Warner’s TNT Makes ‘Matching’ Offer for Amazon’s NBA Package
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The NBA’s media rights negotiations are heading into overtime. Just days after the league told team owners it had finalized new long-term deals valued at $76 billion with Disney ESPN, NBCUniversal and Amazon current rights holder Warner Bros. Discovery has exercised its matching rights in a last-ditch effort to keep games on its TNT cable network. Warner didn’t specify whose bid it proposes to match, but people familiar with the situation said the company wants to match Amazon Prime Video’s $1.9 billion per-season offer.