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EPISODE · Jul 25, 2025 · 17 MIN

"NBC’s SHOCK Move: NEW Sports Cable Network in 2025?! Why NBA, NFL, WNBA & CFB Fans Should Care"

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NBC Is About To Go BACK TO THE FUTURE with A New Sports Cable Network: A Cable TV Revival in the Streaming Era.Have you ever received news so shocking that you had to verify the date on your phone to confirm you hadn't somehow gone back to the future? That described my exact reaction when reports emerged that NBC was seriously considering launching a new sports cable network in the middle of the cord-cutting era. For a brief moment, I genuinely questioned whether I'd accidentally sat down in a “Hot Tub Time Machine” and found myself back in the era when people still bought CDs and thought flip phones were cutting-edge technology.How had I suddenly found myself transported back to the early 2000s? You know, that golden age when regional sports networks were booming, followed by ambitious attempts to transform those regional channels into national powerhouses meant to challenge ESPN's dominance?I pushed back from my laptop and checked my phone, which confirmed that today is indeed July 24th, 2025. Sure, I was disappointed that I wouldn't be peeling off a lot in a fuel-hungry Hummer H2 (which debuted in America back in 2002), but reality had set in, and I was left with the shocking news that NBC is serious about reentering the sports cable network business.#nbc #nba #sports #sportsbusiness THE NAT: The Business & Buzz Behind Sports. https://thenat.substack.com/

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