I'm in the Chicagoland area and I have to use a VPN and League Pass to watch Chicago Bulls games on my desktop.
An antennae would be the other way but I don't watch the games on my TV much.
New NBA Media Deal: 11 years, $77B with Disney (ABC/ESPN), Comcast (NBC/Peacock), and Amazon. ESPN to license Inside the NBA
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I'm in the Chicagoland area and I have to use a VPN and League Pass to watch Chicago Bulls games on my desktop.
An antennae would be the other way but I don't watch the games on my TV much.
Dirk to Amazon
He had fun doing Inside the NBA on TNT last year
He had fun doing Inside the NBA on TNT last year
Zaslav won.
About to post this, big get for NBC. Big reason why Nets on YES telecasts as well-regarded as one of the best local NBA broadcasts are because of him.
Amazon wants to move the NBA Cup
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NBA and Amazon have had "active discussions" about moving the NBA Cup back later in the league's schedule to coincide with end of the NFL season, Jeff Kaiser, Amazon's head of sports programming, said at SBJ media conference. NBA Cup quarters, semis and final will be on Amazon in the new media deal.
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All Star
Moving the Cup back does make sense. You can have weeks like that week where there are alot of days off for all teams be closer to the middle of the season.
But I also get it now, with this week having a light schedule, and All Star week a light schedule, there are 2 sizeable breaks in the year.
But I also get it now, with this week having a light schedule, and All Star week a light schedule, there are 2 sizeable breaks in the year.
The ebbs and flows of this thread have been fascinating
FOX might be play if Murdoch is forced to sell due to the Sucession feud with the family members
Amazon Prime Video has landed on a lead host for its upcoming NBA studio coverage.
The streaming giant has a verbal agreement with Taylor Rooks to be the lead host of its NBA pregame, halftime and postgame shows, sources briefed on discussions regarding the streamer’s hirings said. Rooks currently works on Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football” coverage as a sideline reporter and has impressed Amazon executives with her work. She also made her debut as an NBA sideline reporter for TNT earlier this season.
Prime Video declined to comment.
Amazon will begin broadcasting the NBA next season as part of a new 11-year, nearly $20 billion deal for the NBA and WNBA. Amazon will broadcast 60 games per season as part of its contract, including an opening week doubleheader, according to a redacted contract unsealed in New York State Supreme Court previously reported on by The Athletic’s Mike Vorkunov. The company will have two distinct NBA windows. Amazon’s Thursday night broadcasts will start after the end of the NFL season while the company will air games on Friday all season long with a caveat that there could be weeks where the days change given other events. The games will be on Amazon’s base subscription tier.
The streamer will also air the entirety of the NBA Cup’s knockout stage, as well as the semifinals and final. The company will broadcast the Play-In Tournament and 14 to 26 games per season during the first two rounds of the playoffs, as well as three Eastern Conference finals and three Western Conference finals over the course of the 11-year contract. Amazon also has rights to a Black Friday game after it airs its NFL game in years it has one. That portfolio sets up a lot of on-air work for Rooks, who has interviewed dozens of NBA athletes over the years as part of her work for Bleacher Report.
As previously reported, Ian Eagle has an agreement in place to serve as the lead game-caller for Amazon. Sources briefed on Amazon’s intentions also noted that Kevin Harlan could be in play for another broadcasting spot. Longtime basketball writer Marc Stein reported that Basketball Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki is nearing a deal to join Amazon Prime Video’s coverage next season and launch his broadcasting career.
The streaming giant has a verbal agreement with Taylor Rooks to be the lead host of its NBA pregame, halftime and postgame shows, sources briefed on discussions regarding the streamer’s hirings said. Rooks currently works on Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football” coverage as a sideline reporter and has impressed Amazon executives with her work. She also made her debut as an NBA sideline reporter for TNT earlier this season.
Prime Video declined to comment.
Amazon will begin broadcasting the NBA next season as part of a new 11-year, nearly $20 billion deal for the NBA and WNBA. Amazon will broadcast 60 games per season as part of its contract, including an opening week doubleheader, according to a redacted contract unsealed in New York State Supreme Court previously reported on by The Athletic’s Mike Vorkunov. The company will have two distinct NBA windows. Amazon’s Thursday night broadcasts will start after the end of the NFL season while the company will air games on Friday all season long with a caveat that there could be weeks where the days change given other events. The games will be on Amazon’s base subscription tier.
The streamer will also air the entirety of the NBA Cup’s knockout stage, as well as the semifinals and final. The company will broadcast the Play-In Tournament and 14 to 26 games per season during the first two rounds of the playoffs, as well as three Eastern Conference finals and three Western Conference finals over the course of the 11-year contract. Amazon also has rights to a Black Friday game after it airs its NFL game in years it has one. That portfolio sets up a lot of on-air work for Rooks, who has interviewed dozens of NBA athletes over the years as part of her work for Bleacher Report.
As previously reported, Ian Eagle has an agreement in place to serve as the lead game-caller for Amazon. Sources briefed on Amazon’s intentions also noted that Kevin Harlan could be in play for another broadcasting spot. Longtime basketball writer Marc Stein reported that Basketball Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki is nearing a deal to join Amazon Prime Video’s coverage next season and launch his broadcasting career.
Taylor is already working on TNF
So it makes sense
So it makes sense
Kevin Harlan to Amazon makes too much sense
He’s like Ian Eagle who’s got a deal with CBS to call NFL games so NBC seems a bit awkward.
Also, Ian Eagle and Kevin Harlan can still be with CBS/TNT/TBS for March Madness
There’s also the Al Michaels succession idea for TNF
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that tweet is wrong, carriage fees are staying the same, a win for Zaslav. Stock is up 50% heading into the end of the year. People thought he wouldn't get it done lol
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Warner Bros. Discovery, Comcast Ink Distribution Deals Across Xfinity & Sky; Peacock Parent To Package Max, Discovery+ In Streaming Bundles
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They discuss it here as well
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