SSP - Florida Panthers Scripps Sports partner on multi-year agreement to air National Hockey League team's games | Benzinga
SUNRISE, Fla. and CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 produced 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 ...