USA : Amazon’s offer matched by Warner Bros. Discovery’s bid to retain NBA TV rights post-2025

"In an effort to continue our long-standing partnership (with the NBA National Basketball Association, the North American professional basketball league ), during both exclusive and non-exclusive negotiation periods, we acted in good faith to present strong bids (for the NBA Activité : Ligue nationale nord-américaine de basketball Franchises : 30 (29 américaines, une canadienne) Création : 06/06/1946 Ligues affiliées : WNBA (ligue féminine) et G-League (Gatorade… 's domestic TV rights from 2025) that were fair to both parties. Regrettably, the league notified us of its intention to accept other offers for the games in our current rights package, leaving us to proceed under the matching rights provision, which is an integral part of our current agreement and the rights we have paid for under it," announced the media and entertainment conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery Activité : conglomérat de médias et de divertissementCréation : avril 2022 (fusion des activités de Warner Média et Discovery)Siège social : New-York (Etats-Unis)Président du conseil… on 22/07/2024.

The NBA reportedly approved, on 16/07/2024, the award of the North American league's domestic TV rights to NBCUniversal Activité : conglomérat de médias américain dont NBC, la chaîne principale, gratuite, et les chaînes sports de NBCSN (NBC Sports Network) qui sont payantes. Création : 1926 (NBC Sports Network cré… , ESPN Activité : chaîne TV sportive payante ; radio sportive ; diffusion en anglais et en espagnol (également en français et en portugais)Principaux pays de diffusion : États-Unis, Amérique Latine… (The Walt Disney Company Groupe américain de médias et de divertissement (cinéma, audiovisuel, parc d’attractions, produits dérivés, jeux vidéo) Création : 16/10/1923 Fondateurs : Walter Elias Disney et Roy O… ) and the e-commerce group Amazon Activité : e-commerce, services Internet, contenus (VàDA, livre numérique, production cinéma et TV, jeux vidéo, streaming) Création : 1994 Cotation : Nasdaq Actionnariat : • Principaux… from 2025, according to the American daily The Athletic, on 16/07/2024. The deal is valued at $76bn (€69.5bn) over 11 years, or $7bn (€6.4bn) per season, according to the daily. The total amount would therefore be 3.16 times greater than that of the current cycle, with American groups ESPN and TNT Sports (Warner Bros. Discovery) paying $24bn (€21.9bn), or $2.67bn (€2.44bn) per season, for the NBA's domestic media rights over the 2016-2025 cycle.

From 2025, ESPN and NBC will each pay $2.6bn per season, while Amazon will pay $1.8bn to broadcast games from the North American league via its Prime Video platform, according to the American press.

"We have reviewed the offers and matched one of them. This will allow fans to keep enjoying our unparalleled coverage, including the best live game productions in the industry and our iconic studio shows and talent. Our matching paperwork was submitted to the league today. We look forward to the NBA executing our new contract," added Warner Bros. Discovery. According to US media, the NBA is currently studying the American group's offer.