The WNBA and Versant announced an 11-year media rights deal for the USA Network to broadcast league games on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Versant, the media company set to debut next year, will feature NBCUniversal\u2019s cable television networks.<\/p>\n
The agreement also includes the USA Network broadcasting a portion of playoff and WNBA Finals games in certain years.<\/p>\n
\u201cPartnering with Versant and USA Network marks another significant milestone for the WNBA\u2019s continued growth,\u201d said WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert in a statement. \u201cAs demand for women\u2019s basketball continues to rise, partnerships like this expand the visibility and accessibility of our game.\u201d<\/p>\n
USA Network will broadcast over 50 games per season, including Wednesday night doubleheaders.<\/p>\n
Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Tuesday, Napheesa Collier<\/a> criticized WNBA leadership ahead of a possible work stoppage in 2026. Commissioner Cathy Engelbert<\/a> is expected to step down from the position following the current collective bargaining negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA and Versant announced an 11-year media rights deal for the USA Network to broadcast league games…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,12274,82,630,91923],"class_list":["post-181890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-realgm-wiretap","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-announces-11-year-media-rights-deal-with-usa-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}