History. As one of the major sports leagues in North America, the National Basketball Association has a long history of partnership with television networks in the US.The league signed a contract with DuMont in its 8th season (1953–54), marking the first year the NBA had a national television broadcaster.Similar to NFL, the lack of television stations led to NBC taking over the rights ... More @Wikipedia
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