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[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Florida Panthers, Scripps Sports partner on multi-year agreement to air National Hockey League team’s games | Florida Panthers

Panthers, Scripps Sports sign multi-year agreement to locally broadcast games

www.nhl.com

SUNRISE, Fla, and CINCINNATI, Ohio. – The Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers have signed a multi-year agreement with Scripps Sports to locally broadcast Panthers hockey free for residents of Miami/Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Fort Myers.


Specifically:

• In Miami/Fort Lauderdale, all locally produced games will air on WSFL-TV, channel 39.
• In West Palm Beach, all locally produced games will air on WHDT-TV, channel 9.
• In Fort Myers, Scripps Sports will announce the broadcast channel in advance of next season.

Under this new agreement, The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has the ability to televise all locally broadcast Panthers preseason, regular-season and round one games of the postseason with distribution on cable, satellite and over-the-air television, becoming the new home on television of Florida Panthers hockey. Financial terms will not be disclosed. The deal has obtained the necessary approvals from the National Hockey League.


“After back-to-back Stanley Cup Final appearances and celebrating 30 years of Panthers Hockey in South Florida, we could not be more excited about the future of our hockey team. Scripps’ distribution network and accessibility makes them the ideal partner to stream and carry Panthers content on and off the ice,” said Panthers President and CEO Matthew Caldwell. “Panthers content will be available for free over the air and we are thrilled about the new homes this will reach as we continue to grow our great sport.”


Scripps Sports and the Panthers will collaborate to launch a team-branded direct-to-consumer application with details to be announced prior to the 2024-2025 season. This direct-to-consumer application will be the destination for live streaming of all Scripps Sports-produced games throughout the team’s territory in South Florida. Additional details will follow.

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[ShootIt]

So, I need to subscribe to Scripps being in the 772?

Reminds me I need to make sure Bally subscription is cancelled.

 

[Idiot Stick]

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

So, I need to subscribe to Scripps being in the 772?

Reminds me I need to make sure Bally subscription is cancelled.

Unclear about anything outside of the listed areas. There will be a streaming app as well but might be blocked by location.

Might be fine for ESPN+

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Also looks like no change to the broadcast team.

 

[PSLguy]

Just checked to see if I had the channel, as I am in the West Palm TV market.

No WHDT on BlueStream here. I checked Roku for a streaming app and all they have is Scripps News. Hopefully they will either add an app or broadcast on the News app!

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Just checked to see if I had the channel, as I am in the West Palm TV market.

No WHDT on BlueStream here. I checked Roku for a streaming app and all they have is Scripps News. Hopefully they will either add an app or broadcast on the News app!

Supposedly a streaming app will be available by October

 

[Chaos2k7]

Can't be any worse than the Bally App

 

[Aksu]

Does this change anything for us europeans? Guess not since Viasat still owns the rights here?

 

[Ben Grimm]

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/02/florida-panthers-games-local-broadcast-stations.html

 

[JP Mick]

This works out great for me since I don’t pay for cable tv, just internet only. I ordered a powered tv antenna from Amazon so I can watch the games free over the air.