Altitude+ streaming service for Nuggets, Avalanche games available as smart phone app
Denver Post
The subscription-based streaming service that will allow local fans to watch Nuggets and Avalanche games is now available to download on mobile devices and Apple TV, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment announced Wednesday.
The streaming platform, called Altitude+, is not available yet as a smart TV app in association with Roku, Amazon Fire and Android TV, according to a news release. In late September when KSE announced its plan to launch Altitude+, a company spokesperson said indications were that a smart TV version of the app would be released a few weeks after the mobile versions. The Avs are seven games into their 2024-25 season, while the Nuggets tip off theirs Thursday night at Ball Arena.
The first Avalanche game to be broadcast live on Altitude+ is Thursday when Colorado faces the NHL’s new Utah Hockey Club. The Nuggets’ season-opener will not be available on Altitude+ because the game is exclusive to a national network — TNT. Denver’s second game, Saturday against the Clippers, will feature an Altitude Sports broadcast and will therefore be available to stream. Subscriptions cost $19.95.
The debut of Altitude+ comes five years into an ongoing carriage dispute between Comcast and Altitude Sports, the Kroenke-owned regional sports network, which has resulted in Nuggets and Avalanche games being blacked out for Comcast subscribers.
In addition to the streaming platform, 20 Nuggets games and 20 Avalanche games will be televised over the air for free on My20 (KTVD-20). Ten of those games will also appear on KUSA-9, the Denver-area NBC affiliate.
The Nuggets and Avalanche also announced a commercial partnership on Wednesday with the sports gambling brand bet365. According to the release, new Altitude+ subscribers who sign up via bet365 will get their first two months of the streaming service for free.