Gray Media, Missouri Valley Conference announce multi-year agreement

Missouri Valley Conference and Gray Media (GTN) announced a multi-year agreement to produce and distribute MVC men’s and women’s basketball regular-season games and opening-round / quarterfinal State Farm MVC Men’s Basketball Tournament contests beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. “The linear over-the-air station package will be distributed in 22 Gray Media markets in the states of Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee and via third-party broadcast partners in markets outside of the Gray footprint. As part of the agreement between The Valley and Gray, the men’s and women’s basketball content will be produced and distributed by Indianapolis-based Tupelo Honey, owned by Gray. As part of the Conference’s multi-year contract with ESPN, the entire package will also be simulcast live nationally on ESPN+ and available through the ESPN app without digital blackouts,” the company and conference stated.