Seen on Screen: EPIX, NHL Return Road To The NHL Winter Classic; Fox Sports Adds Eight Live Bundesliga Matches

by Wilson Sy, Editorial Assistant

Premium TV network EPIX and the National Hockey League announced that EPIX Presents Road To The NHL Winter Classic will make its second-season television premiere on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 10 pm ET. The weekly series consists of four one-hour episodes and will focus on the heated rivalry between the Boston Burins and the Montreal Canadians as they prepare for the 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic held at Gillette Stadium on New Year’s Day. In addition, U.S. hockey fans will be able to stream each episode live as it premieres on EPIX via EPIX.com and NHL.com. Produced by 53-time Emmy Award winner Ross Greenburg, the series provides viewers with exclusive access to the players and coaches – in their professional and personal settings – capturing all the action, camaraderie, drama, humor, heartaches, and triumphs as they unfold…

…Fox Sports is two months into its inaugural season as the U.S. home of the Bundesliga, a multiplatform commitment providing Germany’s top professional soccer league unprecedented coverage with over 300 regular-season matches televised or streamed. This season, Fox Sports is raising the bar even higher by adding eight live Bundesliga games on its broadcast network on Saturdays in 2016. The Bundesliga season consists of 306 matches played from August to May and are available in the U.S. on FS1, FS2, Fox Soccer Plus, and now Fox…

…NBA.com’s Hang Time Road Trip made its return for the 2015-16 season with a six-day California bus tour, making stops with the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, and Clippers. NBA TV analyst Rick Fox was joined by his Hang Time Podcast co-hosts Sekou Smith and Lang Whitaker to welcome NBA All Stars, coaches, and more aboard the Hang Time bus to discuss the upcoming season…

…NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra will combine to deliver 16 total games of Notre Dame hockey this season. NBCSN will broadcast 10, and an additional six games will be streamed live via NBC Sports Live Extra. NBCSN coverage will start with Notre Dame hosting Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday, October 24, at 6:30 p.m ET. In addition to NBC Sports Group’s coverage of Notre Dame home games this season, NBCSN will present live coverage of the 2015 Hockey East Tournament Final and Semifinals. NBCSN’s overage begins on Friday, March 18, with a college hockey doubleheader featuring Semifinal Game 1 and 5 p.m. ET…

…MAVTV Motorsports Network is expanding its availability to race fans in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan with the signing of a carriage agreement with Buckeye Cable System. MAVTV will launch Oct 29 on Buckeye CableSystem’s Digital Basic Pak. MAVTV is also currently available on DirecTV, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, Charter, Bright House, Cablevision, Suddenlink, Google Fiber, and many others.