The Seattle Kraken have new free TV and streaming homes
Apr 25, 2024, 8:38 AM | Updated: 3:35 pm
Philipp Grubauer of the Seattle Kraken makes a save against the Pittsburgh Penguins. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
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SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken will move their TV broadcasts of games to an over-the-air broadcaster and have a streaming partnership with Amazon’s Prime Video beginning with the 2024-25 season, the team announced Thursday.
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The Kraken will be the first NHL team to have a streaming deal with Prime Video for all non-nationally televised games and will be available to Amazon Prime members in Washington, Oregon and Alaska.
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Starting next season, #SeaKraken fans in Washington, Oregon & Alaska will have increased access to watch & enjoy our games thanks to a new broadcast partnership with Tegna & Amazon Prime Video → https://t.co/Wpd1r4krJQ pic.twitter.com/kGBvBqSzno— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) April 25, 2024
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has a minority stake in the ownership group of the Kraken.
Seattle will partner with TEGNA for the over-the-air component, with most of the broadcasts airing on KONG-TV in Seattle. Some of the games will be on KING, the NBC affiliate in Seattle, with games also broadcast on TEGNA-owned stations in Portland, Oregon (KGW), and Spokane, Washington (KREM).
The team said TEGNA is working on other over-the-air options for broadcast partners in the three states.
Seattle had spent its first three seasons with games broadcast on ROOT Sports, which is primarily owned by the Seattle Mariners. But the regional sports network has run into financial and production issues in the past year which has left its future in question.
“ROOT has been a terrific partner for us; we have appreciated their support as we determined our broadcast plans moving forward,” Kraken owner Sam Holloway said in a statement. “Today’s announcement is a game changer for our fans. Our goal is to increase the ways they can watch our games — whether they’re cheering us on at home or on the go. To have both TEGNA and Prime Video as trusted partners is a dream come true.”
In a press release, the Seattle Kraken said “John Forslund, JT Brown, Eddie Olczyk, Alison Lukan and Nick Olczyk will continue broadcasting” games on TV next season.” Veteran play-by-play announcer Forslund had been rumored as a candidate to take a broadcasting job with the Boston Bruins next season.
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