INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has announced a multi-year partnership with Hudl to put select regular season and championship broadcasts behind a paywall, the league announced on Friday. The three-year partnership begins this fall and runs through the 2026 season.
The GLVC has been working with Hudl – formerly BlueFrame Technology and Volar Video – since 2014 when the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN) was created as the first Division II league-wide digital streaming network. The Conference initially dipped its toes in pay-per-view (PPV) coverage during the 2022 GLVC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship Tournaments and followed that successful venture in the 2022-23 season with the GLVC Volleyball Championship Tournament, the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship Tournaments again, as well as the Baseball Championship Tournament.
“We are excited to continue working with our long-time partners at Hudl and believe this initiative is the next step in our progression with the new era of pay-per-view,” said GLVC Commissioner Jim Naumovich. “Endorsed by the league as a whole, including the GLVC the Council of Presidents, moving select sports behind a paywall will provide a new revenue stream for all 14 member schools and the Conference office.”
Included in this new PPV partnership will be both non-conference and Conference football, volleyball, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball regular season contests, as well as Championship broadcasts for men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, softball, and baseball.
“Hudl is thrilled to build pay-per-view into our long-term partnership with the GLVC Sports Network," said Ben Kant, head of streaming at Hudl. "All member schools in the GLVC will have access to revenue-generating, premium broadcasts for their regular seasons and championships on a reliable platform, and continue to easily allow fans to cheer on their favorite team from anywhere. Through our partnership with the GLVC, we're able to showcase the power of revenue sharing models across Division II.”
Fans will have three different purchase options for regular-season broadcasts, including an individual broadcast cost of $10, a sport pass for $50 (volleyball) or $75 (football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball), and a full GLVC package for all four sports at $100. The cost for each Championship will vary, with more details announced closer to each event.
Viewers can access GLVCSN content throughout the year on
GLVCSN.com, the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, as well as the GLVCSN OTT apps on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV.
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ABOUT GREAT LAKES VALLEY CONFERENCE (GLVC)
The Great Lakes Valley Conference is one of the premier NCAA Division II conferences, made of 14 member institutions from four Midwest states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri) and comprised of 8,000 student-athletes, 64,000 students, and 600,000 alumni. Founded in 1978, the GLVC has grown to sponsor 24 Conference Championships and is among the nation’s elite in academic and athletic success. GLVC schools have captured 22 NCAA Division II national championships, including 12 on the men’s side – seven of which are in basketball – and the most recent coming for University of Indianapolis men’s swimming and diving in 2023. Among the 23 NCAA Division II conferences analyzed in the December 2022 report published by the national office, the GLVC ranked tied for third in the Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) at 69 percent and third in Academic Success Rate (ASR) at 85 percent for all student-athletes. The GLVC is also home to the GLVC Sports Network – the first NCAA Division II conference-wide digital streaming network that launched in 2014. GLVCSN can be found on
GLVCSN.com, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, and Roku OTT devices, as well as iOS and Android mobile apps. For more information about the GLVC, visit
GLVCsports.com.