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‘Inside the NBA’ Is Sticking Around—But It’s Getting a New Broadcast Home
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Main points
- Warner Bros. Discovery has settled its breach of contract lawsuit against the NBA, reaching an agreement to extend their decades-long relationship.
- The result: Starting with the 2025-26 NBA season, WBD will acquire some of the overseas broadcast rights for NBA games, while U.S. broadcast rights will be given to other companies.
- Meanwhile, the award-winning Inside the NBA will be licensed to ABC and ESPN starting next season.
The good news for fans of “Inside the NBA” is that the show isn’t going away. However, it is looking for a new home.
The settlement announced Monday resolves Warner Bros. Discovery (World BD) filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the National Basketball Association, extending their decades-long partnership even though actual games will be moved elsewhere. Meanwhile, beloved studio show Inside will continue to air — albeit no longer on WBD-owned TNT starting next season.
In July, the NBA announced the new winners. 11 years media rights The deal is reportedly worth $77 billion, starting with the 2025-26 season: The Walt Disney Company (DIS) ABC and ESPN; Comcast (CMCSA) NBCUniversal’s NBC and Peacock streaming services; and Amazon’s (Amazon) quality video.
Left out in the cold was Warner Bros. Discovery, which sued the NBA after it accepted Amazon’s purported $1.8 billion-per-year bid. Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT Sports unit has held NBA rights since the late 1980s.
The new deal gives WBD “the rights to live broadcast NBA games in Northern Europe (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) as well as Poland and Latin America (excluding Brazil and Mexico) for the next 11 years.” The company also has “the rights to create, produce and produce content on its platform and license to distribute new and existing NBA content,” as well as “expanded global content and highlight rights for TNT Sports, Bleacher Report and House of Excellence.”
“Inside the NBA” will be licensed by Disney, ESPN and ABC
Meanwhile, the award-winning Inside the NBA, starring host Ernie Johnson and analysts Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith, will be licensed to Walt starting next season Disney’s ABC and ESPN. TNT Sports will continue to produce the show.
wall street journal The settlement and Inside the NBA news were first reported over the weekend.
Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, which recently rose about 2%, are down about 17% year to date.
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