With the NBA kicking off the season next week, the league is making a major change in how they distribute NBA TV. The channel, which offers original programming, highlights, and ~90 live regular season telecasts is now available without a cable or satellite subscription.
The NBA is now selling an online subscription to NBA TV for $59.99 a year (or $7 a month). The subscription includes a live feed of NBA TV across devices including Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, iOS, and Android — including all out-of-market NBA games televised on the network. Included in the package is video-on-demand access to every NBA Finals game from 2000-2019 and exclusive NBA TV shows.
Previously, you would need a Live TV Streaming Service like PlayStation Vue, fuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV to access the channel. This follows the NFL, who launched a NFL RedZone standalone subscription last season, but only made it available on mobile and tablet devices.
| DTV STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trial | Free Trial | Free Trial | Free Trial | Get 50% Off | Sign Up | |||
| $79.99 | $91.99 | $76.99 | $25 | $40 | $40 | $72.99 | ||
| NBA TV | + $15 | + $8 | - | - | + $11 | + $11 | ✓ | |
For the 2019-2020 season, the NBA will offer four additional out-of-market packages of NBA League Pass in addition to the NBA TV plan. The prices remain unchanged from last season.
- Team Pass: $119.99/year
- League Pass: $199.99/year
- League Pass Premium: $249.99/year
- Premium + NBA TV: $309.99/year
Team Pass includes live and on-demand HD telecasts of a single team, while League Pass includes every team including those games in VR. If you upgrade to League Pass Premium, you’ll also get access to an in-arena stream during commercial breaks.
NBA TV games are blacked out on NBA League Pass, so you will need to either purchase the separate NBA TV or Premium + NBA TV subscription to get access to the games.
For those who want to stream games in their local market, you will still need a Live TV Streaming Service. While most teams are available to stream across services, Denver Nuggets (Altitude), [Los Angeles Lakes] (Spectrum), and Utah Jazz (AT&T SportsNet) aren’t available on any streaming service.
TBD