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NBA TV
NBA TV logo
Launched1999
Owned byNational Basketball Association
CountryUnited States
HeadquartersSecaucus, New Jersey
Websitehttp://nba.com/nba_tv
Availability
Satellite
DirecTVChannel 601
Dish NetworkChannel 402/560
Orbit NetworkChannel 55
Cable
CablevisionChannels Vary
ComcastChannels Vary
Cox CommunicationsChannels Vary
Time Warner CableChannels Vary

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Early years

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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. EuroLeague WomenThe Euroleague (EL is one of the professional Basketball competitions in Europe, with teams from thirteen different European countries Maccabi "Electra" Tel Aviv (מכבי "אלקטרה" תל-אביב is a professional Basketball team based in Tel Aviv, playing in the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. In April 2005, the channel televised the Chinese Basketball Association finals for the first time. The Chinese Basketball Association ( CBA; Chinese 中国男子篮球职业联赛 is the premier professional Basketball league in China. [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. The 2007–08 NBA season was the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association. NBA TV also broadcasts WNBA games nationally (with contractual restrictions), along with ESPN2. ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN.

The channel has also broadcast some first round playoff games (contractual restrictions apply).

NBA TV Shows

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. Ahmad Rashād (born Robert Earl Moore November 19, 1949 in Portland, Oregon) is an Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly The International Basketball Federation ( French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball) more commonly known by the French acronym FIBA Ronnie Nunn (born in Brooklyn New York) is a former Professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA for nineteen Hardwood Classics is a television series that airs on NBA TV, and it features many of the greatest classic games recorded on videotape and/or film in National The NBA Development League, or D-League, is the National Basketball Association 's officially sponsored and operated developmental Basketball organization Ahmad Rashād (born Robert Earl Moore November 19, 1949 in Portland, Oregon) is an Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly Andre Aldridge is an anchor for NBA TV. Aldridge previously worked at ESPN, where he served as an anchor / Reporter. Alaa Abdelnaby (born June 24 1968, in Cairo) is a retired Egyptian American professional Basketball player Rick Kamla (born July 19, 1969) is a television personality for NBA TV. Fredrick James Carter (born February 14, 1945 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is a former professional Basketball player and Head coach The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in downtown Springfield Massachusetts, honors players who have shown exceptional skill at Basketball Gail Charles Goodrich Jr (born April 23, 1943 in Los Angeles California) is a former professional Basketball player in the National For the American sportscaster and television personality see Ron Burke (sportscaster. Bruce Beck is the Friday Saturday and Sunday Sports anchor at WNBC-TV. Peter Vecsey (born 1943 is an American sports columnist and analyst specializing in Basketball. Frank Isola (born February 20 1925 is an American Jazz drummer Spero Dedes left NBA TV to become the radio voice of the Los Angeles Lakers. Spero Dedes is a Greek-American Sportscaster born in Paramus New Jersey. The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA team based in Los Angeles, California.

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. "

International presence

In 2001, Raptors NBA TV begin airing in Canada. The year 2001 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2001. Raptors NBA TV is a Canadian English language category 2 Digital cable Specialty channel owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Although quite similar to NBA TV, there is a larger focus on the Toronto Raptors basketball team, mainly due to Canadian content requirements. The Toronto Raptors are a professional Basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. Canadian content (abbreviated cancon or can-con) refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that Radio

In 2004, NBA TV began to be seen in Venezuela. The year 2004 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2004. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Hungry to see American basketball players in action, many Venezuelans asked for the channel, and President Hugo Chávez obliged. Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (ˈuɰo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβ̞es ˈfɾias (born July 28 1954 is the current President of Venezuela. 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.

As of 2008, NBA TV coverage can be seen in 40 countries via the following partners:

See also

References

  1. ^ NBA.com Chinese Basketball Association Coverage Expands to U.S

External links

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