computer science

NBA League Pass

NBA League Pass is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand NBA League Pass rather than just read about it. In short: NBA League Pass is the National Basketball Association's direct-to-consumer subscription-based product that provides live and on-demand NBA games. It is available to subscribers in the United States and also as an international package for all other countries.

Key takeaways

NBA League Pass belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect NBA League Pass to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of NBA League Pass from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

NBA League Pass is the National Basketball Association's direct-to-consumer subscription-based product that provides live and on-demand NBA games. It is available to subscribers in the United States and also as an international package for all other countries. TV versions can be viewed through a cable or satellite TV provider, as well as an over-the-top streaming service operated by the league. During the 2021–22 regular season, NBA League Pass saw a 30 percent increase in global subscribers. Total viewership numbers are unclear.

United States League Pass NBA League Pass in the U.S. is an out-of-market sports package that allows its subscribers to watch up to 40 out-of-market National Basketball Association games a week. Videos of the games come from local stations and regional sports networks. A TV version, NBA League Pass TV, is available through a cable or satellite TV provider, as well as an over-the-top streaming version directly from NBA.com.

Blackout restrictions

If a local team is playing and the game is televised in the home market, the associated feed on League Pass is blacked out and unavailable for viewing. Nationally televised games on ABC, NBC, ESPN, and NBA TV are also blacked out.

Streaming version A streaming version of NBA League Pass is available on NBA.com. It offers both live and on-demand replays of games dating back to the 2012–13 season. The national and local blackout restrictions apply for streaming live games. On-demand classic games and documentaries are also available, as well as live access to NBA TV. A premium tier of the service also allows subscribers to stream on two devices simultaneously, as well view in-arena content during commercial breaks.

Availability on TV NBA League Pass TV is or has been available at some point with these cable, satellite and streaming providers in the United States:

U-verse TV DirecTV Dish Network FuboTV iN DEMAND Team Adams Cable Blue Ridge Communications Optimum Communications Comcast (Xfinity) Cox Communications Frontier Communications RCN Charter Communications (Spectrum) Verizon Fios Sling TV YouTube YouTube TV B/R Live Yahoo! Sports (Only on mobile and tablet devices) Amazon Prime Video Most providers who offer subscriptions to League Pass TV also include NBA TV and a companion League Pass Broadband subscription. It is also included in some cable subscriptions.

NBA League Pass International NBA International League Pass is available to users living outside the United States, and differs from the US version of the product in its content, packaging, and pricing. While both the US and international products feature games available for live or on-demand viewing, the major distinction between the two products is that International League Pass provides access to all NBA games played during the regular season, All Star Weekend, Playoffs, and Finals, free from blackout restrictions. The single exception to this offering is in Canada, where games televised nationally are blacked out live and are available for on-demand viewing only after the game is completed. International League Pass also provides access to games from previous seasons through archives. International users have the option of subscribing to several package options, varying by region: NBA League Pass, League Pass Premium, Team Choice, Game Choice, and 3-Game Choice. Subscribers to all packages are able to watch NBA games from Summer League, preseason, regular season, All Star Weekend, Playoffs, and Finals live or on-demand from a variety of devices, including desktop computers, iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets, and TV-connected devices like Apple TV, Android TV, Google Chromecast, Xbox and PlayStation consoles (the platforms supported differ by country). Subscribers are also able to use in-game features including multi-game viewing, stats windows, and a condensed game feature that only includes scoring and highlight plays. Additional features, such as access to NBA TV and multi-device streaming, vary by subscription. Beginning in the 2014–15 season, NBA International League Pass introduced continuous game feeds for selected games and all home feeds, which replaced the game break videos (highlights, commercials, etc.) shown during play breaks with highlight clips, live footage of in-arena activities including dance team performances, half-time entertainment, fans in the crowd, and interviews or features produced by the local broadcaster.

International packages and promotions In addition to the standard and Premium packages, users also have the option to purchase a stand-alone streaming subscription to NBA TV International, which broadcasts games, studio shows, press conferences, and other basketball content. In past seasons, International League Pass has also offered sampling packages that provide stand-alone access to Christmas Day games and All Star Weekend events. The last several weeks of the regular season have also been made available in a separate "Race to the Playoffs" package. During the off-season, both International League Pass and International League Pass Premium subscribers have live and on-demand access to Summer League games and certain games or scrimmages played by the USA Basketball team in preparation for or during the Olympics and the FIBA World Cup tournament, in addition to continued access to past NBA regular seasons in archives. This summer content has also been sold as a stand-alone package. International League Pass offers a rolling free trial of the product throughout the season, allowing first time users to preview the League Pass experience before purchasing.

NBA League Pass availability outside the United States Note: Subscriptions can be bought in most regions via the Internet to be streamed to applications on various devices or to a browser (see above for list). Some of the following services include League Pass, either fully or partially, but they are not required to view League Pass.

Brazil Vivo TV Canada: Bell Satellite TV Shaw Direct Cogeco Cable EastLink Cable Rogers Cable China Migu Mexico and Central America: Sky México Philippines: Cablelink, Globe, Converge ICT, Sky Cable, and PLDT/Smart South America and Caribbean (except Brazil): Vrio Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay: Flow (Coming Soon) Spain: Movistar Plus+ (Coming Soon) Vodafone TV (Coming Soon) Orange TV (Coming Soon) Euskaltel (Coming Soon) Telecable (Coming Soon) R (Coming Soon) Virgin telco (Coming Soon) United Kingdom: Sky Sports Vietnam: VTV Cab

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with NBA League Pass

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what NBA League Pass claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to NBA League Pass before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about NBA League Pass ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of NBA League Pass

In research: NBA League Pass appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses NBA League Pass in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: NBA League Pass is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics NBA on television, Out-of-market sports packages, PlayStation 4 software, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for NBA League Pass outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study NBA League Pass in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what NBA League Pass means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is NBA League Pass in simple terms?

Why does NBA League Pass matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study NBA League Pass?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on NBA League Pass.