Prime Ticket, Anaheim Ducks announce new long-term rights agreement
FOX Sports West/Prime Ticket Senior Vice President and General Manager Steve Simpson, in conjunction with Anaheim Ducks Chief Executive Officer Michael Schulman, announced a new long-term television rights agreement on Monday.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Under the new agreement, Prime Ticket will be the exclusive regional television partner of the Anaheim Ducks and will produce all locally-available Ducks regular-season games. Prime Ticket will also broadcast select first-round Ducks games of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
"This is a great day for the Ducks organization and our fans," Schulman said. "We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Prime Ticket and bring Ducks hockey into Southern California homes for the foreseeable future."
"We are very pleased to extend our longstanding relationship with the Anaheim Ducks organization," Simpson added. "Coming off of a record-breaking season in 2013-14, it's an exciting time for Ducks hockey on Prime Ticket, and we are proud to deliver even more coverage to Southern California sports fans for years to come."
The Anaheim Ducks concluded the 2013-14 regular season with a record of 54-20-8, the best mark in club history. The Ducks finished with the top record in the Western Conference for the first time in franchise history and set season records for standings points (116), wins (54) and win/points percentage (.707).
In the Prime Ticket booth, play-by-play announcer John Ahlers and analyst Brian Hayward recently entered their 13th season together calling the action. A fixture on Prime Ticket telecasts, Ahlers and "Hazy" have combined to cover over 750 regular-season Ducks telecasts to date.
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Prime Ticket's Emmy Award winning production team will also continue to provide comprehensive coverage surrounding the team with "Ducks Live" pre- and post-game shows following all home and road telecasts. Mark Rogondino again serves as host, sitting alongside former Ducks goaltender, Guy Hebert, and Hayward to offer viewers further analysis. In addition, Kent French delivers updates and reports before and after each telecast on the regional sports network.
Additionally, Prime Ticket will produce the following original Ducks programming during the 2014-15 season: "Ducks Weekly," airing every Friday throughout the regular season, "Before the Bigs: Ryan Getzlaf" and "In My Own Words: Bruce Boudreau."
