NBA Growth on TV

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  • In the average NBA market in 1980, a fan could watch 87 games on television. Today, in the average NBA market, a fan can watch more than 1,200 games on television.
  • The total number of non-game NBA programming hours per week in the U.S. has increased from five hours in 1980 to 718 hours in 2005.
  • In 1980, the NBA televised 57 regular season games on network and cable television. Today, the NBA televises 142 regular season games on network and cable television.
  • The NBA’s first cable television deal was with USA Networks and their four million subscribers for $1.5 million in 1979.
  • Currently, the NBA distributes more than 44,000 hours of programming each year and can be seen in 215 countries and territories worldwide, in 43 languages.
  • 238 regular season games are seen nationally on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, TNT and NBA TV.
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