Vegas Golden Knights Partners With ViewLift To Stream Games Beginning This Season

Stanley Cup Champion Vegas Golden Knights and sports streaming powerhouse ViewLift today announced a multi-year partnership to stream all locally-broadcast Vegas Golden Knights games live on major devices, reaching NHL fans in Nevada and surrounding states in the team’s territory.

The service will launch in time for the opening of the new season on Sept. 24, with new features being announced in the coming weeks. The new deal complements the team’s previously-announced agreement with Scripps Sports to produce the games and distribute them via Scripps Ion affiliate KMCC Las Vegas over the air, on pay TV and on connected TV platforms.

ViewLift will create Golden Knights-branded properties on the web, iOS and Android devices, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Vizio and Xbox, featuring live games and companion content.

ViewLift is an existing NHL streaming provider and powers other teams’ services including the Washington Capitals.

“Our alliance with ViewLift and Scripps Sports enables our fans throughout the region to enjoy the action on whatever device they choose and from wherever they are,” said Kerry Bubolz, Vegas Golden Knights team president-CEO. “We will give our fans every possible option to interact with the team and watch hockey live and on demand. It’s essential that our TV and digital services reflect our Stanley Cup winning on-ice performance, and I know that with Scripps Sports and ViewLift we will achieve this.”

ViewLift CEO Rick Allen, said: “We are honored to be the reigning Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights’ digital partner, and to work with the team and Scripps Sports to bring the action to all local VGK fans. Our expertise delivering live sports across the OTT device world — including for the NHL and its teams — will ensure the best streaming experience for those fans, watching at home or on the go.”

The Golden Knights said it will use ViewLift’s end-to-end platform to simplify content streaming and deliver easier production workflows. ViewLift’s integrated marketing services “allow the Knights to engage fans more deeply, and its broad monetization tools to empower any business model.” The team pointed to ViewLift’s experience bringing live sports to the market in days, not months; clients’ capabilities to make changes on the fly without further software development or have ViewLift fully customize a service; and the platform’s presentation of all key business metrics in real-time across every OTT device, as keys to the transformational alliance.

Evolution Media Capital (EMC) served as an adviser to the Golden Knights on the Scripps Sports and ViewLift distribution deals.