It had been several weeks since the NBA and beIN Sports were negotiating the broadcast of the next season in France. According to information from The Teamthe Qatari channel has finally managed to reach an agreement with the Great League, less than a month before the resumption.
This therefore means that, as since 2012, beIN Sports will be the French broadcaster of the NBA in 2024/25… before the great uncertainty of next summer.
See you next summer to renegotiate…
Indeed, as indicated by L'Équipe, the agreement only covers the next season and we still do not know whether the Qatari channel, which has been profitable for three years and is now in a reasoned acquisition policy, will continue to broadcast the Great League from 2025/26, due to the arrival on the market of Amazon Prime.
As a reminder, from 2025, the American giant's streaming service should be able to broadcast in France, but also in the United States, 66 regular season matches, the Emirates NBA Cup, the entire “play-in” and a third of the first round series and conference semifinals. As a bonus, Prime Video would have obtained 20 additional regular season games to broadcast in the French market, a conference final each year and the Finals in six of the eleven years of the contract. Additionally, League Pass will merge with Prime Video.
“ It's a very small part of the NBA rights » tried to reassure Florent Houzot, the editorial director of beIN Sports, at the start of the month. “ A regular season is more than 1,200 matches and beIN broadcast more than 400 per season, with a daily [NBA Extra]. 95% of the rights remain to be sold for the NBA…”
