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Comcast President Mike Cavanagh Hails Return Of NBA To NBCUniversal, Calling Deal A “Testament To Our Breadth And Reach”
Comcast President Mike Cavanagh said the NBA, which comes to NBCUniversal in 2025 in an 11-year rights deal, will be a fixture for "decades to come."
In the first on-the-record comments by a media partner in the NBA ‘s pending $76 billion rights bonanza, Comcast President Mike Cavanagh said the league will be a fixture for NBCUniversal for “decades to come.” The network’s coverage of Michael Jordan’s run of championships was a cornerstone of sports media during the latter part of the 20th century, before ESPN and ABC took over the NBC package in the early 2000s. The addition of the 9-month NBA season also “completes our year-round calendar of sports,” Cavanagh said, pointing to other marquee properties like the NFL, Premier League, golf and the Olympics.
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