Amazon’s Prime Video has signed an 11-year deal to bring NBA and WNBA games to the streaming service starting with the 2025-2026 season. Prime Video will air a total of 66 regular season games and 20 playoff games each year. The league’s new deal also includes Disney and Comcast’s NBCUniversal, which will retain some games on linear channels such as ESPN, ABC and NBC.
The NBA has partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery to air sports on TNT for nearly 40 years, and the deal represents a major shift in bringing sports to streaming. The NBA said in a statement to ESPN that Warner Bros. Disocvery’s proposal was “inconsistent with the terms of Amazon Prime Video’s offer.”
The NBA will continue to broadcast games on TNT through the 2024-2025 season, but the network is not happy with its decision to go with Prime Video. “We believe [the NBA has] TNT told ESPN that there was a “serious misunderstanding of our contractual rights regarding the 2025-26 season and beyond, and we will take appropriate action.”
Prime Video broadcasts will begin with the opening week doubleheader and continue with Friday night games, select Saturday afternoon games and Thursday night doubleheaders (after the Thursday Night Football schedule ends in January 2026). Prime Video will also broadcast the NBA Cup, Play-in Tournament, NBA League Pass and half of the NBA Summer League games.
Jay Marine, global head of sports at Prime Video, said in a press release: “Over the past few years, we have worked hard to bring the best sports to Prime Video and continue to improve the viewing experience. innovate on. “We are excited to partner with the NBA and can’t wait to hear from you in 2025. “
