ESPN President of Content Burke Magnus told Athletics On Friday that his company will not make many changes to the current format of In the NBA.
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Magnus said that the ESPN show will be broadcast live on the network for the pregame, rest time and postgame.
Although Jon Lewis From Sports Media Watch reported that last month In the NBA Will broadcast in half an hour of time slot at the start of the season, Magnus said the show will broadcast as long as it did on TNT for postgame talk.
“That is our goal. It will be as close as we can get possible. I understand that the standard operational procedure has been for us for many years to come Sports center“He said.
“There will be 200 or 300 (other) nights or so that we will still do that.”
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‘[Fans are] Get the show that they love in a way that looks very much like the way it has always been, “Magnus added.” It is still produced in Atlanta by the same people who produced it for Turner. It is in their building. Apart from a logo on the set, it will look the same, and that is exactly what we want. “
The show will have a “hiatus at the start of the season, because the NBA schedule of ESPN is back,” but it will be in the broadcast for the line -up of Christmas Day. Magnus confirmed that the group “will be in the broadcast for all playoff -nights of ESPN.”
When In the NBA Is not hosting, Magnus said that ESPN will continue to use NBA Countdown Crew.
It should be noted that, although the original show was usually broadcast on Tuesday and Thursday, ESPN is on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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