The NBA stated Wednesday that it isn’t accepting Warner Bros. Discovery’s $1.8 billion per 12 months supply to proceed its longtime relationship with the league and due to this fact has entered right into a deal with Amazon Prime Video, a transfer that might imply this coming season would finish an almost four-decade run of video games being on TNT.
That will additionally recommend the sequence of media rights offers authorized by the league’s Board of Governors final week with Disney, NBC, and Amazon Prime Video—11-year agreements that shall be price about $76 billion—are on the cusp of being finalized, no less than from the NBA’s perspective.
WBD had 5 days to match part of these offers and stated it was exercising its proper to take action, however its supply was not thought of a real match by the NBA.
“Warner Bros. Discovery’s most up-to-date proposal didn’t match the phrases of Amazon Prime Video’s supply and, due to this fact, we’ve got entered right into a long-term association with Amazon,” the league stated Wednesday.
“All through these negotiations, our main goal has been to maximise the attain and accessibility of our video games for our followers. Our new association with Amazon helps this objective by complementing the published, cable, and streaming packages which are already a part of our new Disney and NBCUniversal preparations. All three companions have additionally dedicated substantial assets to advertise the league and improve the fan expertise.”
—Tim Reynolds and Joe Reedy, Related Press sports activities writers