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In June 2007, the WNBA signed a contract extension with ESPN. The new television deal ran from 2009 to 2016. The new television deal ran from 2009 to 2016. A minimum of 18 games would be broadcast on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 each season; the rights to broadcast the first regular-season game and the All-Star Game were held by ABC.
NBC showed Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) games from 1997 to 2002 as part of their NBA on NBC [66] [67] coverage before the league transferred the rights [68] to ABC/ESPN. [69] [70] [71] The network is set to return to airing WNBA games in 2026 as part of NBC's latest 11-year media rights agreement with the NBA. [38] [72]
On the same token however, Nielsen ratings for NBC broadcasts of WNBA games slipped [36] from 2 million households reached in 1997—the WNBA's inaugural season—to 1.5 million in 1999. [37] The average rating for the first 9 of the 10 [38] WNBA games NBC carried in the 2001 season [39] was only 1.1, compared to a 2.0 rating its first season. [40]
The WNBA signed a new media rights deal in July worth a reported $200 million a year, more than three times the current package. However, a question that will be raised during CBA negotiations is ...
The WNBA's current media deal, which is valued at about $60 million per year, is set to expire after the 2025 season. The NBA, which owns about 60% of the WNBA has negotiated the new deals. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert had said before the season that she hoped to at least double the league's annual rights revenue since the league has grown ...
The early opt-out marks a crucial juncture for the league. The WNBA signed a historic 11-year media rights deal worth $200 million a year. The league had record attendance and viewership this year that culminated when the New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx in overtime on Oct. 20 to win the WNBA Finals in a decisive fifth game.
It's the WNBA's world right now, and we're all just living in it. It's got a new expansion team for the first time since 2008, formed in partnership with the NBA's Golden State Warriors.
The biggest boost to come will be negotiating a new rights deal when its current deal with ESPN is up in 2025. The company has aired WNBA games every year since its founding and reportedly pays ...