April 18 (Reuters) - The National Basketball

Association's exclusive media rights negotiating period with

current partners Walt Disney ( DIS ) and Warner Bros Discovery ( WBD )

is likely to expire without a new deal on Monday, CNBC

reported on Thursday.

NBA will be able to engage with new partners to show

packages of games from the start of next week, the report said,

citing people familiar with the matter.

Amazon ( AMZN ), Apple ( AAPL ), YouTube TV, Comcast's ( CMCSA )

NBCUniversal/Peacock and Netflix ( NFLX ) have all had

preliminary talks with the league expressing potential interest,

CNBC reported last year.

Disney ( DIS ) and NBA declined to comment, while Warner Bros

Discovery ( WBD ) did not immediately respond to Reuters request for

comments.