I'd expect Amazon would work out a deal to sub-license Inside the NBA and bring Ernie in, similar to how Amazon has a deal with Kirk Herbstreit for Thursday Night Football while he remains employed by ESPN.
Greg On Friday, May 24, 2024 at 9:38:03 PM UTC-4 PGage wrote: > 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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