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Warner Bros. Discovery, whose subsidiary has been a broadcast partner with the NBA since 1988, says that the league acted in bad faith in structuring its new $76.7 billion rights deal specifically to circumvent a contractual matching rights clause. https://t.co/UtdLjchGEl
Though huge media rights deals — such as those struck to bring the NBA to Amazon Prime Video — steal the spotlight, sports leagues and clubs have been investing more recently in their own streaming efforts. https://t.co/ZQr02aLDjN
TNT Sports parent Warner Bros. Discovery says the NBA “did everything it could to frustrate” its ability to match Amazon’s media-rights offer. WBD says there were multiple "poison pills" in Amazon's rights package. Story ⬇️
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and TBS have filed a lawsuit against the NBA, challenging the league's motion to dismiss their case over media rights. The core issue is whether Amazon Prime qualifies as 'television' under legal definitions. WBD claims the NBA included 'poison pills' in Amazon's media rights package to hinder WBD's ability to match the offer. The NBA's new $76.7 billion rights deal with Amazon is at the center of the dispute. WBD, a broadcast partner with the NBA since 1988, accuses the league of acting in bad faith to circumvent a contractual matching rights clause. TNT Sports parent WBD says the NBA did everything it could to frustrate its ability to match Amazon’s media-rights offer.
