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NBA Season Starts Oct. 21 as Streaming Deals Recast How Latin America Watches

Prime Video’s 11-year pact in Mexico and Brazil moves premium coverage to streaming, featuring local Spanish production with full Finals access.

Overview

  • Opening night features the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder against the Houston Rockets, with LakersWarriors also slated on the first day of broadcasts in the region.
  • Prime Video’s agreement covers 130 regular-season games plus NBA Cup, the full Play-In, selected playoff games, a conference finals series and, for the first time in the region, the complete NBA Finals.
  • All Prime Video streams for Mexico will be produced from a Mexico City studio in Spanish, with on-air talent including Alex Blanco, Omar Quintero, Paulina García Robles, Enrique Garay, Mary Carmen Lara and Fernanda Aguilera.
  • Argentina’s mix expands beyond ESPN/Disney+ as TNT and TNT Sports join the lineup and HBO Max carries 100 games in the first season, with additional games available on Prime Video and published windows through late October.
  • Consumer guidance warns that unofficial streaming sites for preseason or regular-season games pose malware, data theft, phishing and payment-fraud risks, steering viewers to official platforms.
  • LeBron James is reported out for the opener with right sciatic pain and is expected to miss roughly four to nine games.