Thursday, July 25, 2024

NBA Heading Back To Sky (In 2025/26)

I have been passively following the NBA TV rights deals that have been made Stateside. The main and sole reason why I have been interested in the deals is because I believe anything between Warner Bros./Discovery may have an impact on All Elite Wrestling's television future on TNT in the US.

There could potentially be a big showdown with WBD and the NBA because the latter has agreed to a deal with Amazon that WBD had matched. The NBA has opted to go with the streaming route, however.

But - that's all for the very near future. 

What has prompted me to write about the NBA today is due to the fact that - this very morning - Sky Sports has announced an eleven-year deal with the NBA and WNBA. 

All this begins with the 2025/26 season. 

The press release states that Sky Sports will air all of the games NBCUniversal picked up in its rights deal with both the NBA and WNBA.

Sky had recently lost the rights to air the games due to a deal the league had with TNT Sports(WBD) here in the UK.

For those keeping score - TNT Sports will lose WWE and now the NBA in 2025.

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