NBA and TNT reportedly in settlement talks to end matching rights dispute | News World

The NBA and TNT Sports are reportedly discussing a settlement to end the network’s lawsuit against the league.

Per a report in Front Office Sports on Wednesday, rumors are circulating that the NBA and Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of TNT, are in settlement talks to end litigation regarding the network’s matching rights. The NBA is set to begin its new set of media rights deals next season with ESPN, NBC, and Amazon.

After failing to reach a deal with the NBA this summer, TNT chose to exercise the back-end rights in its current contract with the league against Amazon’s new deal. At the time, the move to pursue litigation was widely seen as a means of extracting a financial settlement from the league rather than an earnest attempt to retain NBA rights.

“I know [both sides] want to solve this,” said one source talking to FOS. “It has to be soon. They…

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