Today, Gray Media, in partnership with the New Orleans Pelicans, announces a transformative media rights deal to bring every non-national Pelicans NBA game to 4.1 million households through a new soon-to-be launched multi-state distribution venture called Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network anchored by Gray’s New Orleans television station WVUE (FOX 8 Local First).

The groundbreaking rights deal will distribute Pelicans games over the air to more than 4 million homes across multiple states.

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A January 12 game versus the Denver Nuggets marked the first New Orleans Pelicans game-day telecast on Gray Television-owned WVUE-8. Now, the company now doing business as Gray Media has secured a deeper media rights deal that results in a forthcoming multistate sports and entertainment network anchored by WVUE.

Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network” will expand Pelicans' reach to 16x more households than its current distribution arrangement

Gray Media announces a transformative media rights deal to bring every non-national Pelicans NBA game to 4.1 million households.

Gray Media, in partnership with the New Orleans Pelicans, announces a transformative media rights deal to bring every non-national Pelicans NBA game to 4.1 million households throughout the region.