Fans Gain Additional Access to Most In-Depth Coverage of College Sports

CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK announced today that the Network is now part of Cablevision’s iO TV digital cable service, appearing on channel 143 in standard definition and channel 793 in high definition, providing fans with the broadest and deepest coverage of college sports.  

With the additional Cablevision subscribers, CBS College Sports Network is now seen in approximately 38 million and is available to more than 89 million households across the country.  In the last 12 months, the Network has experienced a +38% distribution increase, representing 10.4 million additional subscribers.  

“Increasing our visibility and reach on Cablevision allows us to further serve a huge and devoted college sports fan base and grow the Network’s awareness in the country’s biggest market,” said Steve Herbst, Executive Vice President and General Manager, CBS College Sports Network.  “The timing is great for Cablevision customers, who will now have access to CBS College Sports Network’s in-depth March Madness programming.”

“CBS College Sports Network is a top destination for college sports fans with compelling live game action and programming showcasing a variety of sports and teams from across the college landscape,” said John Trierweiler, Cablevision’s senior vice president of product management. “We are pleased to include it in our iO TV digital cable service in addition to its continued availability as part of our iO Sports Pak.”

Cablevision customers now receive wider access to CBS College Sports Network’s extensive programming, which includes coverage of over 250 live events annually showcasing more than 25 men’s and women’s sports,  in addition to a variety of studio shows, documentaries and original programs.  CBS College Sports Network annually broadcasts numerous NCAA Championships, is the official cable home of the NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship and is a leading programmer of women’s sports.  

CBS College Sports Network, a division of CBS Sports, is the original 24-hour cable network dedicated to college sports.  CBS College Sports Network is the home for U.S. Service Academy football, featuring all Army and Navy home games, as well as several Air Force games every season.  For more information, go to www.cbscollegesports.com.

CBS College Sports Network, the official cable home of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, will be seen in over 56 million households through its Free Preview, which began Monday, March 8 and runs through Monday, April 5.  The free preview allows affiliates to open its signal to all customers, providing more fans with an opportunity to watch the Network’s extensive March Madness coverage, which includes the official highlight show of the tournament, NCAA March Madness Highlights Presented by Coke Zero.  

 
To date, 18 affiliate partners have signed on to be a part of the Free Preview, accounting for approximately 18 million additional subscribers.  Affiliate partners include DISH Network, Verizon FiOS, Insight, Mediacom, Suddenlink and RCN, and wide participation from Comcast, Time Warner, Cox Communications and Bright House Networks systems, in addition to several others.  
 
CBS College Sports Network presents all the action and excitement surrounding the tournament, including over 80 hours of coverage complementing CBS Sports’ exclusive live network game broadcasts.  Immediately following the conclusion of each day’s games on CBS Sports, NCAA March Madness Highlights Presented by Coke Zero, recaps the excitement of the day with all the scores, news, highlights and analysis. Throughout the tournament, NCAA March Madness Central Engineered by GMC Sierra brings viewers exclusive in-progress game highlights, live look-ins and press conferences from every team at every site from the first-round through the Championship Game.

Former Duke Lacrosse Player Matt Danowski Joins Network as Lead Analyst

CBS College Sports Network’s crease-to-crease lacrosse coverage kicks off on Thursday, Feb. 25 (7:00 PM, ET) as *No. 4-ranked North Carolina takes on *No. 16-ranked Navy.  

Former Duke lacrosse player Matt Danowski joins CBS College Sports Network as game analyst and teams with veteran play-by-play announcer Dave Ryan to call the action this season.  Danowski is the all-time NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse leader in points, and was a four-time All-American at Duke.  In 2007 he helped lead the Blue Devils to a 17-3 record and the National Championship game, and was the recipient of the Tewaaraton Trophy as the nation’s top men’s lacrosse player.  Danowski was drafted in 2008 by the New Jersey Pride of Major League Lacrosse (MLL) as the second overall pick, and currently plays for the Long Island Lizards. He also plays indoor lacrosse for the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League.
 
In addition to regular season men’s and women’s action, CBS College Sports Network will broadcast multiple NCAA Championships, including the Division II and Division III men’s and women’s championships and the Division I women’s championship.
 
For more information and for the Network’s full lacrosse schedule, go to www.cbscollegesports.com.
 
* USILA Coaches Poll as of 2/22/10

U-verse TV Customers Gain Access to Most In-Depth Coverage of College Sports

CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK and AT&T* announced today the launch of the Network on AT&T U-verseSM TV, providing fans with the broadest and deepest coverage of college sports. CBS College Sports Network is available on channel 643 and channel 1643 (High Definition) in the AT&T U450 package or The Sports Package.

U-verse TV customers now receive access to CBS College Sports Network’s extensive programming, which includes coverage of over 250 live events annually showcasing more than 25 men’s and women’s sports, in addition to a variety of studio shows, documentaries and original programs.  CBS College Sports Network annually broadcasts numerous NCAA Championships, is the official cable home of the NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship and is a leading programmer of women’s sports. 

“Gaining nationwide carriage on AT&T U-verse TV is another big step for CBS College Sports Network, and we look forward to a great relationship as both companies continue to grow,” said Bob Rose, Executive Vice President, Distribution, CBS College Sports Network.  “With March Madness almost upon us, the timing of this launch is ideal for U-verse TV customers, as CBS College Sports Network offers extensive college basketball programming in complement to CBS Sports throughout the entire NCAA Tournament.”
 
 “CBS College Sports Network is an excellent addition to the U-verse TV Sports Package for sports fans,” said J. Christopher Lauricella, Vice President of Content, AT&T. “This new channel helps us with important strategic content initiatives and gives our U-verse TV customers access to even more exciting college sports content, and in thrilling HD.”
 
In addition to the robust sports lineup available in most U-verse TV packages – including the U450 TV package – sports fans can also get access to even more unique sports programming with The Sports Package. For an additional $10 a month, The Sports Package includes more than 25 channels covering college sports, regional sports, international soccer, outdoor recreation, horse racing and more. U-verse TV customers can also add HD service for $10 a month with any U-verse TV programming package for access to a lineup of more than 115 HD channels.

CBS College Sports Network, a division of CBS Sports, is the original 24-hour cable network dedicated to college sports.  CBS College Sports Network is the home for U.S. Service Academy football, featuring all Army and Navy home games, as well as several Air Force games every season.  For more information, go to www.cbscollegesports.com.

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Two of the nation’s top-ranked prep recruits, offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson (Cretin-Derham Hall/St. Paul, Minn.) and defensive end J.R. Ferguson (Hargrave Military Academy/Frederick, MD.), will announce their college selections live, exclusively on CBS College Sports Network during the afternoon show (3:00 – 7:00 PM, ET).  Henderson, Lemming’s No. 1-ranked overall recruit and Parade Magazine’s National Player of the Year, is deciding between Ohio State, Florida, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, USC, Minnesota and Miami.  Ferguson, Lemming’s No. 26-ranked overall recruit and No. 7-ranked defensive end, is deciding between Florida State, Miami, Notre Dame, California and LSU.  
 
MAXPREPS NATIONAL SIGNING DAY PRESENTED BY OLD SPICE features host Adam Zucker, along with CBS College Sports Network football recruiting expert Tom Lemming and former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer. Aaron Taylor reports from Los Angeles, where he will visit with USC and UCLA.  
 
The show will also feature interviews with college coaches, including Brian Kelly (Notre Dame), Urban Meyer (Florida), Mark Richt (Georgia), Greg Schiano (Rutgers), Dave Wannstedt (Pittsburgh) and many more, analysis from MaxPreps.com National Football Editor Stephen Spiewak, in addition to comprehensive video footage and in-depth analysis of elite recruits and recruiting classes, live cut-ins to player commitment press conferences, conference breakdowns and a special look at the top crop of juniors.
 
Located at maxpreps.com/signingday, MaxPreps.com’s 2010 Signing Day site offers continuous multi-media coverage leading up to and throughout Signing Day, including breaking news and in-depth analysis by MaxPreps.com experts, final rankings of the top national recruiting classes and Lemming’s top 100 list, a comprehensive player commitment database with a dedicated page to every Division I recruit.  In addition, MaxPreps.com will have a 48-hour live interactive blog the day before and the day of National Signing Day. Included will be breaking news, expert opinions, and interaction amongst users.
 
In addition, the over 200 official athletic school sites produced by CBSSports.com College Network, will offer live streaming press conferences and exclusive on-demand video content, with various in-depth features and individual recruit highlight packages.  Participating schools include top programs such as Michigan (MGoBlue.com), North Carolina (tarheelblue.com), Notre Dame (und.com ), Oklahoma (soonersports.com), Texas (texassports.com), UCLA (uclabruins.com), USC (usctrojans.com ), UTAH (utahutes.com) and Wisconsin (UWBadgers.com).  The online content can be accessed through each individual school’s All-Access broadband product.
 
Tom Lemming is the nation’s leading football recruiting expert, tirelessly logging thousands of miles each year to evaluate more than one thousand of the top high school football players across the country.  He is also featured on the MAXPREPS LEMMING REPORT, the network’s weekly recruiting show, which breaks down the nation’s top prep football recruits.   
 
* Tom Lemming, along with MaxPreps.com recruiting experts, Stephen Spiewak and Mitch Stephens are available for recruiting interviews.  If interested, please email: dsabreen@cbs.com

 SETH DAVIS TO HOST “COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS” 

 
“INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL” DEBUTS WITH WALLY SZCZERBIAK, GREG ANTHONY, PETE GILLEN AND STEVE LAPPAS AS ANALYSTS
  

CBS College Sports Network has added two new weekly primetime college basketball studio shows to complement its extensive roster of live college basketball game coverage. COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS and INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL debut on Monday, Jan. 11 at 9:00 PM and 10:00 PM, ET, respectively.   

College Basketball expert Seth Davis hosts COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS. Each week the hard-hitting, fast paced program will focus on all the latest news, storylines and inside scoop in the world of college basketball. Throughout the season COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS will talk with a variety of high-profile guests from the college basketball community, including coaches, writers and broadcasters.
 
“Seth Davis has established himself as a true Insider in college basketball,” said Steve Herbst, Executive Vice President and General Manager, CBS College Sports Network. “COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS gives him the platform to share his extensive knowledge with our viewers. The show will entertain and inform, making it a must-watch for all hoops fans.”
 
INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL will serve as the ultimate source for college basketball coverage. The half-hour show will offer fans a look at all the latest news and highlights, including analysis of the week’s games and extensive breakdowns of players and coaches.
 
Former Miami (Ohio) star and NBA veteran Wally Szczerbiak joins CBS College Sports Network and will serve as an analyst on INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL, along with CBS Sports’ lead college basketball studio analyst Greg Anthony, Pete Gillen and Steve Lappas.  Adam Zucker hosts the show.
 
“We’re excited about adding Wally to our deep stable of on-air talent,” continued Herbst. “His knowledge, passion and basketball experience will be a great fit with our CBS College Sports Network team.”  

Mike Aresco will serve as the Executive Producer of COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS. Tim Weinkauf will produce both COURTSIDE WITH SETH DAVIS and INSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL.  Tyler Hale is Coordinating Producer, studio production.

CBS College Sports Network debuts a special one-hour edition of the original programming series “Heisman Tales” featuring legendary LSU running back Billy Cannon, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1959.  HEISMAN TALES: BILLY CANNON debuts on Friday, Dec. 18 (8:00 PM, ET).
 
The show explores the life and football career of Cannon on the 50th anniversary of his Heisman win.   Included in the special are his legendary punt return against Ole Miss in 1959; his impact on LSU’s football program; his legal troubles after football; his redemptive induction into the College Football Hall of Fame and acceptance by the football community. The famously reclusive Cannon speaks about his accomplishments and his struggles. Cannon’s LSU coach Paul Dietzel also is interviewed, as are journalists, teammates, family members and friends of the great LSU running back.   
 
Cannon granted CBS College Sports Network special access to the dental practice he oversees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where he rebuilt a life that has had many ups and downs, including his phenomenal athletic feats on the football field, and his two-and-a-half year imprisonment for a counterfeiting conviction.
 
HEISMAN TALES: BILLY CANNON is the latest installment in CBS College Sports Network’s original series on Heisman winners.  Past shows featured Roger Staubach, John Cappelletti, John David Crow, Earl Campbell and Pete Dawkins.

 THIS JUST IN…

 …from CBS College Sports Network

CBS College Sports Network will broadcast a special pregame (7:00 PM, ET) and postgame show, INSIDE COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE FROM FORT WORTH, on Saturday, Nov. 14 surrounding its broadcast of *No. 14-ranked Utah at undefeated and *No. 4-ranked TCU (7:30 PM, ET). Adam Zucker hosts both shows live from Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas along with Aaron Taylor and Tony Barnhart with Lauren Shehadi reporting.

Play-by-play announcer Tom Hart is joined in the booth by Taylor to call the game. Shehadi reports from the sidelines.

CBS College Sports Network is available to fans across the country through various local cable and video operators, and nationally via satellite on DIRECTV (CHOICE XTRA Package - Channel 613) and Dish Network (CLASSIC SILVER 200 Package - Channel 152).  For more information, go to www.cbscollegesports.com.

 * Coaches Poll as of 11/8/09

CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK’S “ONE2ONE” INTERVIEW SERIES

“ONE2ONE: URBAN MEYER” Airs Friday, Oct. 30 at 8:00 PM, ET
 

CBS College Sports Network airs a special edition of the network’s in-depth interview series ONE2ONE on Friday, Oct. 30 (8:00 PM, ET), featuring Florida football coach Urban Meyer. CBS College Sports Network contributor and USA Today columnist Christine Brennan sits down with Meyer in advance of Georgia taking on No. 1-ranked Florida this weekend on CBS Sports.
 
Meyer discusses a range of topics, including starting the season 7-0 (the first time Florida has done so since 1996), his special relationship with Tim Tebow, growing up in Ohio and his love for Ohio State, his place alongside college football coaching legends and why the Georgia game is special.  
 
To see a clip of Meyer discussing Tim Tebow’s concussion and the emotional affect it had on him, click here.
 
Christine Brennan is an award-winning sports columnist for USA Today, an ABC News and NPR commentator, a best-selling author and a nationally-known speaker. Twice named one of the country’s top 10 sports columnists by the Associated Press Sports Editors, she has covered 13 consecutive Olympic Games, summer and winter. Brennan, one of the nation's most-read sports columnists, was the first woman sports writer at The Miami Herald in 1981 and the first woman to cover the Washington Redskins as a staff writer at The Washington Post in 1985.
 
ONE2ONE features personal sit-down interviews with the biggest names in sports. Since the show’s debut in December 2004, guests have included NFL Legend Dan Marino, Louisville coach Rick Pitino, NBA Commissioner David Stern, legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno and Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, among others.  
 
            CBS College Sports Network is available across the country through local cable operators and via satellite on DIRECTV Channel 613 and Dish Network Channel 152.  For more information on how to get CBS College Sports Network, go to www.cbscollegesports.com.
 
*DVD’s of this show are available for media.  Please email dsabreen@cbs.com.

 CBS College Sports Network returns to the hardwood for the 2009-10 college basketball season, with broadcasts of over 120 games featuring top men’s and women’s teams from the Mountain West Conference, Conference USA, Atlantic 10, Big East, Patriot League, West Coast Conference and Division II. Coverage tips off with the Cancun Caribbean Challenge on Tuesday, Nov. 24 as Cleveland State takes on Kentucky, and Virginia battles Stanford.

CBS Sports’ lead studio analyst Greg Anthony returns for his second season as a game analyst on CBS College Sports Network, along with Pete Gillen and Steve Lappas, who begin their fifth season as part of the Network’s coverage. Play-by-play announcers Tom Hart, Jason Knapp and Tom McCarthy return to call men’s games, along with Dave Ryan, who debuts on the Network’s basketball broadcasts this season. Analysts Debbie Antonelli, Tammy Blackburn and Ann Schatz pair with play-by-play commentators Knapp and Ryan for women’s contests.

CBS College Sports Network again serves as the home of Conference USA basketball including a Wednesday prime-time package of games, as well as the Conference USA Men’s Championship quarterfinal and semifinal tournament games. The Network also showcases the Mountain West Conference and Atlantic 10 Men’s Championship semifinal tournament games.

CBS College Sports Network’s extensive coverage of women’s basketball is highlighted by the Big East Tuesday Night Women’s Game of the Week, highlighting the conference’s top teams.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MEN’S SCHEDULE INCLUDE:

• Pittsburgh at Duquesne – Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009

• Michigan at Utah – Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009

• Cincinnati at UAB – Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009

• San Diego St. at UNLV – Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010

• Duquesne at Xavier – Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010

• UAB at Memphis – Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010

• UTEP at Tulsa – Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010

• BYU at Utah – Wednesday, March 3, 2010

 CBS College Sports Network Basketball Schedule…2

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WOMEN’S SCHEDULE INCLUDE:

• Villanova at Temple – Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009

• Notre Dame at UCF – Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009

• Vanderbilt at Notre Dame – Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009

• Notre Dame at Louisville – Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010

• Rutgers at UConn – Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010

CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Conference USA Men’s Quarterfinals/Semifinals – Thurs./Fri. March 11-12, 2010

• Mountain West Conference Men’s Quarterfinals/Semifinals – Friday, March 12, 2010

• Atlantic 10 Men’s Semifinals – Saturday, March 13, 2010

• NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Championships – Saturday, March 20, 2010

• NAIA Men’s and Women’s Championships – Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The complete 2009-10 broadcast schedule follows.