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Year-by-year NBA television contracts - NBA cable television
and national television contracts. Also see NBA TV schedule and basketball business pages.|
NBA CABLE TELEVISION
CONTRACTS
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Seasons
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Station
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Contracts
Amount
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1979-80 to 1981-82
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USA
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$1.5 million/3 years
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1982-83 to 1983-84
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USA/ESPN
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$11 million/2 years
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1984-85 to 1985-86
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TBS
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$20 million/2 years
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1986-87 to 1987-88
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TBS
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$25 million/2 years
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1988-89 to 1989-90
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TBS/TNT
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$50 million/2 years
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1990-91 to 1993-94
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TNT
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$275 million/4 years
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1994-95 to 1997-98
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TNT/TBS
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$397 million/4 years
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1998-99 to 2001-02
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TNT/TBS
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$840 million/4 years
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2002-03 to 2007-08
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TNT
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$2.2 billion/6 years
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NBA NETWORK
TELEVISION CONTRACTS
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Seasons
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Station
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Contracts
Amount
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1953-54
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DUMONT
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$39,000/13 games
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1954-55 to 1961-62
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NBC
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N/A
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1962-63 to 1972-73
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ABC
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N/A
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1973-74 to 1975-76
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CBS
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$27 million/3 years
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1976-77 to 1977-78
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CBS
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$21 million/2 years
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1978-79 to 1981-82
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CBS
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$74 million/4 years
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1982-83 to 1985-86
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CBS
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$91.9 million/4 years
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1986-87 to 1989-90
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CBS
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$173 million/4 years
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1990-91 to 1993-94
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NBC
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$601 million/4 years
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1994-95 to 1997-98
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NBC
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$892 million/4 years
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1998-99 to 2001-02
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NBC
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$1.616 billion/4 years
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2002-03 to 2007-08
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ABC/ESPN
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$2.4 billion/6 years
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NBA GAMES ON NETWORK TELEVISION | |||||
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Season |
*Games |
Network | |||
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2007-08 |
15 (plus Playoffs and Finals) |
ABC | |||
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2006-07 |
15 (plus Playoffs and Finals) |
ABC | |||
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2005-06 |
15 (plus Playoffs and Finals) |
ABC | |||
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2004-05 |
15 (plus Playoffs and Finals) |
ABC | |||
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2003-04 |
15 (plus Playoffs and Finals) |
ABC | |||
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2002-03 |
15 (plus Playoffs and Finals) |
ABC | |||
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2001-02 |
34 (plus Playoffs and Finals) |
NBC | |||
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2000-01 |
69 |
NBC | |||
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1999-2000 |
71 |
NBC | |||
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1998-99 |
58 |
NBC | |||
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1997-98 |
54 |
NBC | |||
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1996-97 |
54 |
NBC | |||
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1995-96 |
54 |
NBC | |||
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1994-95 |
54 |
NBC | |||
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1993-94 |
55 |
NBC | |||
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1992-93 |
55 |
NBC | |||
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1991-92 |
52 |
NBC | |||
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1990-91 |
46 |
NBC | |||
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1989-90 |
45 |
CBS | |||
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1988-89 |
36 |
CBS | |||
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1987-88 |
42 |
CBS | |||
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1986-87 |
38 |
CBS | |||
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1985-86 |
33 |
CBS | |||
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1984-85 |
32 |
CBS | |||
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1983-84 |
32 |
CBS | |||
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1982-83 |
26 |
CBS | |||
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1981-82 |
40 |
CBS | |||
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1980-81 |
40 |
CBS | |||
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1979-80 |
36 |
CBS | |||
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1978-79 |
38 |
CBS | |||
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1977-78 |
40 |
CBS | |||
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1976-77 |
40 |
CBS | |||
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1975-76 |
40 |
CBS | |||
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1974-75 |
37 |
CBS | |||
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1973-74 |
40 |
CBS | |||
