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The University of North Georgia announced the launch of the Nighthawk Sports Network in the fall of 2015. The new digital network offers live broadcasts in high definition of every baseball, basketball, soccer and softball game hosted on UNG's Dahlonega campus. NSN provides all streaming video through the Peach Belt Conference Sports Network platform all at no cost to Nighthawk fans.Â
The Nighthawk Sports Network provides fans the ability to watch all games via a custom network website, mobile apps for iOS, Android and Amazon Fire Tablet devices and apps for popular streaming TV devices like Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku.
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Nighthawk Sports Network Highlights
• In 2013 became one of NCAA Division II's first commercially-driven and revenue-generating digital networks
• In 2016 became the first school to broadcast five different home sports on ESPN3 as part of the Division II Showcase
• In 2019 had all linear, end-to-end broadcast carried live on local Windstream cable television (GMTV) reaching over 200,000 homes in a 30-county area |
Broadcast Rights
The University of North Georgia (UNG) holds the exclusive multimedia rights to all UNG intercollegiate athletic events and all intercollegiate athletic events hosted by UNG for exclusive use by the Nighthawk Sports Network (NSN), the commercial multimedia platform of the Department of Athletics. Through its exclusive rights, NSN allows affiliates to simulcast the original broadcast through platforms not originally supported by NSN (terrestrial radio and television, cable or satellite television, etc.). For information on becoming an NSN affiliate, please contact Lee Glenn, Senior Associate Athletic Director at
lee.glenn@ung.edu or 706-867-3250. In accordance with Peach Belt Conference and National Collegiate Athletic Association policy, visiting teams participating in intercollegiate athletic events at UNG have the right to produce an audio-only broadcast (terrestrial radio and/or online stream) on site. This is only allowed to the specific school or broadcast rights holder of the school participating in the event.
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