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Amazon Prime Video and the NBA announced an 11-year media rights agreement, beginning with the 2025-26 NBA season. Prime Video will present exclusive global coverage of 66 regular-season NBA games, including an opening week doubleheader, a new Black Friday NBA game, and all games from the Knockout Rounds of the Emirates NBA Cup.
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The news didn’t sit well with Warner Bros. Discovery network TNT. “We have matched the Amazon offer, as we have a contractual right to do, and do not believe the NBA can reject it,” said a statement from TNT Sports. “We think they have grossly misinterpreted our contractual rights with respect to the 2025-26 season and beyond, and we will take appropriate action. We look forward, however, to another great season of the NBA on TNT and Max including our iconic Inside the NBA.”
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While Warner Bros. Discovery had informed the league that it was exercising its right to match Amazon’s offer, “Warner Bros. Discovery’s most recent proposal did not match the terms of Amazon Prime Video’s offer and, therefore, we have entered into a long-term arrangement with Amazon,” said the NBA in a statement. “Throughout these negotiations, our primary objective has been to maximize the reach and accessibility of our games for our fans. Our new arrangement with Amazon supports this goal by complementing the broadcast, cable and streaming packages that are already part of our new Disney and NBCUniversal arrangements. All three partners have also committed substantial resources to promote the league and enhance the fan experience.”
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NBCUniversal’s live coverage of the Opening Ceremony for the Paris Olympics on Friday will include a commercial-free hour beginning at 1:30p on NBC and Peacock. It’s the first time the opening ceremony will run without ads, and comes thanks to Team USA partners The Coca-Cola Company, Delta, Lilly, Toyota Motor Corporation, Visa, and Xfinity, whose brand logos will have a presence onscreen and rotate throughout the hour in 10-minute increments. “The Opening Ceremony will be packed with emotion and evoke a profound sense of unity for everyone watching,” said Dan Lovinger, President, Olympic & Paralympic Partnerships, NBCUniversal. “Running commercial-free will help to amplify this grand spectacle.” Coverage will be hosted by NBC Olympics primetime host Mike Tirico alongside champions Kelly Clarkson (“American Idol”) and Peyton Manning (Super Bowl).
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Fox News has invited presidential hopefuls Kamala Harris and Donald Trump to debate on September 17. Fox Media President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace and Fox News VP of Politics Jessica Loker sent a letter to the Harris and Trump campaigns proposing an event to take place in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, moderated by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum (though “We are open to a discussion on the exact date, format and location — with or without an audience,” said the execs). Along with the invitation were viewership statistics, including FNC’s strength with key demographics in swing states. While ABC is slated to host a debate on September 10, shortly after President Biden dropped out of race, Trump posted on Truth Social, “I think the Debate, with whomever the Radical Left Democrats choose, should be held on FoxNews, rather than very biased ABC.”
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Warren Littlefield’s The Littlefield Company (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)signed a first look deal with reality TV producer Char Gervich (“Gaming Wall Street”). “In the scripted space, we’ve explored everything from dystopian futures to spy thrillers,” said Littlefield. “Now, with Chad, we hope to explore even more, whether it’s documentaries, game shows, or globe-trotting competitions. Our goal, regardless of the form or genre, is to celebrate parts of the world that rarely get a spotlight and tell stories that challenge our existing perspectives of art, culture, history, and politics.”
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HBO is developing a series based on Grady Hendrix’s The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. Hendrix will write alongside Danny McBride and Edi Patterson (“The Righteous Gemstones”). The project was previously in development at Amazon.
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Netflix has ordered “His & Hers,” a psychological thriller adapted from the novel by Alice Feeney. Tessa Thompson (“Creed”) will star and executive produce; Fifth Season is the studio.
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A two-part documentary about comedy legend Mel Brooks is currently in production from HBO Documentary Films and Apatow Productions. Judd Apatow (“The Big Sick”) and Michael Bonfiglio are directing with Joe Beshenkovsky editing. It’s a reunion for the trio, who collaborated on “George Carlin’s American Dream.” Kevin Salter serves as executive producer.
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New York State health system Northwell Health announced the launchof Northwell Studios, focused on harnessing the power of storytelling to humanize health care. To that end, Northwell Studios has entered a new development deal with Creative Artists Agency to develop and co-produce scripted and unscripted films.
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William Jackson Harper (“The Good Life”) has joined the cast of Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show.” Harper will play the network’s Head of Sports.
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Mockumentary “Mr. Throwback” drops Thursday, August 8 on Peacock. Steph Curry executive produced and stars in his first scripted TV role alongside Adam Pally (“Happy Endings”), Ego Nwodim (“Saturday Night Live”) and Ayden Mayeri (“Jackpot”). “I’m looking forward to viewers getting to see me play a version of myself no one has ever seen before, and hope they feel connected to the characters and the dilemmas they face throughout the series,” said Curry.
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“In Vogue: The 90s” premieres Friday, September 13 with three episodes on Hulu. The UK series tells the story of the fashion industry in the 90s through the eyes of Vogue editors Hamish Bowles, Edward Enninful, Tonne Goodman and Anna Wintour.
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“Bargain Mansions” is back for a new season on Magnolia Network on Wednesday, August 14 at 8p. “Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation returns Friday, August 16 at 9p, and new teen cooking competition “BBQ High” makes its debut Sunday, August 18 at 1p.
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“Veronika” makes its US premiere Tuesday, August 20 on Viaplay. The psychological thriller follows a police officer with haunting visions of unsolved crime victims.
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Crime thriller “The Bikeriders” premieres Friday, August 9 on Peacock. The film stars Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”), Austin Butler (“Elvis”) and Tom Hardy (“The Revenant”).
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Sharpen your pencils, Family Entertainment TV is holding an all-day back-to-school marathon of “Leave It to Beaver” on Sunday, August 4. Notable episodes include “Wally’s Test,” “The School Picture,” and “The Book Report.”
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“Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience” premieres Wednesday, August 14 at 9p on ESPN. The film follows the Grateful Dead drummer as he creates an original score inspired by conversations with legendary voices from the world of sports.
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Meta has released a new open source AI model it touts as “the world’s largest and most capable openly available foundation model.” Llama 3.1 405B is available in more languages and countries and has a new feature that generates images based on someone’s specific likeness. Partners including AWS, NVIDIA, Databricks, Groq, Dell, Azure, Google Cloud, and Snowflake are offering services. “We believe the latest generation of Llama will ignite new applications and modeling paradigms, including synthetic data generation to enable the improvement and training of smaller models, as well as model distillation – a capability that has never been achieved at this scale in open source,” said the company in a blog post.
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With some X users reporting they received error messages when they tried to follow @KamalaHQ after President Biden endorsed Kamala Harris for president, Rep. Nadler (D-New York) jumped into action. “Regardless of political ideology, Americans have a protected interest in receiving Vice President Harris’ communications regarding her candidacy,” Nadler wrote in a letter to Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). “Vice President Harris, in turn, has a right to communicate with the American people as she runs for the highest office in the country.”
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Southwest Airlines is partnering with TikTok creators to offer travel-related content, including a “shoppable flights” program that enables users to book flights through the app. “We’ve seen the power of influence at work with our customers and employees and see the value that comes from our partnerships,” said Julia Melle, Director of Brand and Content at Southwest Airlines. “From content creation to distribution strategies, our investment in influencer partnerships helps highlight our carrier’s fun-loving personality and flexible policies on every fare, everywhere. If you can purchase an outfit for a trip on the platform, why not purchase the flight too?” The TikTok booking experience will be offered through October 14.
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Verizon is offering the upcoming season of NFL Sunday Ticket for freeto customers who sign up for or upgrade to certain wireless and home internet plans. The package is regularly priced at up to $449. The offer ends December 10.
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Coco Gauff will be the first tennis player to carry the flag for Team USAat an Olympics opening ceremony, and at 20, the youngest American ever. LeBron James will be the male flag bearer in Paris.
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The International Olympic Committee voted for the French Alps to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, providing France gives financial guarantees. French President Macron assured the commitment of the French nation. Salt Lake City, Utah was chosen to host the 2034 Winter Games, but strings were attached, here, too – the vote didn’t come until after a Utah politicians and US Olympic leaders signed an agreement to lobby the federal government to end the FBI investigation into a suspected doping coverup involving Chinese swimmers at the Tokyo Games.
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