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MWC Partner CSTV Launches in Albuquerque CSTV to televise two Lobo women's basketball games this season
Oct. 1, 2004 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., October 1, 2004 - Comcast in Albuquerque has launched CSTV: College Sports Television, (www.collegesports.com) the first 24-hour college sports network, thus providing college sports fans throughout the Albuquerque and Santa Fe markets with the broadest and deepest coverage of the "best of the best" of college sports. CSTV is available on Comcast in Albuquerque on digital channel 274. As part of its unsurpassed coverage and promotion of college sports, CSTV will present live telecasts of two University of New Mexico women's basketball homes games during the 2004-05 season, including Saturday, February 5 against Colorado State (2 p.m. MT) and Saturday, February 25 versus UNLV at 2 p.m. (MT). CSTV and the Mountain West Conference announced last month a fully integrated multi-media partnership that will begin in 2006. It incorporates all conference-related media and marketing rights, including all television, national over-the-air and satellite radio, video-on-demand, online, broadband and exclusive corporate sponsorship rights. The agreement includes the first NCAA Division I-A football and Division I men's basketball conference-wide deal for CSTV.
In addition to the unparalleled national television coverage the Mountain West will receive via College Sports TV, Mountain West TV will provide exclusive live telecasts of as many as 40 Mountain West Conference football games and up to 120 men's and women's basketball games a year. The groundbreaking venture will ensure television exposure for nearly every MWC football and men's basketball contest, and reconfirm the commitment to coverage of women's intercollegiate athletics. "Comcast has been a great partner and supporter of Lobo athletics," said Rudy Davalos, University of New Mexico Athletics Director. "I was certain they would include CSTV in their channel lineup if it meant the Lobos would have better exposure in their New Mexico markets." "The Albuquerque market is very passionate about college sports and we are pleased to bring CSTV, the new home of college sports, to fans here," said Brian Bedol, president and CEO, CSTV. "We are committed to televising more college sports than anyone else, from the perspective of the student-athlete, student, alumni, coach, and the college sports fan in general." College Sports TV televises regular season and championship event coverage from every major collegiate athletic conference. It also televises NCAA championships in men's and women's lacrosse, women's ice hockey, field hockey, men's and women's water polo, gymnastics and track & field. Since launching in April 2003, College Sports TV has televised more than 5,000 hours of original programming, including more women's sports coverage than any other network. It televises more than 35 men's and women's college sports, including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, wrestling and volleyball. CSTV is a multi-media company consisting of the first 24-hour college sports television network, College Sports TV; the leading college sports online network, CollegeSports.com; and the first 24-hour college sports radio network, SIRIUS College Sports Radio. Through its numerous platforms, CSTV provides more live college sports games, events, news, information, analysis and broadband content, and reaches more college sports fans, than any other company. In addition, CSTV and the Mountain West Conference recently announced a fully integrated multi-media partnership beginning in 2006 that will incorporates all conference-related media and marketing rights. ### |
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