Tampa Bay Lightning Deal Gives Scripps Sports Both Florida NHL Teams

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TAMPA – Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning skates by the team bench and celebrates his goal … More with teammates against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the third period at the Amalie Arena on April 9, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images) Getty Images Those of a certain age will recall when an antenna on the roof was required to receive a handful of UHF and VHF television stations in a given market. The days of Ultra and Very High Frequency networks were what most households knew before something called ‘cable’ became all the rage. Cable television was a gamechanger of gargantuan proportions as fans could watch, get this, home games on their television (likely color by then) in the comfort of their den. Imagine that! Home games on the family TV! Indeed, networks such as PRISM – the unwieldly Philadelphia Regional In-Home Sports and Movies network — began to air in the mid-1970s and carried home games of local teams, something that was previously unheard of. Of course, it came with a price as such networks were considered premium channels. Paying an additional sum was a minor inconvenience for something that proved to be on the front end of regional sports networks (RSNs) that would eventually rule much of the television sports viewing landscape. Not that rabbit ears and the age of digital and high-definition signals are made for one another. Alas, Scripps Sports has been providing viewing opportunities that cover all of the bases: over-the-air, cable, satellite and streaming. A major professional property in the Tampa Bay television market was added to Scripps Sports’ inventory when it was announced Wednesday that the Tampa Bay Lightning were on board. The Bolts broke away from the RSN model, which carried the team’s broadcasts since its…