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October 30, 1954
- NBC's first tenure with the National Basketball Association began on October 30, 1954, and lasted until April 7, 1962.
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The NBA on NBC is the branding used for presentations of National Basketball Association (NBA) games produced by NBC Sports. The NBA was first televised by NBC from 1954 to 1962. In 1990, the NBA returned to NBC under a multi-year contract.
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ABC then gained the NBA in 1964, airing its first NBA game on January 3, 1965. Up until the 1970–71 season, ABC often aired NBA games as segments of its popular ABC's Wide World of Sports anthology series rather than standalone broadcasts. CBS took over national rights from ABC in 1973.
Aug 28, 2023 · The National Basketball Association (NBA) started with media coverage primarily through newspapers and radio broadcasts, akin to Major League Baseball. As the years went by, televised NBA games entered the picture, bringing NBA games right into the living rooms of fans across the nation.
- In 2002, NBC lost the rights to the NBA after broadcasting its last game. This ended a long-term television rights deal, as streaming was just begi...
- The NBA had its first television appearance during the 1953-54 season on DuMont, making it the first year the league was nationally broadcast on TV.
- The NBA has seen many changes since it’s inception, including modifications to existing rules and an overall shift away from a more traditional phy...
- NBA TV launched on Nov. 2, 1999 and transmitted its first HD telecast in January 2003. Making the switch to HD by April 1, 2004.
- NBA media coverage began with newspapers and radio broadcasts, laying the groundwork for televised games.
Jul 25, 2024 · Starting in the 2025-2026 season, existing partner ABC and its sister network ESPN will now share broadcast rights with Amazon Prime Video, NBC and the NBCUniversal-owned Peacock.
Jun 25, 2024 · Entering their first agreement with a television broadcaster for the 1953-54 season, the NBA signed with the DuMont Television Network. Due to financial issues, the National Broadcasting...
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As the national broadcaster of the NBA, CBS aired NBA games from the 1973–74 until the 1989–90 season, during which the early 1980s is notoriously known as the tape delay playoff era.
Jul 12, 2021 · Before it failed, the fledgling DuMont Network had the NBA rights in 1954 with pioneer basketball broadcaster, Marty Glickman (left) on play-by-play. NBC held the rights from 1955-62, doing anywhere from only one to four games of the championship round.
