Attempts to reach civil servants with TNT did not succeed.
WBD does not completely break its media links with the League. The company’s rights agreement 2024 with the NBA grants license rights to produce new and existing NBA content on TNT SPORTS, BLEACHER Report and House of Facts. WBD will also broadcast live games on international markets.
TNT SPORTS will also continue to produce the NBA TV sports show “Inside The NBA” outside Atlanta. His hosts, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson, will remain employees of TNT.
According to the memo, Warner Bros. Discovery could not agree on a path to follow which “recognized the value of our expertise, our quality content and our operational excellence” with NBA TV. More explicit details have not been provided in the memo.
The TNT game package has long distributed or broadcast by Amazon, Nbcuniversal and Disney’s ESPN and ABC from the 2025-2026 season.