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NESN and Comcast to Deliver High-Definition Broadcasts of Red Sox and Bruins Home Games
Monday September 15, 10:44 am ET
NESN's First Red Sox Home Game in HDTV On September 15
BOSTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins fans with Comcast's high-definition television service will for the first time be able to watch New England Sports Network's (NESN) award-winning game coverage in HDTV. NESN and Comcast Cable announced today that Comcast will air the remainder of the Red Sox 2003 home games and all the Bruins 2003/04 home games in HDTV.
The first Red Sox HDTV broadcast will air at 7:00 PM/ET tonight when the Sox host the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Fenway Park. This season, Comcast will air NESN's HDTV coverage of eight Red Sox home games and 36 Bruins home games [Editor's note: See page 2 for complete Red Sox schedule.]
"NESN is proud to offer New England sports fans our coverage of the Red Sox and Bruins home games in high-definition," said Sean McGrail, president of NESN. "The marriage of this technology with our award-winning coverage of two of New England's favorite teams will provide our fans with the best at-home game viewing experience possible."
NESN's high-definition broadcasts will combine the highly detailed, superior picture of HD technology with the excitement of NESN's live game coverage. NESN's coverage of New England sports has been consistently recognized for its high quality, receiving at least one Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences New England Chapter in each of the last nine years.
"NESN's Red Sox and Bruin's coverage adds tremendous value to Comcast's HDTV lineup -- available exclusively to our New England customers," said Kevin Casey, senior vice president of Comcast's New England region. "Comcast has invested millions of dollars to upgrade New England's cable systems to offer the best in home entertainment and the most robust HDTV lineup in New England."
In addition to NESN, Comcast's HDTV lineup includes ABC, NBC, PBS, ESPN, HBO, Showtime, INHD and INHD2.
HDTV is a new standard of television featuring a highly detailed picture quality with images up to six times sharper than analog television; a wide- screen picture with a width:height ratio of 16:9, identical to that of most cinema; more than two million pixels per picture and CD-quality Dolby Digital surround sound. The service is available to Comcast Digital Cable customers who have an HDTV-capable television set and an HDTV enabled Digital Cable set- top box, which can be provided by Comcast. Customers should call 1-800- COMCAST or visit www.comcast-ne.com to sign up for HD service and schedule a professional installation by a Comcast technician.
NESN/Comcast Red Sox HDTV Game Schedule:
Mon., September 15 Red Sox vs. Devil Rays 7:00 p.m.
Tue., September 16 Red Sox vs. Devil Rays 7:00 p.m.
Wed., September 17 Red Sox vs. Devil Rays 7:00 p.m.
Thu., September 18 Red Sox vs. Devil Rays 7:00 p.m.
Mon., September 22 Red Sox vs. Orioles 7:00 p.m.
Tue., September 23 Red Sox vs. Orioles 7:00 p.m.
Wed., September 24 Red Sox vs. Orioles 7:00 p.m.
Thu., September 25 Red Sox vs. Orioles 7:00 p.m.
In Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, the games will appear on channel 882. In Connecticut, the games will appear on channel 382 in the Hartford area, and channel 175 in Clinton, Groton and Middletown.
source: biz.yahoo.com/prnews/0309...030_1.html
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