Victory+ is an American

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(FAST) sports network owned by Calgary-based A Parent Media Co. It officially launched in September 2024, ahead of the

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. The service was first established in partnership with the

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of the

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(NHL), offering in-market streaming of regional Stars games not broadcast by one of the NHL's national media partners, as well as other team-produced video content. The contract succeeded an agreement with

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, which was terminated as part of a restructuring by its parent company

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. Prior to its launch, Victory+ would expand beyond Dallas Stars content; it would also partner with the NHL's

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to succeed a contract with

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, and sub-licensed selected preseason—and later, regular season—games from the

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. In 2025, Victory+ became the streaming partner for the Texas Rangers' new

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, and the service began to add non-regional content, including streaming agreements with

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and the

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(WHL).

History

On March 14, 2023, Diamond Sports Group, the parent company of the

' then-broadcaster Bally Sports Southwest (now FanDuel Sports Network Southwest), filed for

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. In July 2024, as part of the company's restructuring process, Diamond filed a motion with the U.S. bankruptcy court to terminate the company's contract with the Dallas Stars. On July 7, 2024, the Stars subsequently announced a seven-year contract with Calgary-based A Parent Media Co. (APMC, who also owns children's video platform Kidoodle.TV, and is the streaming provider for the sports comedy troupe

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) to launch a free ad-supported streaming platform for the team's ancillary video content and regional games, known as Victory+, beginning in the 2024–25 season. The name of the service comes from the Stars' team color of "Victory Green" (which is also the namesake of the team's mascot, Victor E. Green). In August 2024, Victory+ would add regional rights to a second NHL team—the

—under a two-year agreement; the team declined to renew its contract with Bally Sports West & SoCal. The team also reached a sublicensing agreement with

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to simulcast the games on

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(with some games airing on parent

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station

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). The service officially launched on September 11, 2024. At launch, it was available to download on Android, Google TV,

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, and

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devices. The same day, the Stars announced an agreement with

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to stream the team's radio broadcaster KTCK ''The Ticket'' on Victory+. In May 2025, Victory+ announced "Victory+ Anaheim" and "Victory+ Dallas" channels for the

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service.

Programming

Current regional broadcast rights

National Hockey League

Victory+ holds the regional rights to the

and

of the

, airing all games not televised exclusively by the NHL's national media partners; the games stream for free within the teams' respective markets. Both teams previously had agreements with

FanDuel Sports Network FanDuel Sports Network (formerly Bally Sports) is a group of regional sports networks in the United States owned by Main Street Sports Group (formerly Diamond Sports Group). The networks carry regional broadcasts of sporting events from various ...

. The Ducks also have a sublicensing agreement with

to simulcast its regional broadcasts on

and

KTTV KTTV (channel 11) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast of the United States, West Coast flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network. It is owned a ...

in Los Angeles. In March 2025, Victory+ reached a sublicensing agreement with Fox Television Stations to simulcast four Stars games on

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and

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through the remainder of the 2024–25 regular season. In September 2024, the

announced that four of its five preseason games would stream on Victory+, with all but one of the broadcasts featuring the Blues' radio announcers. Regular season games would remain on

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. Later, the Blues announced that three games would air on Victory+ and local

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television stations through the remainder of the 2024–25 regular season.

Rangers Sports Network

On January 15, 2025, the Texas Rangers of

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announced a multi-year agreement to stream its games on Victory+ beginning in the 2025 season via the team-owned

. Unlike Stars games, these games will require either the purchase of a paid subscription priced at $100 per-season, or

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authentication with a television provider that had reached an agreement to carry the games.

High school football

In June 2025, Victory+ acquired the rights to the

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(UIL)

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championships, also replacing FanDuel Sports Network. The service will stream the 12 divisional championship games, as well as up to 20 playoff games per-season. The possibility of a regular season "game of the week" package has also been explored.

Current national/international broadcast rights

In November 2024, Victory+ announced an agreement to become the exclusive streaming home of the

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. In February 2025, Victory+ announced an agreement with

, adding non-exclusive rights to events from its

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, OT Select, and OT7 leagues, and OTX boxing. It also reached a streaming agreement with the

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. In March 2025, Victory+ announced a streaming agreement with the

(WHL), a

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league operating in

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and the U.S.

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; beginning with the

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playoffs, Victory+ will stream all WHL games worldwide (aside from the WHL finals), along with ancillary content such as classic games. The platform also acquired rights to the three

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finals and

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outside of Canada.

Notable staff

Current

John Ahlers John Ahlers is the television play-by-play announcer for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League on Victory+. He has also served as an announcer for '' Poker Royale'' on the Game Show Network. A Michigan State University graduate, Ahlers ...

- Ducks play-by-play commentator *

Brian Hayward Brian George Hayward (born June 25, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who is a color commentator for Anaheim Ducks broadcasts on Victory+ and KCOP-TV. Playing career Hayward played college hockey at Cornell Universi ...

- Ducks color commentator * Aly Lozoff - Ducks rink-side reporter *

Guy Hebert Guy Andre Hebert (; born January 7, 1967) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He is a graduate of La Salle Institute in Troy and Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Despite being American, he uses the French pronunciatio ...

- Ducks studio analyst * Josh Bogorad - Stars play-by-play commentator * Daryl "Razor" Reaugh - Stars color commentator * Brien Rea - Stars studio analyst *

Brent Severyn Brent Severyn (born February 22, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with six teams between 1989 and 1999. Playing career Severyn was drafted 99th overall by the Winnipeg Je ...

- Stars studio analyst *

Dave Raymond Dave Raymond (born August 12, 1972) is an American sportscaster. He is the primary television play-by-play announcer for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball. He has also worked for the San Francisco Giants (2003), Baltimore Orioles (200 ...

- Rangers play by play * David Murphy - Rangers color commentator * Laura Stickells - Rangers field reporter * Jared Sandler - Rangers studio host *

Mark McLemore Mark Tremell McLemore (born October 4, 1964) is an American former professional baseball second baseman and utility player in Major League Baseball (MLB). Early years McLemore grew up in Southeast San Diego, where he went to Samuel F. B. Mors ...

- Rangers studio analyst

References

External links

* {{Anaheim Ducks Streaming television in the United States Sports broadcasting contracts 2024 establishments in Texas