Disney CEO Bob Chapek mentioned that the corporate would “like to be in enterprise with the NBA” with a brand new TV rights deal so long as it could possibly be completed in a “fiscally accountable means.”
In talking throughout a quarterly earnings name on Tuesday, Chapek added that Disney would even be on the lookout for multiplatform rights within the deal.
The present TV deal between the 2 sides is about to run out after the 2024-25 season, with the NBA reportedly on the lookout for as much as $75 billion on the subsequent contract.
In referring to ESPN not renewing its take care of the Huge Ten, Chapek mentioned that Disney acknowledges “that we don’t want all the pieces, we simply want the precise factor.”
Chapek added that the linear and streaming flexibility of a multiplatform deal is a strategic precedence for the corporate.
