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| Type of business | Over-the-top media service |
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| Founded | July 9, 2024; 16 months ago (2024-07-09) |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Area served |
(Each team's regional availability varies) |
| Owner | Victory Plus, Inc. |
| Founder | Neil Gruninger |
| Key people | Neil Gruninger Brad Alberts Jason Walsh |
| Industry | Sports broadcasting |
| Parent | Dallas Stars A Parent Media Company |
| URL | victoryplus |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | September 11, 2024; 14 months ago (2024-09-11) |
| Current status | Active |
Victory+ is an Americanfree ad-supported streaming television (FAST) sports network owned by Calgary-based A Parent Media Co. It officially launched in September 2024, ahead of the2024–25 NHL season.
The service was first established in partnership with theDallas Stars of theNational Hockey League (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 withBally Sports Southwest, which was terminated as part of a restructuring by its parent companyDiamond Sports Group.
Prior to its launch, Victory+ would expand beyond Dallas Stars content; it would also partner with the NHL'sAnaheim Ducks to succeed a contract withBally Sports West, and sub-licensed selected preseason—and later, regular season—games from theSt. Louis Blues. In 2025, Victory+ became the streaming partner for theTexas Rangers' newRangers Sports Network, and the service began to add non-regional content, including streaming agreements with theNational Women's Soccer League,Overtime, theMajor Arena Soccer League, and theWestern Hockey League.
On March 14, 2023, Diamond Sports Group, the parent company of theDallas Stars' then-broadcaster Bally Sports Southwest (nowFanDuel Sports Network Southwest), filed forchapter 11 bankruptcy.[1] In July 2024, as part of the company's restructuring process, Diamond filed a motion with theU.S. bankruptcy court to terminate the company's contract with the Dallas Stars.[2] Prior to 2021, it was part of theFox Sports Regional Networks, which were then sold off byThe Walt Disney Company after acquiring the entertainment unit of21st Century Fox in 2019.
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 platformKidoodle.TV, and is the streaming provider for the sports comedy troupeDude Perfect)[3] to launch a free ad-supported streaming platform for the team's ancillary video content and regional games, known as Victory+, beginning in the2024–25 season.[4][5][6] 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).[7]
In August 2024, Victory+ would add regional rights to a second NHL team—theAnaheim Ducks—under a two-year agreement; the team declined to renew its contract withBally Sports West & SoCal. The team also reached a sublicensing agreement withFox Television Stations to simulcast the games onKCOP-TV (with some games airing on parentFox stationKTTV-TV).[8][9][10]
The service officially launched on September 11, 2024. At launch, it was available to download onAndroid,Google TV,iOS,Roku, andAmazon Fire TV devices.[11] The same day, the Stars announced an agreement withCumulus Media to stream the team's radio broadcasterKTCKThe Ticket on Victory+.[12]
In May 2025, Victory+ announced linear "Victory+ Anaheim" and "Victory+ Dallas" FAST channels forSamsung TV Plus, which primarily focus on content oriented towards those markets.[13]
In September 2025, Victory+ announced an agreement with theNational Women's Soccer League to broadcast 57 matches on the platform, with 25 matches to air on Sunday nights. The agreements extends through the 2026 and 2027 seasons.[14]
Victory+ holds the regional rights to theAnaheim Ducks andDallas Stars of theNational Hockey League, 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 withFanDuel Sports Network.[4][5][9] The Ducks also have a sublicensing agreement withFox Television Stations to simulcast its regional broadcasts onKCOP-TV andKTTV in Los Angeles.[9] In March 2025, Victory+ reached a sublicensing agreement with Fox Television Stations to simulcast four Stars games onKDFI andKDFW through the remainder of the 2024–25 regular season. For the 2025–26 season, this agreement was later enlarged into a 17 game simulcast agreement.[15][16]
In September 2024, theSt. Louis Blues 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 onFanDuel Sports Network Midwest.[17] Later, the Blues announced that three regular season games that season would exclusively stream on Victory+ and air on localGray Media television stations.[18]
On January 15, 2025, theTexas Rangers ofMajor League Baseball announced a multi-year agreement to stream its games on Victory+ beginning in the2025 season via the team-ownedRangers Sports Network. Unlike Stars games, these games will require either the purchase of a paid subscription priced at $100 per-season,[19][20] orTV Everywhere authentication with a television provider that had reached an agreement to carry the games.[21][22]
In June 2025, Victory+ acquired the rights to theUniversity Interscholastic League (UIL)high school football championships, also replacing FanDuel Sports Network.[23] 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.[24]
In November 2024, Victory+ announced an agreement to become the exclusive streaming home of theWomen's National Football Conference.[25]
In February 2025, Victory+ announced an agreement withOvertime, adding non-exclusive rights to events from itsOvertime Elite, OT Select, and OT7 leagues, and OTX boxing. It also reached a streaming agreement with theMajor Arena Soccer League.[26][27]
In March 2025, Victory+ announced a streaming agreement with theWestern Hockey League (WHL), amajor junior hockey league operating inWestern Canada and the U.S.Pacific Northwest; beginning with the2025 playoffs, Victory+ will stream all WHL games worldwide (aside from the WHL finals), along with ancillary content such as classic games.[28][29] The platform also acquired rights to the threeCanadian Hockey League finals and2025 Memorial Cup outside of Canada.[30]
In July 2025 Victory+ entered a deal with theIndoor Football League which gave them a national game of the week broadcast.
In September 2025, Victory+ announced an agreement with theNational Women's Soccer League to broadcast 57 matches on the platform, with 25 matches to air on Sunday nights. The agreements extends through the 2026 and 2027 seasons.[14]
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