{"id":100463,"date":"2016-06-24T11:41:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T15:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/?p=100463"},"modified":"2016-06-24T11:41:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T15:41:11","slug":"msg-networks-pegula-sports-and-entertainment-ink-long-term-buffalo-sabres-rights-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/2016\/06\/24\/msg-networks-pegula-sports-and-entertainment-ink-long-term-buffalo-sabres-rights-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"MSG Networks, Pegula Sports and Entertainment Ink Long-term Buffalo Sabres Rights Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

MSG Networks and Pegula Sports and Entertainment announced a new, long-term rights agreement for Buffalo Sabres games and comprehensive programming partnership that will include content relating to other Pegula Sports and Entertainment properties, such as the Buffalo Bills.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"msg-new-logo\"<\/a>Under the arrangement, MSG Networks \u2013 home to Buffalo Sabres games since 2005 \u2013 will continue as the exclusive regional telecast partner of the Buffalo Sabres, and will continue to distribute a full schedule of Sabres games, including pre and post-game coverage.\u00a0 The Buffalo Sabres scored the highest local television ratings of any team in the United States last season, an increase of 60% from the prior year.\u00a0 Rick Jeanneret \u2013 recipient of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for hockey broadcasting and longest-tenured play-by-play announcer in NHL history \u2013 will continue as play-by-play announcer for the 2016-17 season alongside Sabres alumnus and color commentator, Rob Ray.<\/p>\n

MSG Networks will also serve as the home to other Pegula Sports and Entertainment programming, which will be branded \u201cMSG Western New York\u201d in recognition of the connection of this programming to Western New York viewers.\u00a0 In addition to Buffalo Sabres hockey, MSG Western New York branded programming will include Buffalo Bills programming such as The Rex Ryan Show<\/em>, Bills All Access<\/em>, and Bills Tonight<\/em>, and beginning in the fall, a live block of programming dedicated to the Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n

\u201cMSG Networks is thrilled to renew and expand our long-standing partnership with the Buffalo Sabres and Pegula Sports and Entertainment,\u201d says Andrea Greenberg, president and CEO, MSG Networks.\u00a0 \u201cAs the NHL team with the highest local television ratings in the United States, Sabres games are the kind of live, valuable programming our viewers and distributors have come to expect from MSG Networks.\u00a0 We are particularly pleased that we were able to expand the relationship to include programming relating to other Pegula Sports and Entertainment properties and create new and compelling programs for our viewers.\u00a0 We would also like to say how proud we are to be partners with Terry and Kim Pegula and their team at Pegula Sports and Entertainment.\u00a0 We admire their dedication and commitment to Western New York and look forward to continuing to build upon our already strong partnership throughout the term of this new, long-term arrangement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to thank MSG Networks for their long standing commitment to the Buffalo Sabres and our fans,\u201d says Terry Pegula, Owner of the Buffalo Sabres and Buffalo Bills.\u00a0 \u201cThe opportunity\u00a0 to extend and expand our partnership, including the launch of the MSG Western New York brand will be a great opportunity for our fans to stay connected to the teams they love.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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