A deal gives the company access to NBA content and rights in parts of Northern Europe and Latin America. Turner will license “Inside the NBA” to ESPN.

Warner Bros Discovery said on Monday it would have access to coveted National Basketball Association content for 11 more years under a legal settlement with the league, sending shares of the media company more than 5% higher.

Investors are calling foul over Warner Bros. Discovery's loss of its NBA media rights deal. A lawsuit filed this week in New York federal court alleges that shareholders suffered "significant losses and damages” over the company's inability to hold onto its NBA contract,

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is facing a class action lawsuit filed by investors who claim the media conglomerate misled them about the financial impact of losing its NBA broadcasting rights.

Warner Bros. Discovery and CEO David Zaslav were sued Monday by investors who experienced "significant losses and damages" caused by fallout from the studio's rights negotiations with the National Basketball Association.

The lawsuit points to the company recording a $9.1 billion goodwill impairment charge related to the depreciation of its TV networks.