The National Basketball Association’s exclusive media rights negotiating window with current partners Disney (DIS) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is likely to expire Monday without a new deal, according to people familiar with the matter, CNBC’s Alex Sherman reports. Beginning next week, the NBA will be able to work on agreements for new partners to show packages of games. Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), YouTube TV (GOOGL), Comcast’s (CMCSA) NBCUniversal/Peacock and Netflix (NFLX) have all had preliminary conversations with the league expressing potential interest, CNBC reported last year.
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