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Press Release 10/9/2007: Bright House Networks Launches NHL Network
Press Release 6/25/2007: Bright House Networks Launches ESPNU
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Bright House Networks Launches NHL Network
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October 9, 2007, Orlando, FL--Bright House Networks today announced the free preview
of the NHL Network. The hockey net is the latest addition to the popular Bright
House Networks Digital Sports Pack and is available at no additional charge to all
Bright House Networks Digital Cable TV customers who subscribe to Digital Sports
Pack.
“We are proud to make NHL fans’ lives easier by being one of the first providers
in the nation to offer NHL Network,” said John Rigsby, President of Bright House
Networks Florida Group. “By adding NHL Network and continuing with a fifth season
of NHL Center Ice, we are providing more hockey than ever before for sports fans.
With the NHL Network, customers will be privy to NHL Network programming that includes
nine live NHL games, the network’s nightly signature program, NHL On The Fly, and
exclusive NHL All-Access programming fans can’t see anywhere else. NHL Network is
devoted to the sport of ice hockey, and is a U.S. version of the popular Canadian
NHL Network that launched in 2001. NHL Network will carry up to 50 preseason and
regular season NHL games during the 2007-2008 season.
About Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks is the nation’s 6th largest MSO with 2.4 million customers
in several large markets including Bakersfield, California; Birmingham, Alabama;
Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana; Orlando, Florida (Central Florida Division)
and Tampa Bay, Florida along with several other smaller systems in Alabama and the
Florida Panhandle. The high-growth Tampa/Central Florida markets are contiguous
and form one of the country’s largest cable clusters.
Bright House Networks customers have Digital Phone, high-speed data (HSD), Video-on-Demand
(VOD), Subscription Video-on- Demand (SVOD) and the immensely popular, Digital Video
Recorders (DVR) available to them. The company’s Florida operations currently deliver
nearly 300 channels to customers and were among the first in the country to offer
High Definition Television signals (HDTV). Since its introduction, HDTV has achieved
impressive acceptance with Bright House Networks customers who are equipped to receive
the signals.
Exceptional customer service is the company’s cornerstone of its business and top
priority across all operating units. Bright House Networks local, customer service
centers are available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, including holidays.
Public affairs, social responsibility and community involvement continue as major
initiatives for the company as an ongoing commitment to the families and communities
Bright House Networks serves. This includes long-term commitments to education and
to what matters in the lives of Bright House Networks communities.
The company’s Digital Phone service ranked highest in residential telephone customer
satisfaction in the southeast region, two years in a row -- 2006 and 2007-- according
to the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates Residential Regional Telephone Customer
Satisfaction StudySM. The southeast region consists of nine states including Florida
and Alabama.
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HouseBright House Networks Launches ESPNU
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June 25, 2007, Orlando, FL—Customers can watch top college basketball rivalries and gridiron action among the nation’s top 25 teams during the 2007-08 season thanks to Bright House Networks launch of ESPNU.
ESPNU televises more than 400 live collegiate football and basketball games, as well as Olympic sports competition from more than 20 Division 1 conferences, including the Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, Big East, MAC, Sec and Sun Belt conferences.
Later this year, ESPNU is scheduled toair more than 150 men’s college basketball games and 40 women’s games featuring Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, Syracuse and Texas teams. During the 2006-07 season, ESPNU aired more than 70 exclusive college football match-ups.
“Many of our customers are loyal and dedicated college football and basketball fans,” said John Rigsby, president of Bright House Networks Florida Group. “We believe ESPNU will be extremely popular with our sports-minded customers.”
ESPNU debuted in 2005 and features both live and studio programming. The network has a wide-ranging, long-term agreement with the NCAA to enhance coverage of 22 NCAA championships and also has exclusive rights to re-broadcast games from ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Regional TV programming.
ESPNU is available in all of Bright House Networks’ service areas.
About Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks is the nation’s 6th largest MSO with 2.4 million customers in several large markets including Bakersfield, California; Birmingham, Alabama; Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana; Orlando, Florida (Central Florida Division) and Tampa Bay, Florida along with several other smaller systems in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The high-growth Tampa/Central Florida markets are contiguous and form one of the country’s largest cable clusters.
Bright House Networks customers have Digital Phone, high-speed data (HSD), Video-on-Demand (VOD), Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVOD) and the immensely popular, Digital Video Recorders (DVR) available to them. The company’s Florida operations currently deliver nearly 300 channels to customers and were among the first in the country to offer High Definition Television signals (HDTV). Since its introduction, HDTV has achieved impressive acceptance with Bright House Networks customers who are equipped to receive the signals.
Exceptional customer service is the company’s cornerstone of its business and top priority across all operating units. Bright House Networks local, customer service centers are available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, including holidays. Public affairs, social responsibility and community involvement continue as major initiatives for the company as an ongoing commitment to the families and communities Bright House Networks serves. This includes long-term commitments to education and to what matters in the lives of Bright House Networks communities.
The company’s Digital Phone service ranked highest in residential telephone customer satisfaction in the southeast region, two years in a row -- 2006 and 2007-- according to the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates Residential Regional Telephone Customer Satisfaction StudySM. The southeast region consists of nine states including Florida and Alabama.
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