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How Hard Will it Be to Find NBA Games After New Broadcast Deal?

How Hard Will it Be to Find NBA Games After New Broadcast Deal?

NBA games will be on more outlets than ever starting in 2025, so follow this handy guide to see where you can watch them, and when.

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NBA fans will have more services and channels to keep track of in the league's new broadcast deal.

The NBA is about to see a huge new infusion of revenue. The league has finalized agreements with Disney, Comcast, and Amazon to become the next distributors of nationally-broadcast NBA games starting in 2025, in a deal worth $76 billion total — more than triple the value of the Association’s current $24 billion deal with Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery. For fans, however, it means more channels and streaming services than ever before will be carrying NBA games, and it’s already confusing enough to keep track of what games are on and when. With that in mind, I’ll break down what each company is set to get in terms of weekly games, playoff series, and more in the new broadcast agreement, to try and help viewers keep track of where the league’s games will be played going forward.

Key Details:

  • Each of the outlets set to become NBA broadcasters will have games on different evenings during the regular season.
  • Playoff rights have also been split up, though the new In-Season Tournament will be exclusively on Prime Video.
  • TNT is highly unlikely to be an NBA partner after 2025, though it’s not completely out of the running.

The agreements struck between the NBA and Disney, Comcast and Amazon will run for 11 years. Disney will place games on ABC and ESPN as it has done for many years, while Comcast will have games on NBC, with exclusives on Peacock as well. Amazon’s package of games will, of course, stream on Prime Video.

See a Complete Breakdown of Who Gets What in the New NBA Deal

All of the pictured outlets are set to offer NBA games starting in 2025, but which will get what?
Outlet Regular Season Games per Season Playoff Games Game Days Other Games
ABC and ESPN Yes, approximately 80 - NBA Finals annually
- One Conference Finals Series annually
- Early round playoff series
- Wednesdays and Sundays (ESPN)
- Saturdays (ABC)
- Fridays following NFL season
- Unspecified WNBA lineup
- International and streaming rights
NBC and Peacock Yes, unspecified number - Early round playoff series
- Conference Finals Series every other year
- Mondays (Peacock only)
- Tuesdays (NBC)
- Sundays following NFL season
- Unspecified WNBA lineup
- All-Star Game/Weekend
Prime Video Yes, unspecified number - Conference Finals Series every other year
- Early round playoff series similar to NBA TV
- Fridays
- Saturdays
- Thursdays following NFL Season
- Unspecified WNBA lineup
- International rights
- In-Season Tournament

ESPN will pay $2.6 billion annually for its package of games, which also includes expanded digital rights. That will be helpful for the channel, as it plans to launch a content tile on Disney+ later this year, as well as the standalone ESPN Flagship streaming service in 2025. ESPN will also be a part of the Venu Sports joint venture service, which means that NBA games will stream there as well.

NBC will pay $2.5 billion for its package of games every season, which is set to move off of TNT for the first time since 1989. That means that the “Roundball Rock” theme song is likely to return to airwaves starting in 2025, and it also shifts the annual NBA All-Star game to NBC and Peacock. Speaking of the streamer, Peacock’s Monday night package will be exclusive to the service.

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Prime Video will pay $1.8 billion every year for its package, which will include a series of first-round playoff games akin to what NBA TV gets every year. Prime Video will also be the exclusive home of the In-Season Tournament, which was played for the first time in 2023.

Although the deal terms do not specify exactly how many regular season and playoff games NBC and Prime Video will get, we can at least guess using the 2023-24 season as a guide. During last season, ESPN and ABC split a package of 100 regular season games, while TNT got another 65. Since we know Disney’s inventory will shrink from 100 games to around 80, that would mean there are around 85 games up for grabs each year. The easiest way for the NBA to distribute those games is to split them between NBC and Amazon evenly, giving them around 42 games each per regular season.

The new deal will make NBA basketball appointment viewing almost nightly and will shift games off of a cable (TNT)channel and onto a broadcast network (NBC). But it will also mean more streaming-exclusive games on Prime Video and Peacock, and ESPN may have the right to paywall games on a streaming service as well, once it gets its various new streaming products off the ground.

But before anything gets written in stone, TNT could still upset this apple cart. The Warner Bros. Discovery cable channel has the contractual right to match any third-party offers to the NBA and may try to use those rights to claw back Amazon’s package. A nasty court battle could result, and if WBD succeeds in keeping NBA rights for TNT, the matter will grow even more confusing for fans.

  • Peacock

    Peacock is a subscription video streaming service from NBCUniversal that includes original shows, blockbuster movies, and classic television series. Peacock is home to “Yellowstone,” “The Office,” and original hits like “Poker Face” and “Bel-Air.” You can also watch live sports and NBC programming, including the NFL, MLB, WWE, the Olympics, the Premier League, NASCAR, the French Open, college football and basketball, and the PGA Tour. Premium Plus subscribers can stream their local NBC feed in all 210 markets.

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    Peacock also includes news, entertainment, sports, late-night, and reality from various NBCU properties, including NBC, Bravo, and E!. Additionally, Peacock has exclusives like “Below Deck: Down Under.” They also include live and on-demand access to Hallmark channels.

    The company has acquired the rights to many classic shows, including “Parks and Recreation” and the entire Dick Wolf library, which includes “Law & Order” and “Chicago Fire.”

    Peacock features weekly Sunday night NFL games during the regular season, available on the Premium and Premium Plus plans.

    Peacock again raised prices on August 18, 2026, with the cost of plans increasing to $8.99 for the Select, $12.99 for Premium, and $19.99 for Premium Plus.

    The service also features blockbusters and critically acclaimed films from Universal Pictures, Focus Features, DreamWorks Animation, Illumination, as well as content acquired from Hollywood’s biggest studios.

  • Prime Video

    Prime Video is a subscription video streaming service that includes on-demand access to 10,000+ movies, TV shows, and Prime Originals like “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” “Jack Ryan,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Boys,” and more. Subscribers can also add third-party services like Max, Showtime, STARZ, and dozens more with Prime Video Channels. Prime Video also offers exclusive live access to NFL Thursday Night Football.

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    Prime Video is included with Amazon Prime for $14.99 per month ($139 per year), or can be purchased on its own for $8.99 per month. A standalone, ad-supported version costs $8.99 per month, while the upgraded Prime Video Ultra tier, costing an extra $4.99 per month or $45.99 per year, adds Dolby Atmos support, ups video quality to 4K UHD, removes ads, and allows for 100 downloads and 5 simultaneous streams. Prime Video offers a 30-day free trial.

    Prime Video currently offers over 25,000 movies and TV episodes, many of which are original productions. Live sports coverage includes NFL Thursday Night Football as well as select NBA, WNBA, and NWSL events.

  • Venu Sports

    Venu Sports was the planned live TV streaming service that would offer sports from ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS, ABC, FOX, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, and truTV. Programming from ESPN+ and on-demand content would also be available, as would broadcasts of NFL, NBA, MLB, and NCAA games. However, in January 2025, after Fubo and Hulu + Live TV officially merged, Venu's launch was put on hold thanks to a preliminary injunction. It was only a few days later that the joint venture was officially shut down for good.


David Satin has been a dedicated News Writer at The Streamable since 2022, covering a wide range of stories in the entertainment and streaming industries. With years of experience writing online, David previously worked as a list writer for Screen Rant, where he gained recognition for his extensive coverage of sci-fi and fantasy genres. His ability to break and analyze major stories has made him a trusted voice in the streaming world. Over the course of his career, Satin has become an integral part of The Streamable team, contributing to some of the most impactful stories in the industry.

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