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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Costas continues to talk about the NBA being on cable diminishing the greatness of players like LeBron, Jokic, Butler




@Thavoiceofthevoiceless @K-Apps

Yea I listened to this interview, Costas is an old school TV guy that always sees OTA>cable especially when comes to sports. He’s not necessarily wrong, but the NBA did just fine being a cable sport after leaving NBC. But, I do believe they have a bigger OTA presence in their next TV deal looking at how cable sub number continue to diminish and that it’s no longer strong presence overall.

 

[NYC Rebel]

5:00 minutes in

Costas continues to talk about the NBA being on cable diminishing the greatness of players like LeBron, Jokic, Butler




@Thavoiceofthevoiceless @K-Apps

5:00 minutes in

Costas continues to talk about the NBA being on cable diminishing the greatness of players like LeBron, Jokic, Butler




@Thavoiceofthevoiceless @K-Apps

Hes spot on.

I loved what the Suns owner did.

NBA Phoenix Suns leave Bally, make local games free under Gray Television deal

The NBA’s Phoenix Suns is the first pro sports team to cut ties with the bankruptcy embattled Diamond Sports’ Bally Sports,

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[Elim Garak]

I wish Disney never purchased abc/espn.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Yea I listened to this interview, Costas is an old school TV guy that always sees OTA>cable especially when comes to sports. He’s not necessarily wrong, but the NBA did just fine being a cable sport after leaving NBC. But, I do believe they have a bigger OTA presence in their next TV deal looking at how cable sub number continue to diminish and that it’s no longer strong presence overall.

Agreed. Costas will be called out of touch but there's something to be said about basic network access. There's a reason the NFL is still on Fox, CBS, NBC, and ABC. I remember when MNF moved to ESPN because we didn't have cable at the time. It sucked.

 

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[FAH1223]

Carrie Underwood doing Sunday Night Basketball anthem

 

[#1 pick]

NBC gets Sunday again, OH BOY!

 

[FAH1223]

 

[triplehate]

Do they think the song is some magic elixir ? Who cares

 

[Jplaya2023]

Do they think the song is some magic elixir ? Who cares

We care nikka

 

[FAH1223]

Do they think the song is some magic elixir ? Who cares

 

[triplehate]

Let me rephrase. In terms of negotiations, that ain't moving the needle.

 

[pete clemenza]

Please make this happen



Also, screw the east coast, but could this be an NBA game tipping off right after the SNF game?

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Got damn this is a bidding war sheesh.

 

[K-Apps]

Got damn this is a bidding war sheesh.

Depends on how much the split it by, if it’s only 3 packages available than it’s gonna be a battle between NBCUniversal, Amazon, and Apple. If they split it to 4 then it’s probably just a battle between Amazon and Apple with NBC getting a package to themselves. To me the interesting thing for an NBC bid is Peacock. Comcast is doing everything to make sure it’s successful, so I’m going to imagine there will be exclusive games on that platform.