The NBA and Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to end all legal disputes, allowing the league to move forward with new media partners Comcast, Disney and…
The NBA and Warner Bros. Discovery have reached a settlement that will allow the league to move forward with Disney, Comcast's NBCUniversal and Amazon as its media partners.
The settlement with Warner Bros. Discovery, announced Monday, as well as a separate agreement between Warner Bros. Discovery and ESPN, will keep the company in the mix with some NBA content, production partnerships and licensing deals. However, it officially ends Turner Sports' 40-year relationship with the NBA as a carrier of live games in the U.S. after this season.
The league isn't paying Warner Bros. Discovery any additional money for those services beyond the terms of the settlement, according to people familiar with the matter.TNT's popular"Inside the NBA" studio show will be licensed to Disney's ESPN and ABC for premier NBA games in the regular season and the playoffs, including the Finals. ESPN's current NBA studio show,"Countdown," will continue for other ESPN regular season games.
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