TNT Sports Scores NBA Deal
TNT Sports and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have announced a multi-year broadcast collaboration that will deliver more than 250 live games and a range of NBA programming to fans in the UK and Ireland exclusively on TNT Sports’ (previously BT Sport) platforms.
NBA coverage on TNT Sports will tip-off on 24th October 2023 with an opening-night doubleheader. In the first game, the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets will receive its championship rings before hosting the Los Angeles Lakers in a rematch of last season’s Western Conference Finals.
In addition to at least nine games during each week of the regular season, TNT Sports will broadcast the league’s marquee events, including select games from the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament, the NBA Playoffs, the Finals, NBA All-Star and the NBA Draft.
Throughout the 2023/24 season, TNT Sports will also air more than 40 weekend games in primetime as part of ‘NBA Saturdays and NBA Sundays’ which features games starting as early as 6pm GMT.
Trojan Paillot, Vice President, Sports Rights Acquisitions and Syndication, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe, said, “We are hugely excited to be embarking on this journey with the NBA in the UK and Ireland.
“Fans watching basketball on our platforms will have much to look forward to, and we’re privileged to be able to lean on the outstanding foundation of TNT’s broadcasting of the NBA in the United States for over 30 years. When TNT Sports launched in July, we reaffirmed that premium rights were a priority for us, and the NBA falls squarely into that category. To have the best players in the world, competing in one of the toughest and entertaining competitions in world sport, is extremely exciting as we further extend our proposition in the UK and Ireland.”
Elsa Memmi, NBA Europe and Middle East Vice President, Global Media Distribution, added, “We are thrilled to build on our long-standing collaboration with TNT in the US to bring live NBA games and programming to our passionate fans in the UK and Ireland.
“With regular weekend games in primetime, extensive coverage of our marquee events, and original programming and highlights, fans now have a new home for the NBA.”
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