NHPTV No Longer Broadcasting UNH Games
June 11, 2008
As a result of declining external funding support and rising production costs,
the athletic department and New Hampshire Public Television (NHPTV) announced
Friday that UNH men's hockey games will not be broadcast on NHPTV during the
2008-09 season.
The athletic department is looking into other options to air as many games
as possible during the season. The Wildcats will once again be a focal point
of Hockey East's Friday Night Hockey game package. During the past five years,
NHPTV has typically aired 10 live home games each season from the Whittemore
Center and offered live and archived Web casts of those games.
"While we regret we are no longer able to continue our broadcast relationship
with NHPTV, we are extremely optimistic that we can find a forum for UNH men's
hockey on television for the legions of UNH fans in New Hampshire and the surrounding
area," said athletic director Marty Scarano. "I'd like to thank NHPTV
and its production team for their outstanding, award-winning coverage of our
men's ice hockey games and athletics in general over the years."
"We appreciate the enthusiasm UNH hockey fans have shown for our broadcasts
and Web casts of the Wildcat games," said NHPTV CEO and general manager
Peter A. Frid, "and we're gratified that our play-by-play coverage of
the games has won numerous awards over the years. However, without sufficient
funding to cover the costs of producing the broadcasts, we can no longer continue
to air the games. We anticipate that UNH Athletics will find other broadcast
opportunities for the games, and wish the team every success this season and
forward."
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