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{{short description|American sports pay television network}}
{{for-multi|the Canadian version of this channel|NBA TV Canada|the Philippine version of this channel|NBA TV Philippines}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name              = NBA TV
| logo              = NBA TV.svg
| logo_size         = 150px
| image             =
| launch_date       = {{start date and age|1999|11|02}}
| closed_date       =
| picture_format    = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br />(downscaled to [[letterboxed]] [[480i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
| owner             = [[National Basketball Association]]<br />(operated by [[TNT Sports (United States)|TNT Sports]])
| country           = United States
| language          = English
| area              = Nationwide
| headquarters      = [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S.
| former_names      = NBA.com TV (1999–2003)
| replaced          =
| replaced_by       =
| sister_channels   = [[MLB Network]]<br>[[Motor Trend (TV network)|Motor Trend]]
| timeshift_service =
| website           = [http://www.nba.com/nbatv/ NBAtv]
| online_serv_1     = [[fuboTV]], [[Sling TV]], [[AT&T TV]], [[YouTube TV]]
}}
'''NBA TV''' is an American [[sports channel|sports-oriented]] [[pay television]] [[television network|network]] owned by the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) and operated by [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] through [[TNT Sports (United States)|TNT Sports]]. Dedicated to [[basketball]], the network features exhibition, regular season and playoff game broadcasts from the NBA and related professional basketball leagues, as well as NBA-related content including analysis programs, [[television special|specials]] and [[documentary film|documentaries]].  The network is headquartered in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. The network also serves as the national broadcaster of the [[NBA G League]] and [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] games. NBA TV is the oldest subscription network in North America to be owned or controlled by a professional sports league, having launched on November 2, 1999.
{{As of|2023|11}}, NBA TV is available to approximately 37,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2013 peak of 61,000,000 households.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wrestlenomics.com/u-s-cable-network-households-universe-1990-2023-nielsen-data/|title=U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023|website=wrestlenomics.com|date=May 14, 2024|access-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref>
==History==
The network launched on November 2, 1999<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-08-15 |title=NBA.com TV - On-Air Talent |url=http://www.nba.com/nbatv/onair_talent.html |access-date=2022-02-01 |website= [[NBA.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815230029/http://www.nba.com/nbatv/onair_talent.html |archive-date=15 August 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref> as '''nba.com TV'''; the channel, which was renamed to the second and current name on 11 February 2003, originally operated from studio facilities housed at [[NBA Entertainment]] in [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]], [[New Jersey]]. The network signed a multi-year carriage agreement with three of the U.S.'s five largest cable providers, [[Cox Communications]], [[Cablevision]] and [[Time Warner Cable]], on June 28, 2003; this expanded the network's reach to 45 million pay television households in the U.S., in addition to distribution in 30 countries worldwide. After [[Time Warner]] shut down the sports news network [[CNN Sports Illustrated|CNN/SI]] in 2002, many cable providers replaced that network with NBA TV.
The network mainly launched with two purposes; to serve as a [[barker channel]] for the league's [[out-of-market sports package]] [[NBA League Pass]], along with featuring statistical and scoring information which was more easily accessible in the pre-[[broadband]] age, and it featured mainly archival content from the [[NBA Entertainment]] archives in its upper pane to fill programming time. As time went on, the network added more programming, including international basketball leagues and programming from [[FIBA]] usually unseen in the American market. The programming mix and channel format changed around the same time of the CNN/SI shutdown.
On October 8, 2007, it was reported that the National Basketball Association would transfer the channel's operations to Time Warner's [[TNT Sports (United States)|Turner Sports]] division (operated by the company's Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?STORY_ID=5541 |title=The Cavs Are Playing Poker – Basketball News & NBA Rumors |publisher=Hoopsworld.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206025143/http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?STORY_ID=5541 |archive-date=February 6, 2009 |access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref>
Turner took over the channel's operations on October 28, 2008, and began using the same announcers and analysts used on TNT's [[NBA on TNT|NBA telecasts]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/60197 |title=Turner promotes NBA digital menu |date=October 6, 2008 |access-date=October 15, 2008}}</ref> Analysis and news programming also received an upgrade, with production of the programs being relocated to Studio B at Turner Studios in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], located adjacent to Studio J, where TNT's post-game program ''[[Inside the NBA]]'' is broadcast. The repeats of NBA games on [[NBA on TBS|TBS]] and [[NBA on TNT|TNT]] began in 2009, as ''NBA Classics''.
In 2024, the NBA signed a new media rights deal with [[NBA on ABC|ABC]]/[[NBA on ESPN|ESPN]], [[NBA on NBC|NBC]] and [[NBA on Prime Video|Amazon Prime Video]] beginning in the 2025–26 season, ending TNT's broadcasting relationship with the league.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 18, 2024 |title=NBA's exclusive TV rights negotiating window with ESPN, Warner expected to pass without a deal |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/18/nba-tv-rights-news-on-negotiations-with-espn-warner-bros-discovery.html |url-status=live |website=CNBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420003021/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/18/nba-tv-rights-news-on-negotiations-with-espn-warner-bros-discovery.html |archive-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref><ref name="2025–26 TV deals">{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Jon |date=2024-07-24 |title=NBA announces rights deals with Disney, Comcast, Amazon |url=https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/07/nba-media-rights-deals-announced-disney-comcast-amazon-nbc-prime/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |work=Sports Media Watch}}</ref> For several months, the future of the channel remained uncertain with no entity designated to operate the channel.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 5, 2024 |title=Unclear whether NBA TV will continue post-WBD breakup |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/nba/tv-facing-uncertain-future-post-wbd-split.html |website=Awful Announcing}}</ref> On November 18, TNT parent company [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] announced that they reached a settlement with the NBA, which included [[TNT Sports (United States)|TNT Sports]] maintaining operational control of NBA TV.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/warner-bros-discovery-and-national-basketball-association-reach-agreement-expand-long|title=Warner Bros. Discovery and the National Basketball Association Reach Agreement to Expand Long-Standing Partnership|website=Warner Bros. Discovery|date=November 18, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Flint |first1=Joe |title=Warner Bros. Discovery, NBA Settle Legal Battle Over TV Rights |url=https://www.wsj.com/business/media/nba-warner-bros-discovery-lawsuit-settlement-7710547b |website=wsj.com |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=November 16, 2024 |date=November 16, 2014}}</ref>
==Carriage agreements==
On April 16, 2009, [[DirecTV]] announced that it had reached a carriage agreement with the NBA to continue carrying NBA TV, moving it (and out-of-market sports package [[NBA League Pass]]) from the satellite provider's Sports Pack add-on tier to its lower-priced Choice Xtra base package on October 1, 2009. DirecTV believed the move will make the channel available to an additional eight million subscribers.<ref>[http://www.multichannel.com/article/196369-NBA_TV_Scores_Multiyear_Distribution_Deal_With_DirecTV.php NBA TV scores multiyear distribution deal with DirecTV – Pact gives network berth on DBS leader's choice xtra package] ''Multichannel News'' April 16, 2009</ref>
On June 4, 2009, [[Comcast]] announced that it had reached an agreement with the NBA to move the channel from the cable provider's Sports Entertainment Package to its basic level Digital Classic package, by the start of the 2009–10 NBA season. Like DirecTV, Comcast estimated that an additional eight million customers would effectively gain access to the channel.<ref>[http://www.multichannel.com/article/278124-NBA_TV_Jumps_To_Broader_Comcast_Carriage.php NBA TV jumps to broader Comcast carriage – Pro Hoops Network moves from sports tier to MSO's digital classic] ''Multichannel News'' June 4, 2009</ref> [[Verizon FiOS]] added the channel and [[NBA League Pass]] to its systems on September 23, 2009.<ref name="oct22">[http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2009/09/nba-digital-signs-deal-with-fi.php NBA digital signs deal with FiOS for NBA TV and NBA League Pass] ''TVWeek.com'' September 23, 2009</ref> The network also signed new multi-year agreements with [[Time Warner Cable]], [[Cablevision]] and [[Dish Network]] on October 22, 2009, as well as a renewal agreement with [[Cox Communications]] earlier in the year.<ref name=oct22/>
With all of the above carriage deals, the NBA estimates that it would increase NBA TV's overall subscriber reach to 45 million pay television homes.<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/366030-NBA_TV_Secures_New_Agreements_with_TWC_Cablevision_and_Dish.php NBA TV secures new agreements with TWC, Cablevision and Dish – League-owned network to reach 45 million homes this season] ''Broadcasting and Cable'' October 22, 2009</ref> On October 29, 2010, [[AT&T U-verse]] reached a carriage deal to carry the channel's standard and high definition feeds.<ref>[http://www.multichannel.com/article/459166-AT_T_U_Verse_Tips_Off_Carriage_Of_NBA_TV.php AT&T U-Verse tips off carriage of NBA TV – league-owned network available on telco's U300 package, HD tier] ''Multichannel News'' October 29, 2010</ref>
NBA TV is not available to legacy [[Charter Communications]] customers using outdated billing plans, which carried the network as NBA.com TV prior to 2004, due to unknown carriage conflicts; NBA League Pass was likewise unavailable on Charter until a broader rollout for the 2020–21 season began (on May 18, 2016, Charter acquired Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks for $78.7 billion, which both carried the network). NBA TV has been available to Charter households where available since February 2017, if a customer switches to the new 'Spectrum' billing plan which united Charter, Time Warner Cable and [[Bright House Networks]] under the [[Spectrum (cable service)|Spectrum]] branding (this is all likely unrelated to Charter's inherited [[naming rights]] of the [[Charlotte Hornets]]' home arena, the [[Spectrum Center (arena)|Spectrum Center]]).
{{As of|2023|06}}, the channel was available in 38.6 million homes in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://internetcompost.substack.com/p/how-many-homes-the-sports-networks |title=How many homes the sports networks are available in |author=Robert Seidman |website=Internet Compost |date=4 June 2023}}</ref>
==Programming==
{{See also|College Basketball on TNT Sports}}
NBA TV offers news programs devoted to basketball daily, in addition to programs showcasing the lives of individual basketball players, documentaries focusing on a particular NBA team during the season and archived broadcasts of well-known games.
NBA TV carries at least 90 regular season games per season, which typically air four days a week during the NBA season (mainly on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, although occasional Wednesday, Friday and Sunday games may air in the event that [[NBA on ESPN|ESPN]] does not hold rights to coverage on those nights), as well as some first-round playoff games. It also carries its own coverage of the [[NBA draft]].
Live games on NBA TV are subject to local blackout restrictions, since NBA TV (despite being owned by the league) does not hold the exclusive broadcast rights to any of its games. Games carried by NBA TV are also carried by each team's local rights holder, either a regional sports network or a broadcast television station.
The network also shows international games, typically on Saturday evenings, with special emphasis on the [[Euroleague]] and the [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] team from [[Israel]]. In April 2005, NBA TV televised the [[Chinese Basketball Association]] finals for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/news/cba_050413.html |title=NBA.com – Chinese Basketball Association Coverage Expands to U.S. |website=[[NBA.com]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020095522/http://www.nba.com/news/cba_050413.html |archive-date=October 20, 2018 |access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref>
The channel's flagship program is ''[[NBA Gametime Live]]'', a program focusing on news headlines within the NBA and related leagues (including the WNBA and G League), highlights and look-ins at games currently in progress presented by a host and studio analysts. The show airs live six days a week, deferring any [[NBA on TNT|TNT]] game nights outside the playoffs to repeating that evening's edition of ''[[Inside the NBA]]''. An edited 90-minute version of the broadcast is repeated during the overnight and early morning hours.
On October 11, 2017, it was announced that the ''Players Only'' franchise, which made its debut last season on [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]], will show live games on NBA TV, starting October 24, 2017 and every Tuesday after that, for the first half of the 2017–18 season before transitioning to TNT for the remainder of the regular season starting January 23, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/article/2017/10/11/nba-tv-106-game-schedule-players-only-2017-18 |title=NBA TV to feature 106-game schedule during 2017–18 season |last=release |first=Official |website=NBA.com |language=en |access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref> After the cancellation of ''Players Only'' in 2019, Tuesday (first half) and Monday (second half) night games on NBA TV were rebranded as ''NBA TV Center Court'', with [[Brian Anderson (sportscaster)|Brian Anderson]] handling the Tuesday night games and [[Spero Dedes]] the Monday night games. They are joined alongside [[Greg Anthony]] and [[Dennis Scott (basketball)|Dennis Scott]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/na/media-release/turner-sports/nba-digital/nba-tv-feature-107-game-schedule-including-new-tuesday-night-marquee-game-week-nba-tv |title=NBA TV to Feature 107 Game Schedule, Including a New Tuesday Night Marquee Game of the Week – NBA TV Center Court – for 2019-20 Season |last=release |first=Official |website=WarnerMediaGroup.com |language=en |access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref> With TNT moving its marquee games to Tuesdays in 2021 during the [[NFL regular season]] (thus avoiding competition with ''[[Thursday Night Football]]''), ''NBA TV Center Court'' was moved to Monday nights for most of the season, though it would continue to air select broadcasts on Tuesdays when TNT has other programming commitments.
Beginning 2021, NBA TV began to broadcast a package of men's and women's [[Southwestern Athletic Conference]] (SWAC) [[college basketball]] games in February as an observance of [[Black History Month]]. This marked NBA TV's first broadcasts of college basketball games.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NBA TV to showcase HBCU games in Celebration of Black History Month|url=https://www.nba.com/news/nba-tv-to-showcase-hbcu-games-in-february|access-date=2022-02-05|website=www.nba.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Myerberg|first=Paul|title=NBA TV will televise two HBCU basketball games in honor of Black History Month|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2021/02/22/nba-tv-celebrating-black-history-month/4513526001/|access-date=2022-02-05|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref>
===List of programs broadcast by NBA TV===
* ''10 Before Tip''
* ''3DTV''
* ''Beyond The Paint''
* ''Books and Basketball''
* ''Courtside Cinema''
* ''Game Of The Day''
* ''#Handles''
* ''[[Hardwood Classics]]'' (1999–present)
* ''High Tops: Plays of the Month''
* ''[[Inside the NBA]]'' (2003–present) (encore telecasts within 12 hours of original airing on [[NBA on TNT|TNT]])
* ''NBA 360''
* ''NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad''
* ''[[NBA Action]]'' (2003–present)
* ''NBA Basketballography''
* ''NBA.com Fantasy Insider''
* ''NBA CrunchTime'' – focuses on live NBA games till the buzzer, includes CrunchTime Alert, similar to NBA Scores
* ''NBA Fit''
* ''[[NBA Gametime Live]]'' (2008–present)
* ''NBA Gametime Live Specials'' (e.g. mock draft, free agent updates, season previews, trade deadline updates, playoff previews)
* ''NBA Home Video''
* ''NBA Hoop Party''
* ''[[NBA Inside Stuff]]'' (2013–2016)
* ''[[NBA Jam (TV series)|NBA Jam]]''
* ''NBA Journeys''
* ''NBA Presents''
* ''NBA Slideshow''
* ''NBA Specials''
* ''NBA TV Top 10 Games of the Week''
* ''NBA TV Marquee Matchup''
* ''NBA TV Originals''
* ''NBA Vault''
* ''NBA Wired''
* ''Open Court''
* ''Playoff Playback''
* ''Real NBA''
* ''Real Training Camp''
* ''[[Shaqtin' a Fool]]'' (2013–present)
* ''The Beat''
* ''[[The Starters]]'' (2006–2019)
* ''[[Vintage NBA]]''
* ''WNBA Action''
==High definition==
NBA TV HD is a [[1080i]] [[High-definition television|high-definition]] simulcast feed of NBA TV that is available on most providers. All studio programs and original programs are shot in HD, and all live games and recent game rebroadcasts are televised in HD. The high-definition version of this channel was launched in 2007.
==Personalities==
The studio host and analysts vary on each night's broadcast of ''NBA Gametime''.
===Studio hosts and play-by-play===
* [[Andre Aldridge]] (2005–present)
* [[Brian Anderson (sportscaster)|Brian Anderson]] (2014–present)
* [[Kevin Calabro]] (2012–2014, 2022–present)
* [[Vince Cellini]] (2009–present)
* Scott Cole (2018–present)
* [[Spero Dedes]] (2003–present)
* [[Ian Eagle]] (2012–present)
* [[Kevin Frazier]] (2021–present)
* Michael Grady (2021–present)
* Jared Greenberg (2011–present)
* [[Bob Fitzgerald]] (2020–present)
* [[Ernie Johnson Jr.|Ernie Johnson]] (2008–present)
* [[Rick Kamla]] (2002–present)
* [[Kristen Ledlow]] (2016–present)
* [[Allie LaForce]] (2018–present)
* Adam Lefkoe (2020–present)
* [[Joel Meyers]] (2020–present)
* Chris Miles (2018–present)
* Ro Parrish (2016–present)
* Pete Pranica (2018–present)
* [[Ahmad Rashad]] (2007–present)
* [[Stephanie Ready]] (2018–present)
* Kevin Ray (2019–present)
* [[Casey Stern]] (2015–present)
* [[Matt Winer]] (2010–present)
* Nabil Karim (2022–present)
* [[Kelly Crull]] (2023–present)
* Ashley ShahAhmadi (Sideline Reporter for 1st round of 2023 NBA Playoffs 2023-present)
===Studio analysts and color commentators===
* [[David Aldridge]] (2008–present)
* [[Greg Anthony]] (2010–present)
* [[Brent Barry]] (2009–present)
* [[Vinny Del Negro]] (2013–present)
* [[Rick Fox]] (2010–present)
* [[Mike Fratello]] (2008–present)
* [[Channing Frye]] (2020–present)
* [[Brendan Haywood]] (2016–present)
* [[Grant Hill]] (2016–present)
* [[Stu Jackson]] (2016–present)
* [[Bernard King]] (2010–present)
* [[Brevin Knight]] (2009–present)
* [[Kyle Korver]] (2021–present)
* [[Kevin McHale (basketball)|Kevin McHale]] (2009–2011; 2016–present)
* [[Sam Mitchell (basketball)|Sam Mitchell]] (2008–2010; 2013–2015, 2016–present)
* [[Shaquille O'Neal]] (2011–present)
* [[Candace Parker]] (2018–present)
* [[Morris Peterson]] (2011–present)
* [[Dennis Scott (basketball)|Dennis Scott]]  sideline reporter for NBA Playoffs(2009–present)
* [[Kenny Smith]] (2008–present)
* [[Steve Smith (basketball)|Steve Smith]] (2008–present)
* [[Isiah Thomas]] (2012–present)
* [[Dwyane Wade]] (2019–present)
* [[Chris Webber]] (2008–present)
* [[Lloyd Pierce]] (2023–present)
===Contributors===
* Joe Borgia
* Sekou Smith
* [[Lang Whitaker]]
===Other hosts===
;''The Starters (2006–2019)''
* Leigh Ellis
* Trey Kerby
* Tas Melas
* J. E. Skeets
;''NBA Inside Stuff (2013–2016)''
* [[Grant Hill]]
* [[Kristen Ledlow]]
===Former hosts and analysts===
* [[Marv Albert]] (2010)
* [[Derrick Coleman]] (2009)
* [[Antonio Davis]] (2008–2012)
* [[LaPhonso Ellis]] (2009)
* [[Marc Fein]] (2008–2011)
* [[Lawrence Frank]] (2010)
* [[Matt Harpring]] (2010)
* [[Lionel Hollins]] (2013)
* [[Eddie Jordan (basketball)|Eddie Jordan]] (2008–2009)
* [[Tracy McGrady]] (2013)
* Kyle Montgomery<ref name="kyle1">{{Cite web |url=http://news.turner.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=4749 |title=Turner Newsroom: NBA.com Host Kyle Montgomery |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015081849/http://news.turner.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=4749 |archive-date=October 15, 2011 |access-date=March 11, 2011}}</ref> (2009–2013)
* [[Gary Payton]] (2008–2009)
* [[Scot Pollard]] (2009–2014)
* Syleys Roberts (2012–2015)
* [[Byron Scott]] (2013)
* [[Eric Snow]] (2008–2010)
* [[Jerry Stackhouse]] (2010–2016)
* [[Reggie Theus]] (2008–2009)
* [[Stan Van Gundy]] (2019–2020)
==NBA TV International==
NBA TV International is a feed of NBA TV available in countries outside the United States, utilizing the same studio for analysis and commentary segments and taped programming (except for [[FIBA]] events and highlights), but largely airs a different lineup of games than the U.S. channel. NBA TV International shows one or two live regular season games per day, with the delayed coverage of selected playoffs that not broadcast live by NBA TV, all [[NBA Conference Finals|conference semis, finals]] and the [[NBA Finals|Finals]], as well as [[NBA All-Star Game|All-Star live games and contests]] and most nationally televised U.S. games (such as those seen on ABC, TNT, ESPN and US feed of NBA TV); the rights to those games are instead sold to domestic television networks in each territory. As of 2022, NBA TV International can be seen in 100 countries via the following partners:
* [[Sky Italia]] ([[Italy]])
* [[Sky Deutschland]] ([[Austria]] and [[Germany]])
* [[Sky Switzerland]] ([[Switzerland]])
* [[DirecTV]] ([[South America]])
* [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]] (France)
* [[TV8 (Turkish TV channel)|TV8]] until 2017; [[:tr: Saran Holding|Saran Holding]] since 2017 ([[Turkey]])
* [[NTV Plus]] ([[Russia]])
* [[OTE TV]] ([[Greece]])
* [[:es:Flow (Argentina)|Flow]] ([[Argentina]])
* [[NOS (Portuguese media company)|NOS]] since 2015; [[MEO (Portugal)|MEO]] since February 2017 ([[Portugal]])
* [[Telkom Indonesia|Telkom]] ([[Indonesia]])
* [[Rakuten]] ([[Japan]])
* [[TrueVisions]] ([[Thailand]])
* [[Tencent]] ([[Mainland China]])
* [[SK Telecom]], [[KT Corporation|KT]] and [[LG U+]] ([[South Korea]])
* [[Starhub]] ([[Singapore]])
* [[Astro (television)|Astro]] ([[Brunei]] and [[Malaysia]])
* [[StarTimes]] (2013–2016); [[Kwesé Sports]] (2017–2019)   ([[Sub-Saharan Africa]])
* [[Mts (Telekom Srbija)|Mts TV]] ([[Serbia]])
* [[BT Consumer]], [[Sky UK]] and [[Sky Ireland|Ireland]] and [[Virgin Media]] ([[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]])
* [[Kujtesa]]; [[:sq:ArtMotion|ArtMotion]]; [[IPKO]] ([[Kosovo]])
[[NBA TV Canada]], the Canadian version of the channel, carries some of the same game broadcasts as the flagship U.S. service, ESPN, and TNT instead of the secondary game package found on NBA TV International.
On 16 October 2010, [[NBA Premium TV]] was launched in the [[Philippines]]. It was a redirect broadcast of NBA TV and aired locally televised and nationally televised games in the United States. It went defunct on 1 October 2019, almost 9 years after it existed.
In February 2012, NBA TV International was made available on NBA.TV as an internet subscription channel outside the United States.
On [[beIN Channels Network]] in the [[Arab world]], NBA TV is not available, though [[beIN Sports|beIN Sports NBA]] airs some of the same games.
On 31 July 2020, the Philippine version of the channel, [[NBA TV Philippines]], was launched.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NBA games return to Philippine television via Cignal-Smart collab|url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/nba/nba-games-return-to-philippine-television-via-cignal-smart-collab-a791-20200727|access-date=2021-01-07|website=Spin.ph|language=en}}</ref>
==Past playoff broadcast criticism==
NBA TV was criticized in the past for its first-round playoff coverage merely passing down the broadcast of a game from a [[regional sports network]] for national broadcast, amplifying the chosen team's broadcast and bias for said team to a national level.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://awfulannouncing.com/2011-articles/april/gary-neals-buzzer-beater-and-the-sounds-of-silence.html |title=Gary Neal's Buzzer Beater And The Sounds Of Silence |last=Yoder, Matt |date=April 27, 2011 |website=Awful Announcing |publisher=Bloguin |access-date=May 2, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://awfulannouncing.com/2011-articles/april/should-nbatv-use-local-announcers-for-playoff-games.html |title=Should NBATV Use Local Announcers For Playoff Games? |last=Yoder, Matt |date=April 23, 2011 |website=Awful Announcing |publisher=Bloguin |access-date=May 2, 2011}}</ref> Beginning with the 2011–12 playoffs, NBA TV began to produce a full and neutral national broadcast for those games.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/story/2012-04-22/rich-eisen-nfl-draft-coverage/54478388/1 |title=Hiestand: NFL draft loses some spontaneity |last=Hiestand, Michael |date=April 22, 2012 |access-date=April 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601040557/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/story/2012-04-22/rich-eisen-nfl-draft-coverage/54478388/1 |archive-date=1 June 2014 |publisher=USAToday.com}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of current National Basketball Association broadcasters]]
* [[NBL TV]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nba.com/nbatv/ NBA TV official website]
* [http://www.nba.com/schedules/national_tv_schedule/NBATVHighDef/ NBA TV HD schedules]
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