The NBA signed its 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday after saying it was not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery’s $1.8 billion per year offer to continue its longtime relationship with the league. The media rights deals were approved by the league’s Board...

NBA rejects TNT's offer, signs 11-year deal with Amazon

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Despite TNT Sports' recent efforts to match a media rights offer previously agreed upon by the NBA and Amazon Prime Video, it appears the league has chosen to move forward with its original deal with Amazon.  On Wednesday, the NBA released a statement indicating that TNT Sports' parent company ...

Fans Feel Same Way About Charles Barkley After Huge NBA, TNT Announcement

TNT Sports does not seem to want to give up NBA rights without a fight.  On Monday and in a move in response to the league's 11-year, $76 billion rights deals with Disney, NBC Sports, and Amazon, TNT Sports parent company Warner Bros. Discovery informed the league that it intends to use ...

NBA Reportedly Leaning One Way Following Major TNT, Media Rights Announcement

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Without Warner Bros. Discovery involved, NBA Digital assets were fully up for grabs in the league’s new broadcast rights package. Where WBD partnered with the NBA on its NBA TV cable network, League Pass product, and digital distribution through Bleacher Report under the previous deal struck in 2015, the new package announced this week will Read more...
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How the NBA will move on with NBA TV, League Pass

Amazon will reportedly pay the NBA three years worth of rights fees upfront in an effort to thwart a WBD match. Plus: Greg Amsinger will replace Ernie Johnson on TBS’ MLB studio as Johnson tends to a family matter; The CW announces coverage plans for the upcoming college football season.

News: WBD-NBA match, Amsinger, The CW

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There were a number of celebrities who passed away within the past week, including two notable actresses: Shelley Duvall and Shannen Doherty. Shelley Duvall passed away on Thursday July 11th at her home in Blanco, Texas. The cause of death was complications from diabetes and news of her death was confirmed by her partner Dan Gilroy.

Two Beloved Hollywood Actresses Have Passed Away This Week

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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Do you know any self-righteous person who rarely apologizes? We all have different weaknesses and offend others once in a while. However, some zodiac signs’ pettiness and insecurity hinder them from seeking forgiveness when they cross someone’s path. Instead, they try to prove that they were right when they did something.

3 Zodiac Signs That Don’t Apologize

It has been a foregone conclusion for months, but the NBA is officially returning to NBC. Comcast executive Mike Cavanagh said in a Q2 earnings call Tuesday that the company expects to soon announce its widely-reported NBA rights deal and that it does not expect to be impacted by Warner Bros. Discovery’s exercise of its matching rights.

NBC confirms return of NBA

After months of speculation, the NBA on Wednesday finally officially announced its partners for its new media-rights package: ESPN, NBCUniversal, and Amazon. The NBA rejected a competing bid for Amazon’s “C” package from Warner Bros. Discovery, which looks poised to take legal action in response, but for now, WBD will be on the sidelines come 2025.

WNBA Signs $2.2 Billion Rights Deal With Disney, NBC, Amazon

The NBA announced on Wednesday the completion of an 11-year, $76 billion media rights agreement, marking a significant shift in its broadcasting lineup. After the upcoming season, the league will end its decades-long relationship with TNT, transitioning to a new partnership with Amazon. The NBA revealed in a statement that...

NBA secures $76 billion media rights deal with Amazon, ends longtime partnership with TNT

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	The WNBA's portion of the new national TV deal includes a shakeup with Finals coverage, spreading it across the three networks.

The WNBA’s New TV Deal Will Rotate The Finals Between ESPN, Amazon, And NBC

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The future of “Inside the NBA,” TNT’s popular and highly acclaimed studio show, has been a key discussion point during the NBA’s media rights negotiations. According to Jay Marine, global head of sports for Prime Video, Amazon, which will start streaming NBA games in 2025, is interested in recruiting members of the distinguished “Inside the […]
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Amazon interested in ‘Inside the NBA’ crew, but there’s a problem

While there is still much drama to sort out when it comes to the NBA media rights and whether or not Warner Bros. Discovery will be able to successfully snatch a package away from Amazon, it would appear that NBC is in the clear in its quest to bring the Association back to the network. Read more...
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NBC reveals huge NBA, WNBA news

Now this is going to be problematic for the NBA...

TNT Sports Hits NBA With Wild Accusation Over Media Deal Decision

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The NBA has agreed a deal to continue sharing coverage with ESPN while adding Amazon and NBC as partners, but may face legal action from TNT Sports who feel they've been wronged

NBA 'must accept TNT offer' after agreeing controversial $77 billion TV deal with rivals

There will be no more NBA basketball on TNT, as the NBA announced today that the league has signed a new media rights deal with ABC/ESPN, NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime Video beginning with the 2025-26 season and running through the 2035-36 season. Thank you for reading this post, don't forget...

NBA officially moving away from TNT in new media rights deal

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Hoffman Estates-based Claire's says it will no longer sell accessories that use real bird feathers, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The jewelry, hair and beauty brand has become the first major retailer to discontinue the sale of real feathers, according to animal rights organization PETA, which calls feathers "the new fur."Catch up quick: A 2015 PETA investigation of South African ostrich factories charged the industry with treating the animals inhumanely. Warning: The linked video features graphic images.Factories harvest the birds' skins for luxury leather handbags, wallets and boots, and they source feathers through a painful process of stripping them...

Scoop: Claire’s discontinues feather accessories

NBC Sports and its parent company, Comcast, are in the midst of one of the greatest sports weeks in company history between the return of NBA media rights and Friday’s start of the Paris Olympics. But a new quarterly earnings report also detailed a series of headwinds that Comcast is now facing.

Comcast Scores With NBA Deal and Olympics, but Financial Issues Brew

Comcast is expected to announce a deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA) for a package of regular season pro basketball games that will air on its NBC network for at least a decade, a company executive confirmed this week. During the company’s second quarter (Q2) financial earnings conference call...

Comcast expected to announce NBA deal for NBC “soon,” exec says

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NBA strikes $77B TV deals with Disney, Comcast and Amazon

The NBA has signed new 11-year media rights deals with Disney, Comcast and Amazon that are worth a combined $77 billion. Why it matters: The new...

NBA strikes $77B TV deals with Disney, Comcast and Amazon

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