The days of Discovery Warner Bros. Produce shows like “Nba Gametime Live ”is coming to an end.
Warner Bros. Discovery will stop making content for NBA TVThe wired network of the basketball league, ending a partnership that has existed since 2008, and answering one of the last remaining questions about the alliance of two parts of several years following The NBA’s decision to move its television rights in Nbcuniversal and Amazon of Warner TNT SPORTS.
Warner managed NBA TV operations, originally a project of the league entertainment branch for almost two decades. But “after discussions with the NBA in recent months, we have mutually decided to separate at the end of the 2024-25 season,” said Luis Silberwasser, Chairman and CEO of TNT Sports, in a memo examined by Variety.
“We have made several proposals to continue providing services and operating the NBA television network and related digital assets. However, we were unable to agree on a path that recognized the value of our expertise, quality content and operational excellence that our fans and partners were waiting for TNT Sports,” said Silberwasser. “We will work in close collaboration with the NBA on a transition plan for the League to assume responsibility for the programming and exploitation of NBA TV and NBA.com, which will have in force on October 1.”
The NBA could not be joined for an immediate comment.
NBA TV is the longest subscription taken by one of the country’s main sports leagues, and over the years, the NFL, the major baseball league and others would imitate the league efforts. In recent years, however, the migration of traditional viewers to streaming and high speed places has saved the economy of traditional cable outings – even these networks devoted to sports, a format that remains capable of attracting a large simultaneous audience. Regional sports networks have faced trembling conditions in recent years and the NFL has reworked part of the programming on the NFL network, even if it has explored potential alliances with external partners.
Over the years, the NBA TV has brought not only rerunted viewers “Inside The NBA”, the flagship program of Warner Sports was released first on TNT, but also programs such as “NBA Gametime Live”, “NBA Inside Stuff” and “Hardwood Classics”. “Inside The NBA” is going to ESPN next seasonAlthough Warner will continue to produce it and hopes to use its popular hosts for new programs related to sport.
NBA TV had origins in the launch in 1999 of NBA.com TV, a wired network which focused on studio programming produced by the League from Studios in Secaucus, NJ when the CNN / Si Warner network closed in 2002, many cable distributors filled the NBA TV hole.
Warner and the NBA still have links. The company won the right to use digital NBA games clips for the Bleacher and House of Moments report to dismiss and create NBA content for TNT sports properties, as well as to show live games on certain international markets.