Attempts to reach officials with TNT were not immediately successful.
WBD isn’t severing its media ties completely with the league. The company’s 2024 rights deal with the NBA gives it licensing rights to produce new and existing NBA content across TNT Sports, Bleacher Report and House of Highlights. WBD will also air live games in international markets.
TNT Sports will also continue producing NBA TV’s marquee sports show “Inside the NBA” out of Atlanta. Its hosts, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson, will remain TNT employees.
According to the memo, Warner Bros. Discovery could not agree on a path forward that “recognized the value of our expertise, quality content, and operational excellence” with NBA TV. More explicit details were not provided in the memo.
The package of games TNT has long held will be broadcast or streamed by Amazon, NBCUniversal and Disney’s ESPN and ABC starting in the 2025-2026 season.
