The NBA currently generates some $500 million in international media revenue, a paltry sum compared with the $2.7 billion the league gets annually for its U.S. national media deals. Despite the NBA's current problems with China, Lee Berke, president and CEO of LHB Sports, Entertainment & Media, is bullish on the league's prospects outside the U.S.
Catch Berke's discussion on the YES Network's Forbes SportsMoney show with my colleague Bob Lorenz and me.
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