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NBA TV launched on the 2nd of November 1999 under the name nba.com TV. It was renamed to NBA TV on the 11th of February 2003. It is the oldest subscription network in North America owned or controlled by a professional sports league.
NBA TV is headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey. The channel originally operated from studio facilities at NBA Entertainment there before Turner Sports moved operations to Atlanta in 2008. Operations returned to New Jersey on the 1st of October 2025 when the NBA took the channel back in-house.
NBA TV is available to approximately 37 million television households in the United States. That figure is down from its 2013 peak of 61 million households.
Turner Sports, a division of Time Warner later known as TNT Sports under Warner Bros. Discovery, operated NBA TV from 2008 until the 1st of October 2025. TNT Sports withdrew from its management agreement on the 27th of June 2025 after failing to reach terms for continuation under the NBA's new media rights structure.
The Association is NBA TV's flagship studio show as of October 2025, replacing NBA Gametime Live. It also streams for free on the NBA app as part of the channel's goal to become a 24/7 hub for basketball.
NBA TV International is available in 100 countries as of 2022. Distribution partners include Canal+ in France, Tencent in mainland China, Rakuten in Japan, and Sky UK in the United Kingdom and Ireland, among others.