Right. The problem is Ernie is locked into TNT. So to keep the crew together I think they would need to pay TNT and get them to license or sub let the show to another outlet.
Sent from Gmail Mobile On Fri, 24 May 2024 at 3:29 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Dan Patrick earlier this week asked Charles Barkley about the possibility > of the TNT studio crew (or at least Chuck and Shaq) forming an LLC, I > guess, and offering their collective services to another network if WBD > loses out... Chuck noted that Ernie Johnson might be under a personal deal > that would prevent all four of them (Kenny Smith) from going, but appeared > open to the deal... I'm waiting on Shaq to weigh in on this, either that or > tell DP to shut up in classic fashion... > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IwWcZqn5K8 (link) > B > > On Friday, May 24, 2024 at 4:52:36 PM UTC-4 PGage wrote: > >> From Puck News, a good summary of current status of NBA rights, and what >> appears to be another fumble by Zaz. TNT still has a chance to match one of >> these deals, but as explained, not clear how they could, and Zaz may be >> taking humiliating route of positioning himself for a nuisance relief >> settlement. >> >> My only quibble with the summary is Puck may be underestimating the >> significance of the multiple Emmy winning TNT NBA studio show. If I were >> Adam Silver I would be looking into some kind of creative deal where WBD >> licenses “Inside the NBA” to like Amazon. >> >> *===============* >> >> *Matt Belloni…* >> >> *“ NBA air ball*: Man, is *Adam Silver* *annoyed* with *David Zaslav* and >> the Warner Bros. Discovery team, per two sources familiar with his >> thinking. At this point, the NBA commissioner is basically Ferris Bueller >> after the credits roll: *Go home, David… it’s over*. As my colleague *John >> Ourand*reported, the league has selected its preferred broadcast >> partners, and they’re *not* Warner Discovery/Turner. Disney/ESPN gets >> the A package for $2.8 billion a year, Comcast/NBC swipes the B package for >> about $2.5 billion—a big increase from the $1.2 billion that Turner is >> paying, and for far *fewer* games—and Amazon Prime Video lands a new C >> package for just under $2 billion. That’s about $7 billion a year for the >> NBA, *waaay* up from $2.6 billion in the current deals, and it allows >> the league to escape the cable TV quicksand for more broadcast, with the >> favorable demos of streaming and the financial heft of Amazon. Not bad. >> >> But Zaslav won’t let it go, today floating in a CNBC *story >> <https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU9lN0FlYTdBUUdQcU04MXlSQnVScFRZUm4zNFJQRT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25iYy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8yMy93YXJuZXItYnJvcy1kaXNjb3ZlcnktY29uc2lkZXJzLW1hdGNoaW5nLW5iYS1wYWNrYWdlLXNsYXRlZC1mb3ItYW1hem9uLmh0bWw_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVdoYXQrSSUyN20rSGVhcmluZystK1NVQlNDUklCRVJTKyUyODUlMkYyMyUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9V2hhdCtJJTI3bStIZWFyaW5nKy0rU1VCU0NSSUJFUlMrJTI4NSUyRjYlMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxfYWN0aW9uXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b21lci5pb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjAwZTZiYjAxZTdiYjAxIiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYwMGU2YmIwMWU3YmIwMSIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjg5NDU2Mn0/5742a4957745f0d23ea47ff1a71117a17b1d4235e5cba11e67fbc9a8a2a7bab1>*that >> WBD might try to match not the package he’s losing but *Amazon’s*—a >> position previewed on Sunday by my partner *Bill Cohan*. Once the three >> deals are presented to Warner Discovery (the NBA still needs clarity on >> All-Star Weekend and a couple international and local issues, I’m told), >> Zaz & Co. will have five days to match—but it’s unclear what that even >> means. The packages awarded and the platforms offered look *very* different >> from the current deals—and the “matching rights” language is old and >> doesn’t contemplate the disparity of assets. >> >> What’s clear is the NBA no longer *wants* Turner. Comcast’s *Brian >> Roberts* is reportedly offering the prime real estate of two primetime >> games a week on NBC, which WBD can’t “match” because it doesn’t have a >> broadcast network. Nor can Zaslav likely “match” Amazon’s offer because he >> would never put all the games exclusively on his streamer, even if he could >> scrounge together the huge fee for a small selection of games. Zaz wants to >> upsell Max subscribers to watch some games, limiting their reach. Why would >> the NBA want that? >> >> Silver has been irked by Zaslav since his “We don’t have to have the NBA” >> comments back in 2022, a clear misstep. During the exclusive negotiation >> window, Disney’s *Bob Iger*and *Jimmy Pitaro* locked in a handshake deal >> while Zaz and his sports guy, *Luis Silberwasser*, whined about the >> cost, according to two sources familiar with the negotiation. Bloomberg >> *reported >> <https://email.puck.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>* >> the >> disparity was just $200 million, a number that Warner Discovery >> shareholders might soon put on placards if they start picketing on Olive >> Avenue for Zaslav’s removal. Having bungled the negotiations, Zaz now wants >> to prevent the NBA from getting into business with Amazon? And if Silver >> says no, Warners might sue? That would be one of the all-time loser moves. >> (And remember, this is a company that threw finished movies in the garbage >> to write them off.) >> >> CNBC even noted that WBD might try to use the uncertainty over matching >> rights to extract a settlement to go away. I haven’t confirmed that, but if >> true, it suggests that Zaslav sees the writing on the wall and is looking >> for backup plans. This week’s sublicense of a few College Football Playoff >> games from ESPN suggests the same. It’s never a good sign when your marquee >> broadcaster, in this case *Charles Barkley*, compares your company to >> *Boone’s >> Farm >> <https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU9lN0FlYTdBUUdQcU04MXlSQnVScFRZUm4zNFJQRT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25iYy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8yMy93YXJuZXItYnJvcy1kaXNjb3ZlcnktY29uc2lkZXJzLW1hdGNoaW5nLW5iYS1wYWNrYWdlLXNsYXRlZC1mb3ItYW1hem9uLmh0bWw_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVdoYXQrSSUyN20rSGVhcmluZystK1NVQlNDUklCRVJTKyUyODUlMkYyMyUyRjI0JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9V2hhdCtJJTI3bStIZWFyaW5nKy0rU1VCU0NSSUJFUlMrJTI4NSUyRjYlMkYyNCUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWxfYWN0aW9uXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jdXN0b21lci5pb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjAwZTZiYjAxZTdiYjAxIiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYwMGU2YmIwMWU3YmIwMSIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjg5NDU2Mn0/5742a4957745f0d23ea47ff1a71117a17b1d4235e5cba11e67fbc9a8a2a7bab1>* >> . >> >> Zaslav and Silberwasser could still match one of these deals, or they >> could somehow finagle a tiny fourth package to keep *some* NBA. But why >> would Silver allow that to happen? He’s got great deals at the finish line >> that will grow the game and serve his owners, his players, and his fans. >> It’s not like Zaslav is bringing him a platform or an audience he can’t get >> elsewhere. *Inside the NBA* can be reconstituted. And will Warner >> Discovery exist in 18 months? Just yesterday, former WarnerMedia C.E.O. >> *Jason >> Kilar* predicted that it won’t. >> >> Faced with these grim options, the right move here for Zaslav is to wish >> the NBA well, walk away, scream fiscal prudence, pray the shareholders >> understand, and invest some of those billions elsewhere in sports to keep >> the cable channels at least semi-viable. UFC, more baseball, whatever. The >> fact is, when the NBA decided it didn’t want Turner, the relationship was >> over. 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