NBA TV
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| NBA TV | |
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| Launched | 1999 |
| Owned by | National Basketball Association |
| Country | United States |
| Headquarters | Secaucus, New Jersey |
| Website | http://nba.com/nba_tv |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 601 |
| Dish Network | Channel 402/560 |
| Orbit Network | Channel 55 |
| Cable | |
| Cablevision | Channels Vary |
| Comcast | Channels Vary |
| Cox Communications | Channels Vary |
| Time Warner Cable | Channels Vary |
NBA TV is a television network that is dedicated to showcasing the sport of basketball in the United States. The network is financially backed by the National Basketball Association (NBA), which also uses NBA TV as a way of advertising their Pay Per View programming. Like The Golf Channel, NHL Network, NFL Network, and, during the 1980s, The Boxing Channel, NBA TV dedicates all of its programming to the sport it showcases. At houses with DirecTV and most cable television companies, the channel can be viewed twenty-four hours a day.
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[edit] Early years
Started in 1999 as nba.com tv, the channel, which has its studios at NBA Entertainment in Secaucus, New Jersey, began a multi-year deal with American television companies Cox Communications, Cablevision, and Time Warner on June 28, 2003, allowing the network to expand to 45 million American homes, and 30 different countries. NBA TV replaced Time Warner's CNN/SI on many cable systems after that network shut down a year earlier.
[edit] Programming
NBA TV offers basketball news every day, as well as programming showcasing basketball players' individual lifestyles, life as a basketball team during an NBA season, famous games of the past, and, mostly four days a week (occasionally 5, 6, or even 7 days a week, but no less than 4 days a week), live NBA basketball games (unlike ESPN and TNT, due to its contractual restrictions, games available on the local channel are blacked out on NBA TV at the local area, while ESPN and TNT does not have this restriction.).
The channel also shows international games, typically on Saturday evenings, with special emphasis on the Euroleague and the Maccabi Tel Aviv team from Israel. In April 2005, the channel televised the Chinese Basketball Association finals for the first time. [1] NBA TV has 90 regular season games on their schedule for the 2007-08 NBA season, about half of which are also available in high definition. NBA TV also broadcasts WNBA games nationally (with contractual restrictions), along with ESPN2.
The channel has also broadcast some first round playoff games (contractual restrictions apply).
[edit] NBA TV Shows
- NBA Access with Ahmad Rashād
- Basketball International
- Books and Basketball
- FIBA World Basketball
- Making the Call With Ronnie Nunn
- NBA Action
- NBA FIT
- NBA TV Daily
- NBA TV Fantasy Hoops
- NBA TV GameNight
- NBA TV Hardwood Classics/Greatest Games
- NBA TV News in Review
- NBA Stories
- NBA Vault
- The Run
- This Week in the D-League
- Tuesday Night With Ahmad
- NBA 360
[edit] Personalities
NBA TV broadcasters include Andre Aldridge, Alaa Abdelnaby, Rick Kamla, Fred "Mad Dog" Carter, Hall of Famer Gail Goodrich, Ron Burke, Bruce Beck, and Cristina Fernandez, as well as New York area journalists Peter Vecsey and Frank Isola. Spero Dedes left NBA TV to become the radio voice of the Los Angeles Lakers.
[edit] Ownership
As of October 8th, Turner appears to be the media partner that is taking over according to Hoopsworld: http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?STORY_ID=5541 "NBATV: Surprisingly there has been little said about the NBA's decision to sell off NBATV to one of its media partners. Talks had gone on for sometime as ESPN/ABC and Turner both explored scenarios with the league. Ultimately it seems Turner has won out, and will take over operation of the league's flagship cable channel, that reaches some 12 million subscribers. The exact change over date is not clear, but several months ago a Bloomberg report sighted sources saying senior level producers were offered contract buyouts in September."
[edit] International presence
In 2001, Raptors NBA TV begin airing in Canada. Although quite similar to NBA TV, there is a larger focus on the Toronto Raptors basketball team, mainly due to Canadian content requirements.
In 2004, NBA TV began to be seen in Venezuela. Hungry to see American basketball players in action, many Venezuelans asked for the channel, and President Hugo Chávez obliged. Venezuelans receive the NBA TV signal on Saturday nights, and Chávez allows for one recorded game to be shown, although he has chosen two sports broadcasters to do the game's coverage, and he advised them to speak well about his presidential campaign during the transmissions of these recorded games.[citation needed]
As of 2008, NBA TV coverage can be seen in 40 countries via the following partners:
- Hong Kong Cable (Hong Kong)
- Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network (Pan-Middle East)
- CanalSatellite (France)
- Basketball TV (Philippines)
- NTV (Turkey)
- Raptors NBA TV (Canada)
- NTV Plus (Russia)
- Sport+ (Greece)
- Sportitalia (Italy)
- Cablevisión (Argentina)
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