Professional Women's Hockey League announces national broadcast partnerships for inaugural 2024 season
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The six-team Professional Women's Hockey League has partnered with three Canadian broadcast networks for its inaugural season starting Monday.
The six-team Professional Women's Hockey League has partnered with three Canadian broadcast networks for its inaugural season starting Monday.
TSN, Sportsnet and CBC/Radio-Canada will each broadcast select games in 2024, the league said Friday in a release.
"The visibility offered across our broadcast and streaming schedule is unprecedented in women’s hockey and reinforces the growing interest in our sport,” said PWHL advisory board member Stan Kasten. "Accessibility of PWHL games throughout our inaugural season is a giant win for fans everywhere.
"We felt it was a priority to engage a magnitude of committed partners on a variety of consistent platforms."
All three networks will broadcast the season opener between Toronto and New York on New Year's Day at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
Of the remaining 71 games on the PWHL schedule, 51 will be available on linear television in Canada (25 on TSN, 16 on Sportsnet and 10 on CBC) while the remaining 21 will be available on the league's YouTube channel. TSN, Sportsnet and CBC will also provide streaming coverage of select games.
French-language coverage of all Montreal games will be split between RDS, Radio-Canada and ICI TOU.TV. The league also said regional deals are in place in the United States with MSG Networks and NESN.
