Could be $8 billion per year split between ESPN, NBC, and Amazon. Those numbers are just insane. That's $266 million per year per team. I just hope NBC gets Roundball Rock back from Fox. It makes me cringe hearing that tune as the Creighton/DePaul game on FS1 goes to break.
Mammoth NBA TV deal
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At least a decade is what it sounds like. Their deal will expire when the ACC’s does 🙂
Looks like John Tesh still owns the song and there is nothing stopping NBC from licensing it once the new deal kicks in.
NBC Sports could buy back rights to iconic theme song 'Roundball Rock' if it airs NBA games again, composer John Tesh says
NBC Sports can license the rights to John Tesh's famous "Roundball Rock" theme song if it secures a new NBA media package, Tesh said in an e-mail.
Those would be the top choices. But after that, I'm thinking that Cincinnati or Louisville could be in the mix.
Let's see, the league's viewership is half of what it was in the mid 90s, the current face of the league and its only true generational "must watch" star is on the verge of retirement, there is virtually zero interest in the product in the over-40 demographic, more and more people are "cutting the cord" and ever further marginalizing the major networks, and NBC is spending over 5 times what it cost in the 90s for the broadcast rights.
Makes sense.
Makes sense.
I might be bias, but I want a team in Kansas City. That, or relocate the OKC Thunder here… all they’d have to do is drop the ‘O’ from the logo!
The cord cutting is part of the reason why the NBA is going with NBC over Turner. The deal is basically with ABC/ESPN, NBC/Peacock, and Amazon Prime. Two over the air networks that will broadcast an NBA game on over the air TV (either NBC or ABC) three nights a week, and a global streamer in Amazon that will broaden the NBA’s reach as the second most popular sports league in the world. And while the over 40 demographic doesn’t watch the NBA like they used to, the under 40 demographic *is* watching, with the NBA taking a higher and higher share compared to even the NFL, and more women are watching. It makes sense why pretty much every single media company other than Fox have been making a big bet on the NBA.
I hope not. We’re subsiding enough millionaire athletes and billionaire owners in Vegas already.
Celtics vs Mavs should be an excellent final. Luka is a great player. Rooting for the Mavs to win.
The NBA is very popular with 18-39 year old males, which is a very lucrative demographic for advertisers.
If I recall correctly, there’s a group in place who would privately fund a new arena that’s separate from the T-Mobile Arena.
On a separate note, LeBron has shown interest in joining them… which I wonder if that means the Fenway Sports Group would be involved? Does that mean they’d need to be my new NBA team as proxy for being a Pens fan?
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