Turner Broadcasting expands NBA digital deal

The National Basketball Association expanded its long-running programming partnership with Turner Broadcasting System, announcing the cable network will assume operational control of the league's digital efforts, including its mobile and broadband businesses. The partnership, effective for the 2008-09 NBA season and continuing through the 2015-16 campaign, also calls for TBS to take over programming, marketing and technical operations of NBA TV, the league's 24-hour digital television network, and host and operate the NBA.com Network, which includes the NBA.com, WNBA.com and NBADLeague.com websites. In addition, TBS will operate NBA League Pass, the league's out-of-market game package. TBS, Inc. and the NBA will jointly sell advertising for all of the league's digital assets.

For more on the NBA/TBS deal:
- read this release

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