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New NBA TV deal begins Tuesday. Where are my games?
Los Angeles Times
|October 21, 2025
Viewers may have to rely on streaming as coverage moves to NBC and Amazon.
Last year, the NBA signed a new 11-year, $77-billion media rights deal that will make the league a lot richer and dramatically alter the tune-in habits of fans when the 2025-26 season tips off this week.
Warner Bros. Discovery's cable network TNT will no longer carry the league’s games, but its studio show “Inside the NBA” lives on at ESPN.
More games will air exclusively on streaming platforms than ever before as Amazon Prime Video and NBCUniversal’s Peacock have significant packages in the new deal.
Here’s what you need to know before the action begins.
NBC is back in the NBA business after 23 years, carrying up to 100 regular season games on the broadcast network and its Peacock streaming platform. The network will carry a prime-time game Tuesdays starting this week and Sundays as of Feb. 1. NBCUniversal’s Telemundo will carry 12 of the Sunday night NBA games in Spanish. Peacock will exclusively stream up to three games nationally Mondays.
NBC is also the new home for the NBA's All-Star weekend, set for February in Los Angeles.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in an interview that the league’s move to NBC is more of a homecoming than a transition.
“A lot of the DNA is still in place,” Silver said. “Many of the producers we worked with 20-plus years ago are still with the organization.”
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This story is from the October 21, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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