Ducks to Broadcast Every Game for Free

[BiolaRunner]

Ducks will be broadcasting every game for free. With the issues Bally Sports has been having, will we see more teams do the same?

 

[BrokenFace]

Hopefully. I don't think these teams realize how much of their current popularity is owed to past availability of games. When most people had cable, most people had access to their games. That's no longer the case, so hopefully teams learn that they have to make their product reasonably easy to watch for fans if they want to remain relevant.

 

[Fatass]

Is this a station fans pick up on antenna down there?

 

[Filthy Dangles]

I’m a cynic, whats the catch?

Ain’t no such thing as a free lunch

 

[BiolaRunner]

Is this a station fans pick up on antenna down there?

KCOP is an over the air channel in LA/OC area

I’m a cynic, whats the catch?

Ain’t no such thing as a free lunch

I'll let you know when the season starts. The 65 games on KCOP are on an over the air channel

 

[BiolaRunner]

Dallas Stars also will have their games streams on Victory+.

 

[Prairie Habs]

I’m a cynic, whats the catch?

Ain’t no such thing as a free lunch

They're all Ducks games

 

[TrillMike]

The Stars announced this earlier this summer. I assumed "Victory" was named after Victory Plaza (American Airlines Center). Maybe they offered it to the Ducks as well?

 

[overlords]

I’m a cynic, whats the catch?

Ain’t no such thing as a free lunch

it's 'free' but 70% of the air time is devoted to sports betting ads

 

[TheNumber4]

So all Ducks and Stars games are free in Victory+ ?

Guess I’ll use Victory+ when the Oilers play those team instead of using Pirate+

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Jeremy Jacobs would never.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Bad thing: Ducks have the Worst announcers in the NHL

Good thing: you might get to hear the Best announcers in the NHL when they play the Sharks

Bad thing: Ducks kinda suck

Good thing: Ducks can very fun/intriguing at times

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

The Blackhawks/Bulls/White Sox have announced something similar but it's still very vague. Ala Carte programming is the future I'm all for it.

 

[Neil Racki]

Good.

The Caps/Qatar seem hell bent on forcing Caps fans to have to sign up to their monument sports network for $20 a month to watch Caps games ..

 

[John Price]

ain't Chicago doing this too on their new Network. regardless I approve of this trend

 

[Filthy Dangles]

They're all Ducks games

Lmao, well played.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Maybe the NHL is finally understanding that the more eyeballs on their product the better. Accessibility will win out in the long run over exclusivity.

 

[Faterson]

If I wasn't obligated to hate the Ducks as a Kings fan, this might make me switch to being their fan.

 

[Lt Dan]

Ducks will be broadcasting every game for free. With the issues Bally Sports has been having, will we see more teams do the same?

Interesting....

Ducks fans , do you guys have ANY insight in to how/why this happened?

I am curious if the Ducks were being proactive or if we can expect to see a lot more of this

 

[NVious]

I’m a cynic, whats the catch?

Ain’t no such thing as a free lunch

By watching the games you are digitally signing a contract that allows the Anaheim Ducks to broadcast gambling ads into your dreams.

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[Lt Dan]

The Stars announced this earlier this summer. I assumed "Victory" was named after Victory Plaza (American Airlines Center). Maybe they offered it to the Ducks as well?

I know the MLB has been working on something like this for when Bally's inevitably fails.

It would be smart for the NHL to do the same

 

[eXile3]

Pens/Pirates have a streaming service for $18 a month now. Instead of paying $85 a month on cable just to watch hockey it’s now been decoupled. Thank God.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

it's 'free' but 70% of the air time is devoted to sports betting ads

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking, tons of Pictureinpicture and digital ads, more than normal broadcasts

 

[ElGuapo]

The Stars announced this earlier this summer. I assumed "Victory" was named after Victory Plaza (American Airlines Center). Maybe they offered it to the Ducks as well?

I think the name is coincidence. I don't think this was ever supposed to be a Dallas Stars service and they intended to get more teams and be like an online-only RSN.

 

[jetsforever]

Wow sounds great assuming no catch