HICKORY, N.C. -- The NCAA had announced a new streaming platform for NCAA Division II Playoff Football a few weeks ago which will impact the Bears fans this year. As a way to spread communication, see below on the information.
The NCAA has announced that HUDL will be the official live streaming partner for all NCAA Division II Football playoff games and will be behind a pay wall. Fans can pay $19.95 for access to all NCAA DII Playoff games -- as well as other sport championships throughout the season -- or a flat $9.95 fee to watch a single game. This fee will be separate for any conference platform fee paid this year (ex. FloSports). To sign up, just visit the NCAA gameday center of the game you are wanting to view (
https://www.ncaa.com/game/6195790) and click "purchase access" where you will be asked to make a HUDL account and sign up. There is also a section to click for help if you need assistance.
Fans are asked to sign up in advance as to not miss any of the action. Should you pull up the live stream prior to kickoff, you will have to fill out all information and payment which may take 5-10 minutes.
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Hudl announced earlier this month an exclusive partnership with the NCAA and NCAA Digital, managed by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, to stream more than 200 NCAA Division II championship contests in 2023-24. This partnership includes live and on-demand coverage of the Division II Football and Women's Volleyball Championships this fall and the Division II Men's and Women's Basketball Championships this winter.
"The NCAA is excited to partner with Hudl to extend the reach of Division II championships," said Chris Termini, NCAA managing director of championships external operations. "This collaboration, in partnership with WBD Sports, will allow fans to support their favorite Division II teams and student-athletes from anywhere across multiple platforms and integrates the championship streams with a broad range of Division II regular-season coverage available on the Hudl platform. Our aim is to make championship moments more accessible and memorable than ever before."
This partnership will mark a significant expansion of live championship coverage on ncaa.com and gives fans the opportunity to cheer on their favorite teams and student-athletes anywhere with Hudl-powered streaming on the site.
A new NCAA Championships Pass application will be available on Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV and Google TV devices. Fans will have three viewing options: $9.95 per contest, $19.95 for all Division II football games through the quarterfinal round and $29.95 for all Division II women's volleyball matches. Basketball pricing will be announced later.
The Division II football games on the Hudl platform will include all games not distributed by ESPN. The football semifinals and championship game will continue to be broadcast on ESPN platforms. The women's basketball semifinals and finals will be available on the CBS Sports Network, and the men's basketball semifinals and finals will be carried on the CBS Sports Network and CBS, respectively.
Hudl is recognized as a global leader in sports technology. Currently, 16 Division II conferences rely on Hudl's advanced livestreaming platform to provide fans live and on-demand access to regular-season and conference championship contests, including distribution of broadcasts to conference-branded destinations across web, mobile and TV apps. Conferences will have the option to include Division II championship content for football, volleyball and men's and women's basketball on their branded destination networks from Hudl.
"We are excited to build upon our NCAA Division II regular-season and conference championship relationships to now incorporate Association tournaments," said Ben Kant, head of streaming at Hudl. "With this partnership, we will enable fans to seamlessly stay connected with their teams and athletes throughout regular and postseasons, ensuring that they never miss a moment."
