NBA/USA: a streaming lot for $1bn per year in the next call for tenders for media rights (press)

The National Basketball Association is expected to offer, in its next call for tenders for its media rights in the United States (from the 2025-26 season), a lot including the exclusive streaming rights to matches for a minimum amount of $1bn (€1bn) per season, in an attempt to attract Amazon or Apple, according to information from the US news site Front Office Sports on 31/10/2022.

This lot could include 20 to 40 regular season games per year, and cover a shorter period (between four and five seasons) than the others (nine seasons), according to Front Office Sports.

The NBA is looking to triple its broadcasting rights over the next rights cycle (2025-2034), with a goal of $75bn (€75.4bn), or $9.375bn (€9.42bn) per season, according to the US media. Over the 2016-2025 cycle, the NBA will receive $24bn (€24.1bn), or $2.67bn per season, from its broadcasters The Walt Disney Company (ESPN) and Warner Bros. Discovery (Turner).