Seattle Kraken followers can have a brand new place to root for the professional hockey workforce subsequent season.
The franchise announced an progressive new broadcast deal Thursday that can convey video games to Amazon Prime Video and Tegna stations KING 5 and KONG within the Seattle space.
The transfer is a departure from regional cable broadcaster ROOT Sports activities, the place Kraken video games have been televised for the previous three seasons.
As a part of the multi-year agreements, KING 5 and KONG will broadcast all non-nationally televised Kraken video games — greater than 70 in whole — at no cost over the air.
Prime Video will stream all non-nationally televised video games for Prime members in Washington, Oregon and Alaska, together with pre-season, common season and the primary spherical of playoffs. The Kraken are the primary NHL workforce to have Prime Video as a direct streaming associate.
Amazon is already a serious participant within the franchise:
- The tech large purchased naming rights to Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena again in 2020 when the outdated KeyArena was being redeveloped.
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is a part of the workforce’s ownership group.
- The corporate’s identify is on workforce helmets and its cashierless “Simply Stroll Out” know-how is used all through the world.
And Amazon isn’t any stranger to going after the dear streaming rights to sports activities broadcasts, most notably with its “Thursday Night Football” deal with the NFL, which runs by means of 2033. Final yr, the corporate additionally announced a seven-year content material cope with NASCAR to stream 5 NASCAR Cup Sequence races starting in 2025.
Prime subscribers who pay $139 per yr or $14.99 monthly get entry to the dwell sports activities streams, and people within the Pacific Northwest will now have the ability to watch Kraken video games, as effectively. Amazon touted a boost in U.S. Prime signups throughout its first unique stream of an NFL sport in 2022.
“Seattle Kraken hockey is synonymous with the Pacific Northwest, and we’re thrilled to convey Prime members in Washington, Oregon and Alaska entry to Kraken video games on Prime Video,” Charlie Neiman, head of sports activities partnerships for Prime Video, mentioned in a information launch. “Dwell Kraken video games add to our rising choice of premium dwell sports activities and ship further worth for Prime members all through the Kraken residence footprint.”
KING 5, an NBC affiliate, would be the official tv associate for the Kraken. John Forslund, JT Brown, Eddie Olczyk, Alison Lukan and Nick Olczyk will proceed broadcasting video games subsequent season.
All non-nationally televised video games will probably be broadcast on Tegna’s KONG, with a lot of video games all through the season simulcast on KING 5. As well as, video games will probably be broadcast free over the air on Tegna stations KGW, the NBC affiliate in Portland, and KREM, the CBS affiliate in Spokane, Wash. Further markets within the Pacific Northwest will probably be added.
The Arizona Coyotes and Las Vegas Golden Knights additionally broadcast video games over the air. After a new TV deal last year, Coyotes President Xavier Gutierrez mentioned it was needed to succeed in extra households, serve the fan base and seize new followers.
ROOT Sports activities continues to be residence for Seattle Mariners baseball video games.
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