Hopefully not Netflix. I do hope it is easier to stream games.
Number1LakersHater
Horrific
CabalMurray
Awesome. Cable is too expensive. Sling and League Pass are terrible.
luke_workin
Keep it with ESPN and TNT man. Dont take away Mike Breen, Kevin Harlan, or the Inside guys.
JayDee62
People here don’t think TNT could lose the rights. Better enjoy *Inside* while you can.
Much_Conversation_11
I just want an easy, cheap way to stream games from Canada. League pass up here is the worst thing ever.
sangre_frio
NBA and Chill.
It’s got a nice ring to it.
swaggyp29
I’ll pay anything to watch every game with no commercials and a no commentary option
Gristle__McThornbody
Don’t care who it is as long as they outbid Disney. Tired of the shit coverage by ESPN.
indreams159
NBA on Fox would be hilarious
TSElliottSmith
Apple will charge you 2.99 per game but you’ll at least be able to access every season going back to the 50s.
SweatyGuess739
How is MLS streaming on Apple TV? Might give you an idea of how it will be if Apple buys the rights.
lovo17
Bring it back to NBC man
JesusSinfulHands
From the article itself:
>> At the recent SVB MoffettNathanson investor conference, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch appeared to pour cold water on the idea, saying it was “highly unlikely” that his company would make a bid.
Really inaccurate headline from Bloomberg for highlighting Fox. Theoretically anyone is a potential bidder but Fox has said they are not interested while NBC has said that they are very interested.
edit: Also:
>> Cons: Netflix has no experience streaming live sports and a company spokeswoman said the idea that it was open to bidding on NBA rights is “not accurate.”
Netflix literally says they are not interested in bidding for NBA rights. Headline says they are a potential bidder. Misleading as fuck.
2635northpark
What online stream Denver radio does the Nuggets games? We will mute espn and listen. Edit , is it 92.5 altitude?
BcuzRacecar
Think Disney is going to do a bigger deal and get more games that wouldnt be “national tv quality” on espn+, NBC to pick up the number 2 broadcaster spot and then one of apple or amazon partners with fox having them do the big games on tv.
Warner doesnt want to spend big money, doesnt have a plan to add sports to “its just max now” and doesnt have a ota channel. Bad news for the inside guys.
Zmoney743
Where’d my old school NBC people at? Get Mike Tirico back on the NBA
1UPZ__
F off Apple, just got rid of my Apple TV for Chromecast…
XviiChong
What I took away from the article is that things are likely not going to change and that ESPN/ABC and TNT/WB will keep the rights to the NBA.
The NBA (from what it says in the article) wants to prioritize having some streaming options to their games in the future, while also having games on the free cable channels (ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS). Currently and in the future most likely, ESPN AND TNT have the best options to do both. (Disney with ABC, ESPN, ESPN+ and Disney+, and WB with TNT and HBO Max)
The others like NBC (Peacock), Amazon, FOX, Apple TV, Netflix really don’t have the assets to really do both, as one either has a free cable channel but no streaming option, and vice versa.
vrkhfkb
Wish it was Amazon. Prime video is free with Prime. Way more value than Netflix/Apple.
Huge-Split6250
Netflix even if you lose please can you buy the Canadian rights. Please for the love of god
NateGT86
Hopefully the app gets a major overhaul. It’s absolute dogshit and very clunky even on the latest apple devices.
Emergency-Double-875
Just give us something that isn’t just ESPN please
fyrieus
Get rid of ESPN and bring back the 90s NBA on NBC
sodiumbicarbonade
Please not be Netflix
encinodude
God this would be terrible, back to cable price after having to subscribe to everything just to watch the nba. Also streaming services suck for live sports, like Thursday night foootball looked like garbage the whole year
KawhiLeonardsThigh
Having watched Apple TV broadcasts for baseball games… They’re slick but the broadcasters are never great. They’d have to land deals to take talent away from competing networks. If ESPN can’t do it, maybe another network can. Gonna take a lot of work and they’re gonna have to actually listen to the criticism.
Polarb3n
Great, less places to watch the game.
SnowDay111
Apple has the deepest pockets and it’s known that they want to get into streaming sports
ryuujinusa
Ugh, UGH and fuck no.
itsgucci060
This is actually really bad. Apple’s streaming product low key sucks ass. We don’t even know what Netflix’s would be like.
discographyA
I find the MLS experience on Apple better than most individual league apps and streaming services. If they had a direct to consumer league pass that would be great and just leave the NBA app more as a traditional news/content depository
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Hopefully not Netflix. I do hope it is easier to stream games.
Horrific
Awesome. Cable is too expensive. Sling and League Pass are terrible.
Keep it with ESPN and TNT man. Dont take away Mike Breen, Kevin Harlan, or the Inside guys.
People here don’t think TNT could lose the rights. Better enjoy *Inside* while you can.
I just want an easy, cheap way to stream games from Canada. League pass up here is the worst thing ever.
NBA and Chill.
It’s got a nice ring to it.
I’ll pay anything to watch every game with no commercials and a no commentary option
Don’t care who it is as long as they outbid Disney. Tired of the shit coverage by ESPN.
NBA on Fox would be hilarious
Apple will charge you 2.99 per game but you’ll at least be able to access every season going back to the 50s.
How is MLS streaming on Apple TV? Might give you an idea of how it will be if Apple buys the rights.
Bring it back to NBC man
From the article itself:
>> At the recent SVB MoffettNathanson investor conference, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch appeared to pour cold water on the idea, saying it was “highly unlikely” that his company would make a bid.
Really inaccurate headline from Bloomberg for highlighting Fox. Theoretically anyone is a potential bidder but Fox has said they are not interested while NBC has said that they are very interested.
edit: Also:
>> Cons: Netflix has no experience streaming live sports and a company spokeswoman said the idea that it was open to bidding on NBA rights is “not accurate.”
Netflix literally says they are not interested in bidding for NBA rights. Headline says they are a potential bidder. Misleading as fuck.
What online stream Denver radio does the Nuggets games? We will mute espn and listen.
Edit , is it 92.5 altitude?
Think Disney is going to do a bigger deal and get more games that wouldnt be “national tv quality” on espn+, NBC to pick up the number 2 broadcaster spot and then one of apple or amazon partners with fox having them do the big games on tv.
Warner doesnt want to spend big money, doesnt have a plan to add sports to “its just max now” and doesnt have a ota channel. Bad news for the inside guys.
Where’d my old school NBC people at? Get Mike Tirico back on the NBA
F off Apple, just got rid of my Apple TV for Chromecast…
What I took away from the article is that things are likely not going to change and that ESPN/ABC and TNT/WB will keep the rights to the NBA.
The NBA (from what it says in the article) wants to prioritize having some streaming options to their games in the future, while also having games on the free cable channels (ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS). Currently and in the future most likely, ESPN AND TNT have the best options to do both. (Disney with ABC, ESPN, ESPN+ and Disney+, and WB with TNT and HBO Max)
The others like NBC (Peacock), Amazon, FOX, Apple TV, Netflix really don’t have the assets to really do both, as one either has a free cable channel but no streaming option, and vice versa.
Wish it was Amazon. Prime video is free with Prime. Way more value than Netflix/Apple.
Netflix even if you lose please can you buy the Canadian rights. Please for the love of god
Hopefully the app gets a major overhaul. It’s absolute dogshit and very clunky even on the latest apple devices.
Just give us something that isn’t just ESPN please
Get rid of ESPN and bring back the 90s NBA on NBC
Please not be Netflix
God this would be terrible, back to cable price after having to subscribe to everything just to watch the nba. Also streaming services suck for live sports, like Thursday night foootball looked like garbage the whole year
Having watched Apple TV broadcasts for baseball games… They’re slick but the broadcasters are never great. They’d have to land deals to take talent away from competing networks. If ESPN can’t do it, maybe another network can. Gonna take a lot of work and they’re gonna have to actually listen to the criticism.
Great, less places to watch the game.
Apple has the deepest pockets and it’s known that they want to get into streaming sports
Ugh, UGH and fuck no.
This is actually really bad. Apple’s streaming product low key sucks ass. We don’t even know what Netflix’s would be like.
I find the MLS experience on Apple better than most individual league apps and streaming services. If they had a direct to consumer league pass that would be great and just leave the NBA app more as a traditional news/content depository