TNT Sports activities is suing the NBA after the league rejected its provide to match considered one of its new tv offers.
“Given the NBA’s unjustified rejection of our matching of a third-party provide, we’ve got taken authorized motion to implement our rights,” TNT Sports activities stated in a press release.
TNT Sports activities assertion on NBA media rights: pic.twitter.com/C14DPCJ65P
— TNT Sports activities U.S. PR (@TNTSportsUS) July 26, 2024
The NBA introduced its 11-year, $77 billion agreements with ESPN, NBC and Amazon Prime Video earlier this week.
The offers are set to start within the 2025-26 season. This coming season, TNT Sports activities will proceed as the house of the NBA, together with ESPN. TNT Sports activities has targeted on Amazon Prime Video’s streaming bundle because the one it feels it has the precise to match.
“Warner Bros. Discovery’s claims are with out benefit and our attorneys will tackle them,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass stated.
The swimsuit was filed in New York County Supreme Courtroom. Whereas really taking on Amazon’s bundle is taken into account an extended shot, TNT may make a declare for compensatory damages or for a set of video games or highlights as on its present contract it does have the backend rights.
Nonetheless, there’s a disagreement concerning the extent of these rights as the present deal is predicated on linear cable, whereas Amazon’s new settlement is for streaming.
“We strongly consider this isn’t simply our contractual proper, but in addition in the most effective curiosity of followers who wish to preserve watching our industry-leading NBA content material with the selection and suppleness we provide them via our broadly distributed WBD video-first distribution platforms — together with TNT and Max,” TNT stated in its assertion.
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