Bigblackted4
Superstar
between 6-10 hours depending on if it’s a big boxing match that week
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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GnauzBookOfRhymes
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The TV based corps are also publicly traded companies who have to justify deals to major investors, boards etc…nothing would be approved without a heavy focus on data and analytics.
What did Cuban say?
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
The bubble wasn't going to last forever. It's why CFB is rushing to raise the number of teams in the CFP. They didn't get as much as they thought they would when they bumped up to 12 teams. No networks outside ESPN wants the first round of games cause like anyone who cares about the sport know, there aren't 12/14 teams good enough in any year to justify expanding by that many.
Haven't watched a full game all season long.
He said that he expects streamers to come "rescue" the NBA during the next media rights negotiations meaning that they likely aren't going to get the asking price they're looking for and looking for sources to make it up. The fact that ESPN and WBD is willing to share the rights with other streamers shows they have a certain dollar point that they're willing to walk away from.
TV based corps won't panic and freak when it comes to data and analytics compared to someone like streamers and they also won't ask the questions in the way that someone like Netflix or Amazon would.
That's the exact reason why the league created the mid season tournament and did away with the load management to help entice streamers.
Subtly mentioned that Netflix might be in play for In-Season Tournament
Was the NBA’s plan all along and why they created the tournament in the first place.
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
Everything is for sale this time around
But yeah there's been rumors for months about one of the streamers taking the In-Season Tournament but I still think one of the streamers will also get weekly games and SOME playoff games...
Good! Bye ESPN.
Let’s go NBC and Amazon
ESPN is definitely sticking around lol, it’s just that Disney and WBD aren’t fully retaining full package by themselves like in this current deal.
What’s your prediction?
Based on what media reporters like John Ourand and Andrew Marchand have been saying and reporting, my guess is that the media partners will be Disney, WBD, Amazon, and NBC. I think NBA wants another OTA partner and NBC has that and the Peacock element. Amazon one of the biggest streamers and the NBA would help Prime Video along with the NFL. Netflix is the dark-horse imo.
