CSTV to Launch on Cox Digital Cable in SD and Vegas

[Sonny]

Looks like those of you with Cox Cable in San Diego and Las Vegas just got CSTV recently....

CSTV and the mtn. to Launch on Cox Digital Cable in San Diego &

Las Vegas

Sports networks to carry SDSU Aztecs & UNLV Rebels programming

SAN DIEGO and LAS VEGAS, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- CSTV Networks, Inc.
and the mtn. (MountainWest Sports Network) today announced that CSTV and
the mtn. will be available in Cox Communications' San Diego and Las Vegas
markets beginning this Friday, December 22.
The networks will be available on Cox Digital Cable's Sports and
Information tier, a highly penetrated package of more than a dozen digital
networks consisting primarily of a mixture of national, regional, and
specialty sports-themed channels.
CSTV, the leader in college sports, will be shown on channel 319 in San
Diego and channel 333 in Las Vegas. The mtn., the first network dedicated
solely to an intercollegiate athletic conference, will be shown on channel
320 in San Diego and channel 334 in Las Vegas.
"The combination of CSTV and the mtn. will provide sports fans in Las
Vegas and San Diego the most in-depth coverage ever available of the teams
and sports they care about most," said Brian Bedol, President and CEO, CSTV
Networks, Inc. "Through our agreement with the Mountain West Conference, we
will continue to work for the schools in the conference to provide support,
creative new media platforms and promotion."
Kim Carver, vice president and general manager of the mtn., said, "I'm
thrilled to welcome Cox to our growing list of distribution partners and
look forward to serving sports fans in San Diego and increasing our
presence in Las Vegas. In less than four months the mtn. has developed an
aggressive schedule of high-quality sports programming and has now reached
agreements with 17 separate providers reaching MWC fans in eight states. We
have made tremendous progress and our growth continues."
"Cox has been a long-time supporter of both San Diego State University
and University of Nevada, Las Vegas. We sponsor arenas at both schools, are
extremely proud to be community partners with them, and are happy to
deliver these networks for fans of the SDSU Aztecs and UNLV Rebels," said
Bob Wilson, Senior Vice President of Programming.
CSTV is a 24-hour network devoted exclusively to men's and women's
college sports, including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, lacrosse,
soccer, wrestling and volleyball. The network carries regular-season and
championship events for 35 men's and women's college sports as well as
classic games, studio shows and features.
The mtn. launched on September 1, and is bringing viewers MWC athletics
across multiple sports. This year's preliminary schedule includes 165
games, including 30 football games, 75 men's basketball games, 23 women's
basketball games, conference championships and men's and women's Olympic
sports. Fans can also see coaches' shows, pre- and post-game analysis, and
news about conference teams, players and more. The mtn. is jointly owned by
Comcast and CSTV and managed by Comcast SportsNet. For further information
visit http://www.themtn.tv.
The MWC is one of the top collegiate conferences in the college sports
arena, comprised of nine Division I-A institutions: Air Force Academy,
Brigham Young University, Colorado State University, San Diego State
University, TCU, UNLV, University of New Mexico, University of Utah and
University of Wyoming.
About CSTV Networks
CSTV Networks, Inc., now part of the CBS Corporation, is the leading
digital and cable programming company dedicated to college sports.
Connecting more fans to more college sports than any other company, its
many platforms for programming distribution include CSTV: College Sports
TV, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men's and
women's college sports; CSTV.com and its network of nearly 250 official
athletic sites; CSTV All Access, broadband services providing live audio
and video of more than 10,000 events annually; as well as satellite
television and radio, in-flight entertainment, wireless networks and more.
Further information is available at http://www.CSTV.com.

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Good; now hope that "the MTN." picks up the BYU - San Diego State women's basketball game instead of BYUtv so that we can all see the BYU vs UCSB lax game live on Feb 24th from Provo!