Sept. 26, 2005
NEW YORK - SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI), which offers more live sports play-by-play than any other radio source with live coverage of more than 250 professional and college teams, together with CSTV: College Sports Television and Conference USA, announced today an agreement to broadcast a college football "Game of the Week" from Conference USA on SIRIUS throughout the season. Programs start this weekend.
In addition to the "Game of the Week," other C-USA games may be heard on SIRIUS over the course of the season. Schedules are available at www.sirius.com.
"Conference USA is a great addition to our sports lineup," said Steve Cohen, Vice President of Sports Programming for SIRIUS. "SIRIUS is a premier destination for college sports fans and these partnerships with CSTV and the conferences certainly enhance that appeal across a large and widespread fan base."
"We are very pleased that people all over the country will be able to listen to Conference USA games this season through SIRIUS Satellite Radio," said Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky. "This is just another great example of how we have broadened our distribution this year and how CSTV is reaching out to give our fans unprecedented access to follow their favorite teams."
"We're delighted that Sirius recognizes the huge appetite that college fans have for accessing games in every way, including on satellite radio," said Chris Bevilacqua, President, CSTV Networks. "Sirius subscribers now can enjoy football games featuring our partners at Conference USA."
CSTV and Conference USA have kicked off the first year of a long-term multimedia and marketing relationship that includes significant national, regional and local exposure for football, men's and women's basketball and all other C-USA sports. CSTV is televising 55 C-USA football games live this fall, and provides distribution via pay per view, broadband video and audio-on-demand, satellite radio, cable/broadcast/satellite television wireless and more.
SIRIUS airs sports play-by-play from more than 125 college and university partners around the nation and will broadcast every game in its entirety of the 2005, 2006 and 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. In addition to being the official satellite radio partner of the NFL, NHL, Wimbledon Championships and Barclays English Premier League soccer, SIRIUS provides sports news and talk, play-by-play action from the NBA and coverage of several of the year's top thoroughbred horse races. Starting in 2007, SIRIUS will be the official satellite radio home of NASCAR.
About SIRIUSSIRIUS delivers more than 120 channels of the best commercial-free music, compelling talk shows, news and information, and the most extensive sports programming to listeners across the country in digital quality sound. SIRIUS offers 65 channels of 100% commercial-free music, and features over 55 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95. SIRIUS also broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL, NHL and NBA and is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL and NHL.
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About CSTV Networks, Inc.Through its numerous media platforms, CSTV Networks connects more college sports fan to more college sports via College Sports TV, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men's and women's college sports; CSTV.com, the number one online source for college sports broadband content and the backbone for more than 200 official college sites; CSTV All Access, an online subscription service providing live audio and video of more than 6,000 events annually; GameTracker Live, providing live statistics and scores for more than 13,000 college sporting events per year; on satellite radio, in-flight entertainment, wireless networks and more.