Flagrant Foul! Warner Bros Discovery Threatens “Appropriate Action” Against NBA After League Rejects Matching Bid

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Warner Bros Discovery may have been late to the game, but the TNT owner isn’t about to let Amazon Prime Video snatch its NBA ball without a fight. “We have matched the Amazon offer, as we have a contractual right to do, and do not believe the NBA can reject it,” TNT said in a statement Wednesday after the Adam Silver-led league decided in favor of Amazon Prime Video as one of the three main rights holders for NBA games starting with the upcoming season.

The NBA and the WNBA now have 11-year long deals with Disney a.k.a. ESPN and ABC, Prime Video and NBCUniversal starting with the 2025-2026 season.

Reflecting economic and industry shifts, the new agreements effectively end TNT’s almost 40-year long partnership with the NBA.

The new 11-year deals total around $76 billion to the NBA and WNBA. Which may have been a bit too rich for WBD’s wallet, on a multitude of levels. “Warner Bros.