ST. LOUIS -- Commissioner Jeff Jackson announced today that the Missouri Valley Conference has signed a three-year agreement with LTN Global Communications to continue to serve as the production company for the its television package on Bally Sports Midwest-Indiana-Kansas City and NBC Sports Chicago through the 2023-24 academic year.

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       The Missouri Valley Conference and LTN Global Communications, which began producing MVC events during the 2010-11 academic year, just completed a three-year agreement (2017-18 - 2019-20) and a one-year extension on July 31, 2021.

       Through its distribution partnerships with Bally Sports and NBC Sports Chicago, the Missouri Valley Conference clears a 16-game regular-season men’s basketball package plus the first six contests from the State Farm MVC Men’s Basketball Tournament at Enterprise Center in St. Louis each March.

       Now in its 115th year of collegiate sports competition, the Missouri Valley Conference is comprised of 10 NCAA Division I institutions -- Bradley University, Drake University, University of Evansville, Illinois State University, Indiana State University, Loyola University Chicago, Missouri State University, University of Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois University and Valparaiso University. 

       Dallas Baptist is an affiliate member for baseball; Arkansas-Little Rock is an affiliate member in women’s swimming and diving; Stony Brook competes as an affiliate member in women’s tennis; and SIU Edwardsville will begin its second stint as an affiliate member in men’s soccer in 2021.

       Based in St. Louis, The Valley sponsors 17 sports in all, including men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s golf, women’s tennis, softball and baseball.

       LTN® Global is a worldwide leader in video technology solutions for producers and distributors of broadcast-quality content. Built on the world’s fastest and most reliable IP multicast network, LTN’s universal media ecosystem unites modular services and integrates with other leading technologies to bring full-video-chain workflows, driving scale from creation and acquisition to monetization and delivery.

       LTN has been connecting the world with transformative video experiences for more than 12 years and continues to make content more valuable and relevant to media organizations and global audiences.