The NBA is mostly not taken with including a fourth media rights bundle as a part of its subsequent spherical of offers, sources inform the Sports activities Enterprise Journal.
WBD believes they’ll match Amazon’s proposed $1.8 billion bid, or carve out a smaller fourth bundle. ESPN and NBC are the opposite two companions with proposed bids.
The NBA believes a fourth bundle would dilute different bids from NBC or Amazon and likewise create too many retailers for followers to maintain monitor of. NBC is poised to take the bundle at present owned by TNT.