NBA broadcasting - Topics

The national TV deal and what it does to player salaries Why regional sports networks are collapsing Local blackout rules and why they frustrate fans How to watch NBA games without a cable subscription Franchise valuation: how much of a team's worth comes from local media rights? Why NBA game start times vary so much by market on a weeknight Collapsing regional sports networks pushed the NBA toward its own streaming deals How the 1970s NBA survived tape-delayed Finals broadcasts League Pass pricing versus a full cable package What makes a great NBA play-by-play commentator Streaming exclusives that put games behind another paywall The shift from postgame press conferences to immediate locker room clips Ratings declines and the fight over how audiences get measured Studio shows that outshine the games they cover NBA Finals ratings drop when the series ends in a sweep What a local grocery chain gets out of sponsoring a team's broadcast International broadcasts and the growth of NBA audiences abroad Do local team broadcasters still count as media when they work for the team Why the league picks those five Christmas Day matchups every year Nobody can watch every NBA game anymore and fans have stopped pretending