Joe Flint

Netflix is going to carry two NFL games at Christmas. Amazon has Thursday night football. Apple has a lot of baseball. All these companies that are trying to carve out their space in the entertainment universe bet on sports.

Certainly TNT could have kept airing inside the NBA, but I don't think it would have done as well for them there without the games to bring in an audience, and it's an expensive show. for them to air without the benefit of it serving as a promotional platform for their basketball games. These folks get paid, you know, good salaries.

Certainly TNT could have kept airing inside the NBA, but I don't think it would have done as well for them there without the games to bring in an audience, and it's an expensive show. for them to air without the benefit of it serving as a promotional platform for their basketball games. These folks get paid, you know, good salaries.

Certainly TNT could have kept airing inside the NBA, but I don't think it would have done as well for them there without the games to bring in an audience, and it's an expensive show. for them to air without the benefit of it serving as a promotional platform for their basketball games. These folks get paid, you know, good salaries.

So while they could have kept airing it and it might have had an audience, it wouldn't have been nearly as impactful both for TNT and for the NBA.

So while they could have kept airing it and it might have had an audience, it wouldn't have been nearly as impactful both for TNT and for the NBA.

So while they could have kept airing it and it might have had an audience, it wouldn't have been nearly as impactful both for TNT and for the NBA.

Well, certainly the most outspoken of those four was Barkley, who expressed a lot of disappointment in Turner for losing the NBA. A lot of concern about the people at Turner whose jobs and livelihoods were dependent on the NBA and inside the NBA.

Well, certainly the most outspoken of those four was Barkley, who expressed a lot of disappointment in Turner for losing the NBA. A lot of concern about the people at Turner whose jobs and livelihoods were dependent on the NBA and inside the NBA.

Well, certainly the most outspoken of those four was Barkley, who expressed a lot of disappointment in Turner for losing the NBA. A lot of concern about the people at Turner whose jobs and livelihoods were dependent on the NBA and inside the NBA.

I think they were all disappointed, obviously, that a place that had been their home and the home of the NBA for so many years was suddenly left out in the cold.

I think they were all disappointed, obviously, that a place that had been their home and the home of the NBA for so many years was suddenly left out in the cold.

I think they were all disappointed, obviously, that a place that had been their home and the home of the NBA for so many years was suddenly left out in the cold.

Their claim was that they had rights to match that the NBA did not honor. So in this case, Warner did make a matching offer on the NBA package that Amazon had. That was the package they decided they were going to try to match. It was sort of a last-ditch effort, and it was comparable to the $1.9 billion Amazon was paying.

Their claim was that they had rights to match that the NBA did not honor. So in this case, Warner did make a matching offer on the NBA package that Amazon had. That was the package they decided they were going to try to match. It was sort of a last-ditch effort, and it was comparable to the $1.9 billion Amazon was paying.

Their claim was that they had rights to match that the NBA did not honor. So in this case, Warner did make a matching offer on the NBA package that Amazon had. That was the package they decided they were going to try to match. It was sort of a last-ditch effort, and it was comparable to the $1.9 billion Amazon was paying.

However, the league ultimately decided there were other aspects to the Amazon deal that made it more valuable to them. And so that's what led TNT to sue. They essentially claimed that there was a breach of contract and the league was saying basically the claims are without merit.

However, the league ultimately decided there were other aspects to the Amazon deal that made it more valuable to them. And so that's what led TNT to sue. They essentially claimed that there was a breach of contract and the league was saying basically the claims are without merit.

However, the league ultimately decided there were other aspects to the Amazon deal that made it more valuable to them. And so that's what led TNT to sue. They essentially claimed that there was a breach of contract and the league was saying basically the claims are without merit.

Well, I would say in terms of getting, if you look at TNT and Warner Discovery, they certainly didn't win in the sense of getting NBA games back on TNT. That ship is now officially sailed, but they did receive rights at no cost