
TNT to Match Competing Bid for NBA Broadcast Rights
Published on July 23, 2024
TNT Sports, which has hosted NBA games on its airwaves for 35 years, is seeking to continue its partnership with the league. The broadcaster’s owner, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), said in a statement on July 22 that it intends to match one of the offers the NBA has received from other companies in a bid to secure a share of the league’s media rights. “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,” the statement read....
