Tysons, Virginia, Dallas—Tegna Inc. has reached an agreement with the Dallas Mavericks to expand its market offering free terrestrial broadcasts of the team's NBA games.
This new deal is in addition to a previously announced deal in which Tegna's Dallas-Fort Worth ABC affiliates will broadcast 10 games, as well as Tegna's KCEN in Waco, KYTX in Tyler, KWES in Midland-Odessa, KIDY in San Angelo, That means KXVA in Abilene will also be broadcasting. This season, 10 Dallas Mavericks games will be broadcast. These games will be accessible to nearly 9 million Texans across six markets.
“Providing access to games has always been our top priority,” said Sint Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks. “We are excited to work with additional Tegna stations to bring even more fun and excitement to MFFL across Texas.”
“We are excited to expand our partnership with the Dallas Mavericks, one of the NBA's hottest teams coming off the All-Star break, to bring more fans across Texas to enjoy important late-season games,” said Brad Ramsey. I'm very proud of that.” , Tegna's senior vice president of media operations.
The NBA and Diamond Sports Group previously reached an agreement that will allow teams to partner with local broadcasters for a limited number of terrestrial games during the remainder of the regular season.
The 10 games on the Tegna schedule are not available on Bally Sports Southwest or the Bally Sports app. All remaining Mavericks games this season will be broadcast and streamed by Bally Sports and/or the NBA's national media partners as previously scheduled.
Mark Followill, who is in his 19th season as the Mavericks' play-by-play announcer, Mavericks legends Derek Harper and Devin Harris, and Jeff “Skin” Wade and Leslie McCaslin will be joining these teams. He will appear on game calls and will be interviewed before and after the game. From Dana Larson and Brian Dameris.
