Fwd: CSTV - Comcast - MTN Deal

Hey everyone,

 

Just wanted to drop a line about the MTN channel for the MWC.  I read a press release article posted on Comcast's website about their plans with CSTV and the MTN channel.  It is quite interesting, and you can see it at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=147565&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=883980&highlight  .  I found one paragraph particularly interesting stating their plans to do on demand content for the MTN channel, as well as wireless, Podcasts, etc.  Looks like they are really trying to go beyond the mark in making this an interestingly advanced service.

 

"In addition to televised coverage, fans will experience integrated multimedia cross-platform coverage of MWC athletics. This agreement includes rights for coverage on a myriad of other platforms, including Comcast's signature video on demand service, CSTV.com's industry-leading broadband product, high definition, wireless devices, as well as on iTunes and podcasts. "

 

 

The article also states that this is "the first network dedicated to exclusively covering a collegiate conference...The mtn. will be prominently positioned as not only the first network devoted to a single league, but also as an industry leader in both television programming and intercollegiate athletics."

 

I am suprized that I am now actually finding myself excited at something Comcast is involved in.

 

Kevin, this may be an answer to your problem in Mesquite (from: http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6354755.html  ):

"Comcast, though, will talk with cable operators outside of the nine-member conference's seven-state footprint in an effort to gain national carriage for the service, according to CSTV CEO Brian Bedol.

Select MountainWest Conference events will also appear on Comcast-owned sports network OLN, which will be renamed Versus in September, as well as through Comcast's video-on-demand platform. Content will also be available via broadband via CSTV.com (www.cstv.com)."

So if you can't get the programming any other way, you might be able to at least get it online.  But that might require a pretty fast connection.  However, it looks like Comcast is going to attempt getting other cable providers on their side, which makes sense for both companies, and their customers.

Tijs Limburg