The NBA opened the window for its unique media rights negotiations with Disney and Turner on Saturday, sources informed Tom Pal of Sports activities Enterprise Journal.
The window lasts via April 22.
The three sides are roughly 75% in settlement on a brand new deal, in response to sources.
The Emirates NBA Cup (beforehand referred to as the In-Season Event) is predicted to be bundled into Disney and Turner packages.
Amazon and Apple are anticipated to pursue media rights as soon as the window closes, with Amazon searching for the league’s nationwide streaming rights.
NBC can also be anticipated to be included within the league’s linear broadcast package deal.
League executives imagine that the general media rights deal can be value between $60 billion and $72 billion, with negotiations to be wrapped up by July.
