NBC, ESPN, Amazon ‘closing in’ on $76 billion deals with NBA as TNT’s future in jeopardy
The NBA is “closing in” on television deals with NBC, ESPN and Amazon worth $76 billion in media revenue over 11 years, according to The Wall Street Journal. NBC, which would re-gain the rights to air NBA games for the first time since 2002, is expected to pay $2.5 billion per year with 100 games per season, per the report.