the NBA's 11-year, $76 billion deals with Disney, NBC and Amazon will impact their businesses as there will be fewer new scripted television shows and fewer reruns, which will result in lower residuals.
NBC’s deal alone will replace more than 150 hours of broadcast TV entertainment with live NBA programming on Sunday and Tuesday nights, which excludes the playoffs.
One veteran media executive who wished to not be named in the Hollywood Reporter story described the deals as a “transfer of wealth from Hollywood to the sports leagues.”
Disney said that it expects to spend $25 billion on content this year, down from $27 billion in 2023. Forty percent of its content budget is dedicated to sports and sports-adjacent programming.
“There’s less money overall, and more of that money is being allocated toward sports,” says Jonathan Miller, a former NBA executive who serves as CEO of Integrated Media, which specializes in digital media investments. “The sports audience is a more or less a guaranteed audience: predictable, you can sell against it, you kind of know where it’s going to fall within ranges.”
Entertainment Exec: New NBA Media Deals An Example Of 'Transfer Of Wealth From Hollywood To Sports Leagues'
Entertainment Exec New NBA Media Deals An Example Of Transfer Of Wealth From Hollywood To Sports Leagues - RealGM Wiretapbasketball.realgm.com
Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly has big plans for Charles Barkley even after losing NBA
Depending on the week, TNT broadcasting star Charles Barkley is either defending Warner Bros. Discovery and its legacy broadcasting the NBA or attacking the company and its CEO David Zaslav for botching negotiations and mistreating him.
But despite most signs pointing to TNT losing the NBA after next season, WBD reportedly has fairly big plans for how it could use Barkley across its networks even in a post-NBA world.
In an interview on the SI Media with Jimmy Traina podcast released Friday, Puck News sports correspondent John Ourand reported that WBD believes Barkley is “still a bona fide television star” who could contribute more to its news coverage or other sports in the future, given that the 1993 NBA MVP does not have an opt-out in his contract if WBD loses the NBA.
“There are several options that are out there, including staying with Warner Bros. Discovery,” Ourand explained. “David Zaslav has told people that even having lost the NBA, Charles Barkley is still a bona fide television star. He’s great on television. And they have other sports that are there. They have March Madness, Barkley has been part of their hockey coverage here and there, and they want to just do more in sports, and he could expand from just doing NBA to being a sports commentator perhaps.”
Barkley was part of the team calling The Match golf competitions on TNT in the past, guests on NHL coverage, and is a big part of the NCAA tournament each spring.
The Basketball Hall of Famer also co-hosted a political talk show with Gayle King earlier this year, and could get another opportunity in that realm as well.
“It’s easy to make fun of King Charles … at CNN that was widely panned and canceled,” Ourand said. “They haven’t given up on the idea that he can do something with the right amount of support and right amount of promotion that can be successful that goes beyond sports and entertainment.”
However, Barkley appeared to confirm Ourand’s reporting about not having an opt-out clause last week in an interview on The Dan Patrick Show.
Barkley suggested WBD needed to either guarantee the full $210 million he is owed on his current 10-year contract with the company, or release him from it and allow him to explore other opportunities.
“It depends on how vindictive David Zaslav is to a certain extent,” Ourand said. “If Charles Barkley wants to go to an Amazon or one of the places that has the NBA, will Zaslav allow him to do that? That’s a question that is unanswerable right now.”
Of course, Barkley currently is still maintaining the story that he is retiring after the season. It’s hard to imagine that WBD would truly block Barkley from accepting a new job to continue covering the NBA elsewhere, but it has plenty of options if it plays hardball or if he does choose to stay.
EzekelRAGE
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O shyt, is WBD bout to work Charles like ESPN works SAS? shyt would be funny because he was taking shots at SAS/Espn ppl about it 
