DALLAS and NEW YORK—The NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, working with Endeavor Streaming, Softtek and the NBA, have launched an official streaming platform for MavsTV, offering fans a new level of access via a central content destination.

The platform enables local fans to watch all games not exclusively televised nationally as well as exclusive footage, original on-demand content and highlights on more devices than previously supported.

Fans can stream MavsTV to their connected devices, including those powered by tvOS, Android TV and Fire TV. The streaming service anticipates releasing support for Roku, Samsung and LG TVs in the near future.

"We are thrilled to work with Endeavor Streaming and Softtek to deliver a streaming experience of MavsTV for all of our fans,” Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall said. “Our comprehensive content platform provides a one-stop shop for all things Mavs, allowing fans to connect with our team both on and off the court.”

Presented by software engineering company Softtek, the new streaming platform is powered by the NBA’s Next Gen integrated digital platform and Endeavor Streaming’s Vesper platform. Endeavor Streaming is also providing business growth and advisory services.

“At Endeavor Streaming, we’re honored to work with the Dallas Mavericks across their streaming technology and direct-to-consumer operations,” Endeavor Streaming chief business officer Matt Starker said. “As experts in helping properties and direct-to-consumer services acquire, engage and grow their audiences, we see huge potential for the Mavericks and can’t wait to help them realize it.”

The new streaming service is currently available for fans via a monthly pass for $14.99 or a season-long pass for $99.99.

More information is available online.

TYSONS, Va.—After securing the local broadcast rights for several NHL and NBA teams, Tegna has announced that it has reached a new multiyear agreement with Fubo that will ensure the virtual pay TV provider’s subscribers have access to the stations that air those games.

As a result of the deal, Fubo subscribers now can now access KFAA Dallas, an independent station that will broadcast 70 or more Dallas Mavericks NBA games. KONG Seattle, which will air up to 70 Seattle Kraken hockey games, and KTVD Denver, set to air 20 Denver Nuggets NBA games and 20 Colorado Avalanche NHL games, are expected to launch on Fubo in the coming days.

“We’re thrilled to enhance access for viewers and fans through our partnership with Fubo,” Brad Ramsey, senior VP, media operations, at Tegna, said. “By leveraging Fubo’s innovative platform and our dedication to collaborating with premier NBA and NHL teams in our markets, we’re committed to ensuring fans never miss a moment of the action.”

TYSONS, Va. and DALLAS—Tegna and the Dallas Mavericks have announced that eight more stations in Texas, Louisana and Oklahoma will join six Tegna-owned outlets to broadcast more than 70 of the NBA team’s games free to viewers during the 2024-25 season.

Fourteen stations will air all the non-nationally televised Mavericks games for free, over the air to about 14 million viewers in the team’s home television territory. The eight new stations are owned by Gray Media, Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair.

“We’re thrilled by the positive response from fans and advertising partners as we gear up to significantly expand the reach of Mavs games,” Tegna Senior Vice President of Media Operations Brad Ramsey said. “We are grateful to our partner stations from Gray, Nexstar, and Sinclair for helping us create more excitement, for more fans, in even more homes across Texas.”

“Providing access to games has always been our top priority,” said Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall. “We are thrilled to work with WFAA to bring more fun and excitement to all of our MFFLs [Mavs Fans for Life] across North Texas and beyond.”

Starting with the Mavericks-Suns game on Oct. 26, the following eight additional stations will broadcast all games not exclusively televised nationally—70 or more in the first season—over-the-air:

• Amarillo, Texas—KFDA 10.2 (Independent, Gray)
• El Paso, Texas—KDBC 4.2 (MyNetworkTV, Sinclair)
• Harlingen-Brownsville, Texas—KGBT 4.1 (MyNetworkTV, Nexstar)
• Laredo, Texas—KXNU 10.2 (Gray Sports, Gray)
• Lubbock, Texas—KMYL 14.1 (MyNetworkTV, Gray)
• Sherman, Texas—KXII 12.2 (MyNetworkTV, Gray)
• Shreveport, Louisiana and Texarkana, Texas—KSHV 45.1 (MyNetworkTV, Nexstar)
• Wichita Falls, Texas and Lawton, Oklahoma—KJBO 3.2 (MyNetworkTV, Nexstar)

Additionally, newly rebranded Tegna station KFAA Dallas-Fort Worth (Ch. 29), which launches new programming as an English-language independent on Oct. 20, will broadcast all locally televised Mavericks games for free, with 15 or more games simulcast on ABC affiliate WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth (Ch. 8).

Games airing on KFAA in the Dallas market will also be available through the following providers: AT&T U-verse TV, Charter Spectrum, DirecTV, Dish, Frontier Fiber Keller, Fubo, GEUS, Grande Communications, OneSource Communications and Altice USA’s Optimum. Games will also be broadcast on Tegna stations in the Texas cities of Abilene (KXVA), Midland-Odessa (KWES), San Angelo (KIDY), Tyler (KYTX) and Waco (KCEN and KAGS).

WFAA and Tegna will lead local and regional advertising and sponsorship sales efforts for all local games.

Details on how to watch games can be found at mavs.com/broadcast. Viewers should check local listings for games available on cable and satellite providers’ systems. Fans can visit wfaa.com/mavs for information on how to purchase or set up an over-the-air antenna to watch games.

ATLANTA—Gray Television says it will broadcast 10 Dallas Mavericks games during the rest of the 2023-24 regular season free, over-the-air in the Lubbock and Sherman-Ada DMAs.

These Dallas Mavericks games will begin  Friday, March 1, when the Mavericks play in Boston. The 10 Mavericks games will air on Gray’s stations KXII in Sherman-Ada and KLCW and KMYL in Lubbock.

The latest announcement adds more free major league sports broadcasts to Gray’s TV lineup. The station group also airs the Phoenix NBA and Mercury WNBA teams on its Phoenix-owned stations and New Orleans Pelicans on its New Orleans station.  

The Mavericks games will not be available on Bally Sports or Bally Sports+ streaming. Aside from these 10 games and games exclusively airing on ABC, ESPN, and TNT, all other remaining Mavericks games this season will be aired and streamed via Bally Sports Southwest and Bally Sports+ as normal, Gray said.

“Gray Television is proud to partner with the Dallas Mavericks to bring the Mavs games to its fans and its future fans through our stations in Lubbock, Texas and Sherman, Texas,” said Sandy Breland, the Chief Operating Officer of Gray Television.

TYSONS, Va. & DALLAS—Tegna Inc. has reached an agreement with the Dallas Mavericks to expand the markets that will offer free over-the-air broadcasts of the teams NBA games. 

The new agreement means that in addition to previously announced deal for Tegna's Dallas-Fort-Worth ABC affiliate to air 10 games, Tegna’s KCEN in Waco, KYTX in Tyler, KWES in Midland-Odessa, KIDY in San Angelo and KXVA in Abilene will also air 10 Dallas Mavericks games this season. Nearly nine million Texans will have access to these games across these six markets.

“Providing access to games has always been our top priority,” said Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall. “We are thrilled to work with additional Tegna stations to bring more fun and excitement to our MFFLs across Texas.”

“We are very proud to expand our partnership with the Dallas Mavericks, one of the hottest teams in the NBA coming out of the All-Star break, to make these important late-season games available to more fans across Texas,” said Brad Ramsey, senior vice president of media operations for Tegna.  

The NBA and Diamond Sports Group earlier reached agreement to allow teams to join with local broadcasters for a limited number of over-the-air games during the remainder of the regular season. 

The 10 games airing on Tegna stations’ schedules will not be available on Bally Sports Southwest or the Bally Sports app. All other remaining Mavericks games this season will be aired and streamed by Bally Sports, and/or by the NBA’s national media partners, as previously scheduled. 

Mark Followill, in his 19th season as the Mavericks play-by-play announcer, Mavericks legends Derek Harper and Devin Harris, along with Jeff “Skin” Wade and Lesley McCaslin will be on the call for these games, with pre- and postgame coverage from Dana Larson and Brian Dameris.

WAYNE, N.J.—To paraphrase Allen Iverson, the Dallas Mavericks are talking about practice with the announcement that the team has installed JVC PTZ cameras into its new practice facility. Four KY-PZ100 PTZ network video production cameras and two RM-LP 100 remote camera controllers are part of a larger video system the Mavericks are employing to monitor practice and workout activities for the evaluation of players.

The Mavericks’ new practice facility features two courts with a KY-PZ100 camera positioned at a baseline corner and at half court for each. A camera operator uses the RM-LP 100 to follow the action on the court. In addition, the cameras provide integrated streaming capabilities, wide angle lenses and on-board recording to micro SDHC/SDXC cards.

Each camera is connected via fiber to a Blackmagic Design Smart Videohub router, which allows the controllers to adjust any camera. The router’ web-based user interface also provides remote access to the JVC PTZ camera controls and on-board recording capabilities.

The video footage is used with DVSport FastBreak coaching software for users to access and filter video into cutups, as well as the DVSport Rewind, which provides near real-time footage to a tablet.

DALLAS—If fans of the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars have noticed anything different about the regional broadcasts of their teams this season there’s a good reason for that. Back in August, Fox Sports unveiled a new 4K production truck to cover the Dallas region, and the broadcaster made sure they covered it from all angles with the addition of six slow-motion cameras.

Fox Sports’ 38Flex, built by Mobile TV Group, is a two-trailer, dual-feed production truck that features six Grass Valley LDX 86 cameras and an EVS 12 channel XT3 server. The 38Flex, built by Mobile TV Group, is a two-trailer, dual-feed production truck, featuring six Grass Valley LDX 86 cameras and an EVS 12 channel XT3 server. With six slo-mo cameras—a first for regional sport broadcasts—the production team is able to cover nearly every angle of the action, as well as provide the visitor broadcast team access to the cameras.

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This new equipment is leveling the playing field for regional broadcasts when compared to some major national sports broadcasts.

“If you were to ask around and find out how many super slo-mos there were at the NBA Finals or World Series, you’re going to find that six is a pretty good number,” said Philip Garvin, MTVG president and founder. “It’s representative of what’s being done for major sports events.”

Ratings for regional sports broadcasts are on the rise, according to Fox Sports Regional Networks Senior Vice President and Executive Producer Mike Connelly. “We catch more viewers in one week than a lot of national games do in one game,” Connelly said. “We just want a better experience for the home viewer.”

The new truck is also having some impact on the field. The 38Flex was first used for Texas Rangers’ baseball games, and the slo-mo cameras contributed to the overturning of a handful of calls during replay review.

Fox Sports intends to use the 38Flex as a base for all future production trucks, expanding its services as technology and needs arise. One such need Garvin is already anticipating; while the LDX 86 cameras are 4K-capable, Garvin knows that the entire production truck must be able to support both 4K and high dynamic range in the future. “We don’t know whether that is going to be demanded by distributors in a year, three years or five years, but since the life of a truck exceeds all those, I have to make sure that that technology is on board any truck going forward,” he said.

With the 38Flex, Fox Sports and MTVG believe they are off to a good start.