Weekly Program To Go Inside The Game Like Never Before - Tonight On HDNet At 6:30 p.m. ET
The National Hockey League (NHL) and HDNet have teamed up to present INSIDE THE NHL, a new weekly show airing on HDNet. Utilizing NHL Productions’ unprecedented access to NHL clubs and players, INSIDE THE NHL will feature programming regarding the upcoming game airing on HDNet, in-depth interviews with the biggest stars in the game -- both on and off the ice -- as well as the latest news from around the League.
The premiere episode of INSIDE THE NHL debuts on HDNet at 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 4 as the pre-game show to HDNet’s feature game of the Florida Panthers taking on the New York Rangers at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Hosted by long-time hockey broadcaster Dan Moriarty, INSIDE THE NHL is shot on the location of every HDNet Thursday night NHL game. Each week the show will include segments that give fans a personal look at their favorite NHL players, the top highlights from the current week and unique features showcasing NHL’s biggest stars and celebrity fans.
In the debut episode, New York Ranger Scott Gomez talks with Moriarty about his life’s journey from Alaska all the way to Madison Square Garden. Viewers also will get a special look back at the Anaheim Ducks’ Game 5 Stanley Cup win, with exclusive access to the Stanley Cup Champions from on-the-ice to their post-game dressing room celebration. This episode will re-air Saturday, prior to HDNet’s presentation of Anaheim’s game at Pittsburgh.
“INSIDE THE NHL is a hockey lover’s dream,” said Mark Cuban, president and co-founder of HDNet. “It’s an all-access pass to the NHL and its players that fans never really had – until now.”
"Everyone acknowledges high-def's impact on our game presentation, making HDNet the perfect partner for INSIDE THE NHL,” said Ken Rosen, NHL group vice president, video production and programming. “Now, thanks in part to Dan Moriarty’s access and relationship with our players, fans will feel like they're ‘hanging’ with the NHL's brightest stars right in their own living room."
INSIDE THE NHL airs on HDNet every Thursday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
About the NHL
The National Hockey League, founded in 1917, is the second-oldest of the four major professional team sports leagues in North America. Today, the NHL consists of 30 Member Clubs, each reflecting the League’s international makeup, with players from more than 20 countries represented on team rosters. According to a Simmons Market Research study, NHL fans are younger, more educated, more affluent, and access content through digital means more than any other sport. The NHL entertains more than 100 million fans each season in-arena and through its partners in national television (VERSUS, NBC, TSN, CBC, RDS, RIS, NASN, NHL Network and HDNet) and radio (Westwood One and XM Radio). Through the NHL Foundation, the League’s charitable arm, the NHL raises money and awareness for Hockey Fights Cancer, Hockey’s All-Star Kids and NHL Diversity, and supports the charitable efforts of all NHL players. For more information on the NHL, log on to NHL.com.
About HDNet
HDNet (www.hd.net) provides viewers with the best in original comedy, drama, news, sports and music programming.
HDNet is your exclusive, high definition home for popular, critically acclaimed original programming, including television’s only HD news feature programs “HDNet World Report,” “Dan Rather Reports” featuring legendary journalist Dan Rather and “NASA on HDNet” (presenting live shuttle launches through 2010). HDNet presents championship sports coverage featuring the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, NASCAR Grand National Division, NASCAR NEXTEL Cup re-broadcasts, boxing and Mixed Martial Arts; groundbreaking music programming with the HDNet Concert Series featuring leading artists and bands including U2, Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani and more, plus original music programs “Sound Off with Matt Pinfield,” and “True Music w/Katie Daryl”; entertaining interview shows including “Face 2 Face with Roy Firestone” and “Higher Definition,” in addition to fun and irreverent lifestyle programming including “Geek to Freak with Dennis Rodman,” “Deadline!,” “Art Mann Presents,” and “Get Out!” HDNet is also the exclusive high definition home to the critically acclaimed and award-winning programs such as the Emmy Award-winning “Arrested Development,” “The Black Donnellys,” “Blade: The Series,” “Star Trek: Enterprise,” “Dead Like Me,” “Smallville,” “Joan of Arcadia,” “Boomtown” and “Andy Richter Controls the Universe.”
HDNet Movies also features a wide selection of major studio theatrical releases – all uncut, unedited, and appearing in their original aspect ratio so that HDNet Movies viewers get the best possible home theater experience.
Only HDNet Movies exclusive “Sneak Previews” bring feature films to viewers before they premiere in theaters! Some of the HDNet Movies “Sneak Previews” have included the Academy Award nominated “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” Toronto Film Festival nominee “The War Within,” and “Bubble,” the first of six movies by acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh and produced exclusively for HDNet Films and, most recently, “Broken English,” from Zoe Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands, Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo and Griffin Dunne. Upcoming Sneak Previews include “Quid Pro Quo,” starring Nick Stahl and Vera Farmiga, “Hunter,” the story of the life and death of infamous gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson from director Alex Gibney and producer Graydon Carter, “Cashback,” written and produced by Sean Ellis, “Flawless,” starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore, and ”Closing Escrow,” a real estate mockumentary featuring April Barnett and Allen Friedman.
Launched in 2001 by Mark Cuban and General Manager Philip Garvin, the HDNet networks are available on AT&T, Bright House Networks, Charter Communications, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and more than 40 NCTC cable affiliate companies. For more information visit www.hd.net.