NBC 'ready to pay $2.5bn-a-year to snatch NBA TV rights away from TNT' - more than DOUBLE average fee paid by Warner Bros - as league enters 'advanced stages' of new round of media-rights deals

According to the Wall Street Journal , Warner is 'staying disciplined in its approach to a new deal' and has paid an average fee of $1.2bn per year under its current contract with the league.