(Reuters) – Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:) has settled its breach of contract lawsuit in opposition to the Nationwide Basketball Affiliation (NBA), the Wall Road Journal reported on Saturday, citing folks conversant in the matter.
The settlement will preserve the media firm in enterprise with the league for the following decade, the report stated, including that the deal is ready to be introduced early subsequent week.
Warner Bros Discovery and the NBA didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark outdoors enterprise hours.
The settlement will give Warner Bros Discovery rights over a big quantity of NBA content material domestically and overseas, and the league will keep away from a protracted authorized battle in court docket, the WSJ report added.
Individually, Warner Bros Discovery struck a cope with Disney (NYSE:) to license its Emmy-winning “Contained in the NBA” present to ESPN and ABC beginning subsequent season, the report stated.
The media firm and its sports activities division, Turner Broadcasting System, filed a lawsuit in opposition to the NBA in July after the league had awarded Disney’s ESPN, Comcast-owned NBCUniversal and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:) rights to hold NBA video games in an 11-year deal valued at $77 billion.
Warner Bros Discovery stated the NBA’s refusal to honor its proper to match provides from a 3rd get together violated its settlement with Turner.
