WBD's David Zaslav is in tough negotiations with the NBA, potentially leading to TNT losing the exclusive rights. NBC may win NBA rights due to WBD's financial approach. NBC secures a $2.6B media rights deal with the NBA, cutting ties with TNT. NBA to compare NBC's bid with WBD/TNT's 'total value' bid, potentially leading to a messy legal battle over Amazon.
Does TNT still have a path to NBA media rights? @CNBC's @sherman4949 reports WBD could match Prime Video's bid, not NBC's. https://t.co/DFBHc4gtyH
The NBA TV negotiations are about to get really messy. Here's what we are hearing and how TNT could go to court over Amazon. https://t.co/fTBJYmsywp
NBA will soon take NBC's ratified written bid to WBD/TNT to see if they can match "total value." https://t.co/7BbflGlEYn
JUST IN: NBA Reportedly Finalizes Blockbuster $2.6B Media Rights Deal With NBC, Cuts Ties With 40-Year Rightsholder TNT https://t.co/upTOxT1jkz
If NBC wins NBA rights, it'll be because of WBD's austerity the last few years. So a reminder of why NBC lost NBA in the first place: "If winning the rights to a property brings with it hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, what have you won?," NBC Sports boss said in 2002. https://t.co/1JMdJVZx62
TNT reportedly wouldn’t double their old offer in the exclusive rights negotiations and now will have to pay more or lose the NBA: https://t.co/akpWJ4LKwF
WBD's David Zaslav Entered Negotiations With NBA Bargaining Harder Than ESPN https://t.co/lyXHAm4b9R