Warner Bros. Discovery is in negotiations with the NBA about the potential of a fourth media proper package deal, sources inform Michael McCarthy of FrontOffice Sports activities.
ESPN, Amazon and NBC can be the three media companions of the NBA beneath the at present proposed offers.
WBD has match rights as an incumbent companion, which is believed to be complicating the NBA’s intent to maneuver ahead with the opposite firms.
WBD is discussing protecting the NBA on TNT on a smaller less-expensive package deal that would embody common season and a few playoff video games.
The NBA might additionally take a package deal of domestically televised video games from groups and switch them into nationwide video games for TNT, in response to Puck.
A smaller package deal might make sure the survival of “Contained in the NBA.”
When CEO David Zaslav started negotiations with the NBA throughout WBD’s unique window, he anticipated to pay between $1.8 billion and $2.1 billion to retain the “B” package deal and refused to go to $2.4 billion. This allowed NBC to enter talks with a $2.6 billion supply that was nearly unimaginable for WBD to match.
