NHL

20 NBA games and 20 NHL games will air for free on the stations in the Denver market for the second straight year

The agreement with the sports streaming service Victory+ will give fans more ways to watch the games

Platform will offer NHL.TV starting with the 2025-26 season to 200 countries outside the U.S., Canada and the Nordics

Pact calls for Sony to provide league with animated data visualizations, Hawk-Eye measuring and tracking tech

Scripps plans to launch a second full-power station to air the games, which include all preseason, regular season and first-round playoff games that aren’t scheduled to air on national networks

STREAMING Enhanced DTC, TVE apps using ViewLift’s technologies will launch in summer 2025

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Newest facility, Supershooter 64, is now supporting the NHL on TNT broadcasts and will later support TNT’s coverage of MLB, in addition to other sports rightsholders

The in-market streams of four regional sports networks offering MLB, NBA and NHL games are now available as add-on subscriptions

Sony’s Hawk-Eye Innovations optical tracking and Beyond Sports technology will be used to create an animated version of the March 11 Bruins-Panthers game