The Longhorn Community, the 24-hour tv channel that has coated College of Texas athletics since 2011, will relaunch as a reimagined free streaming service on July 1, the college introduced Monday.
Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte stated in February that LHN would now not exist in its unique linear kind as a result of the Longhorns’ transfer to the SEC meant all the college’s dwell broadcasts that will have beforehand been broadcast on LHN would transfer to SEC Community and ESPN+, the place the remainder of the SEC faculties’ dwell programming is proven.
However Texas owns all of the content material that broadcast on LHN throughout its 13-year existence, and the brand new LHN can be a house to that, in addition to unique content material and different dwell programming, together with coaches’ reveals, press conferences, highlights, behind-the-scenes content material and interviews with gamers and coaches. The brand new LHN can be accessible on a free app for smartphones, tablets, computer systems and related TV and streaming units.
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“As we set out on our new journey within the Southeastern Convention, we needed to verify we had a becoming house for video content material that tells the story of our athletics division,” Del Conte stated in a press release. “Our workforce right here, together with the assistance of Endeavor Streaming and Learfield (Studios), have been arduous at work to carry this platform to life for Longhorn Nation.”
LHN, a 20-year, $300 million three way partnership between the college and ESPN, grew to become a catalyst in convention realignment upon its unique launch due to the college’s intention to broadcast soccer video games solely on the community. Though it struggled to realize cable service distribution in its early years, it grew to become a trusted house for UT followers to observe baseball, softball, volleyball and different dwell occasions. LHN, which gained dozens of Emmy awards, was house to roughly 175 dwell Longhorn sporting occasions per 12 months, in addition to studio reveals, press conferences and documentaries.
The reimagined LHN can be a 24-hour community and can embrace replays of basic video games within the LHN archive. The varsity stated it’s presently in improvement of content material franchises with new collection that may debut within the fall. Followers can be additionally be capable of watch dwell soccer recreation statcasts with radio play-by-play serving because the audio.
Authentic content material for the reimagined LHN can be produced from a brand new studio inside Darrell Ok Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
After its ultimate dwell recreation broadcast in Could, LHN baseball broadcast companions Keith Moreland and Greg Swindell had an emotional ship off.
“It’s been a heck of a run,” Moreland stated. “We’ve had a blast doing this.”
Emotional ultimate sign-off by Keith Moreland and Greg Swindell on the Longhorn Community. 🥲
Simply an unbelievable workforce of actually good individuals who modified the way in which followers acquired to observe Texas athletics. pic.twitter.com/SvDcdNdvmE
— Tyler Feldman (@TylerFeldmanTV) Could 18, 2024
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