Amazon acquires NBA Media Rights, NBA still shopping other parts of deal

[thunderc]

wb/tnt kept the rights,did,nt tey?

No

 

[redskinsfan1963]

No

they matched it,all they had to do,

 

[thunderc]

they matched it,all they had to do,

No that link I posted says the nba rejected it.

 

[redskinsfan1963]

No that link I posted says the nba rejected it.

ok,thanks.expect a lawsuit i bet.

 

[thunderc]

ok,thanks.expect a lawsuit i bet.

I would think so yes

 

[bksballer89]

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

Shits gonna get real…

 

[DJ Fieri]

wb/tnt kept the rights,did,nt tey?

Huh?

 

[DJ Fieri]

I would think so yes

No question since TNT had a right to match.

Amazon may still get it but most likely the NBA will have to give TNT a settlement.of some sort.

 

[thunderc]

No question since TNT had a right to match.

Amazon may still get it but most likely the NBA will have to give TNT a settlement.of some sort.

In the article the nba claims the offers aren’t identical due to a few things.

 

[DJ Fieri]

In the article the nba claims the offers aren’t identical due to a few things.

Well, then the lawyers will hash it out.

But, the NBA may also want to avoid a nasty court battle and make a settlement offer to avoid the publicity.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[fightinfunbags]

In the article the nba claims the offers aren’t identical due to a few things.

Yeah they can’t provide the streaming to the same level.

 

[Duffman]

Yeah they can’t provide the streaming to the same level.

Which is why if WBD takes them to court they’ll likely lose as they only had the right to match an identical deal and because of streaming and NBC having a piece of the pie now, the deal was no longer the same.

 

[Duffman]

 

[thunderc]

Barkley dropped what seems to be some truths about the reasons for this. It’s all about the future.

TNT host Charles Barkley dunks on NBA's new broadcast deal: "It just sucks."

"Inside the NBA" host Charles Barkley is decrying the NBA's new broadcast pact, saying Warner Bros. Discovery's TNT "never had a chance."

www.cbsnews.com

 

[redskinsfan1963]

tnt took them to court today according to x.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Barkley dropped what seems to be some truths about the reasons for this. It’s all about the future.

TNT host Charles Barkley dunks on NBA's new broadcast deal: "It just sucks."

"Inside the NBA" host Charles Barkley is decrying the NBA's new broadcast pact, saying Warner Bros. Discovery's TNT "never had a chance."

www.cbsnews.com

Barkley doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Amazon has some 200 million subscriptions. The fan is going to have access to more games being televised in the end.

 

[thunderc]

Barkley doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Amazon has some 200 million subscriptions. The fan is going to have access to more games being televised in the end.

Barkley straight up said it’s all about the NBA dealing with someone that may be agreeable to doubling again down the road. That is what I got out of the article.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Barkley straight up said it’s all about the NBA dealing with someone that may be agreeable to doubling again down the road. That is what I got out of the article.

I think you’re misreading bitterness and taking it at face value. The future of home entertainment is streaming services. Max, the streaming service that carries TNT has 75 million subscribers. Amazon has over 200 million. The fan isn’t getting punished here at all. More fans are getting access to more games. This is especially true internationally as Amazon blows away Max outside of the United States.


The market will speak. If people want to see Shaq and Barkley fuck up the names of players because they don’t do the prep work before telecasts and they want to see these guys trash the league, then ESPN or NBC will sign them.