Editing National Basketball Association (section)

==Media coverage==
{{Main|NBA on television}}
{{See also|List of current NBA broadcasters}}
[[File:Reggie Miller TNT.jpg|thumb|An ''[[NBA on TNT]]'' broadcast crew during a December 2008 game]]
As one of the major sports leagues in North America, the NBA has a long history of partnerships with television networks in the United States. The NBA signed a contract with [[DuMont Television Network]] in its eighth season, the [[1953-54 NBA season|1953–54 season]], marking the first year the NBA had a national television broadcaster.<ref>{{cite book |last=Deninger |first=Dennis |author-link= |date=2012 |title=Sports on Television: The How and Why Behind What You See |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MitTh_reHL8C |location= |publisher=[[Routledge]] |page=16 |isbn=9780415896757}}</ref> Similar to the [[National Football League]], the lack of television stations led to [[NBC]] taking over the rights from the [[1954-55 NBA season|1954–55 season]] until April 1962–NBC's first tenure with the NBA.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hall |first=Jason |date=June 28, 2023 |title=NBC 'Is A Player' To Reclaim NBA Media Rights: Report |url=https://sportssd.iheart.com/content/2023-06-28-nbc-is-a-player-to-reclaim-nba-media-rights-report/ |work=[[KGB (AM)]] |location= |access-date=May 22, 2024}}</ref> {{As of|2024}} in the United States, the NBA has a contract with [[ESPN]] (and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]) and [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] through the 2024–25 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/leonardarmato/2023/10/23/nba-new-tv-deal-could-include-espn-tnt-amazon-and-apple/ |title=NBA New TV Deal Could Include ESPN, TNT, Amazon and Apple |last=Armato |first=Leonard |date=October 23, 2023 |website=[[Forbes]] |access-date=December 6, 2023}}</ref> Games that are not broadcast nationally are usually aired over [[regional sports network]]s specific to the area where the teams are located.