NBA TV | |
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Launched | March 17, 1999 |
Owned by |
National Basketball Association (operated by the Turner Broadcasting System) (Time Warner) |
Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTV sets) |
Slogan | Big Games. Big Moments. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
Formerly called | NBA.com TV (1999–2003) |
Website | NBAtv.com |
Availability
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Satellite | |
DirecTV | 216 (HD/SD) |
Dish Network | 156 (HD/SD) 9508 (HD) |
SA/Cisco PowerVu; G-14 N/Central America/Caribbean |
3820 V / 30000 / 5/6 / DVB-S2 18 (SD) (Transponder 6) |
SA/Cisco PowerVu; G-13 N/Central America/Caribbean |
4160 V / 29270 / 7/8 / DVB-S 3 (HD)/4 (SD)/5 (test video; SD) (Transponder 23) |
BiG TV (Indonesia) | Channel 957 |
TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 674 (HD) |
Cable | |
Verizon FiOS | 589 (HD) 89 (SD) |
Available on most other U.S. cable systems | Consult your local cable provider for channel availability |
IPTV | |
AT&T U-verse | 1632 (HD) 632 (SD) |
Sky Angel | 331 (SD) |
Streaming media | |
PlayStation Vue Sling TV |
Internet Protocol television |
NBA TV is an American sports-oriented cable and satellite television network that is owned by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and operated by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner; the NBA also uses the network as a way of advertising the league's out-of-market sports package NBA League Pass, and partner channel TNT. Dedicated to basketball, the network features exhibition, regular season and playoff game telecasts from the NBA and related professional basketball leagues, as well as NBA-related content including analysis programs, specials and documentaries. The network also serves as national broadcaster of the NBA D-League and WNBA games. NBA TV is the oldest cable network in North America to be owned or controlled by a professional sports league, having launched on March 17, 1999.
As of February 2015, NBA TV is available to approximately 57,129,001 households that subscribe to cable, satellite or telco television service (totaling 49.1% of households with at least one television set) in the United States. The highest measured audience was a Golden State Warriors vs San Antonio Spurs regular season game on April 10, 2016 with an average 2.6 million viewers.
The network launched on March 17, 1999 as nba.com TV; the channel, which was renamed NBA TV on February 11, 2003, originally operated from studio facilities housed at NBA Entertainment in Secaucus, New Jersey. The network signed a multi-year carriage agreement with three of the U.S.'s five largest cable providers, Cox Communications, Cablevision and Time Warner Cable, on June 28, 2003; this expanded the network's reach to 45 million pay television households in the U.S., in addition to distribution in 30 countries worldwide. After Time Warner shut down the sports news network CNN/SI in 2002, many cable providers replaced that network with NBA TV.