Prospective deals between the basketball league and three media companies would span 11 years, ending a longtime partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT, people familiar with the discussions told The Wall Street Journal. (The Wall Street Journal)

Talking point: TNT and Disney’s ESPN have carried the league’s national TV broadcasts for decades, but both faced cost-cutting pressures this year. Streaming giants, meanwhile, have spent billions to make inroads into live sports, and the NBA courted Amazon and Comcast’s NBCUniversal to secure a larger payday. NBC is near an agreement to pay around US$2.5 billion a year, with half of its 100 games to stream on its Peacock service, while Amazon would pay US$1.8 billion a year to stream games on Prime. ESPN would pay US$2.6 billion a year—up from its current deal of US$1.5 billion—while getting rights to fewer games. In Canada, Rogers recently carved out an NHL package for Amazon, with plans to stream Monday night games for the 2024–25 and 2025–26 seasons.