CSTV: College Sports Television reaches distribution agreement with Insight Communications

CSTV kicks off its first official season of programming later this month, introducing 9 new programs in the span of 13 days


August 11, 2003

NEW YORK - College Sports Television (www.cstv.com), the first 24-hour college sports network, and Insight Communications Company (NASDAQ: ICCI) have reached a carriage agreement by which Insight will distribute CSTV on its digital Sports & Lifestyle Pak.

"Insight fully recognizes the value CSTV brings to its programming lineup," said Brian Bedol, president and CEO, CSTV. "We are eager to bring compelling programming to Insight's subscribers, including those in college sports hotbeds, and help grow its business through our numerous video-on-demand, broadband and local ad sales and promotional opportunities."

"CSTV will be a great addition to our existing sports offerings," said Pam Halling, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Programming, Insight Communications. "As always, we look to carry networks which add further value and diversity to our line-ups, and we believe the uniqueness of CSTV is a great fit. With a substantial number of university communities in our operating footprint, we are very pleased to have reached this agreement."

CSTV kicks off its first official season of programming later this month, introducing 9 new programs in the span of 13 days. The network's football, soccer and volleyball game-of-the-week packages will be complemented by studio and original programs covering the most sports, student-athletes, schools and conferences.

Insight Communications (NASDAQ: ICCI) is the 9th largest cable operator in the United States, serving approximately 1.4 million customers in the four contiguous states of Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. Insight specializes in offering bundled, state-of-the-art services in mid-sized communities, delivering basic and digital video, high-speed data and the recent deployment of voice telephony in selected markets to its customers.

CSTV: College Sports Television, the new home of college sports, boasts the most in-depth sports coverage of 1,200 universities and colleges encompassing 360,000 student-athletes at every level of college sports. With a potential audience of 110 million college sports fans and alumni, the network televises live regular season and championship events across a broad spectrum of men's and women's college sports, including football, basketball, baseball, soccer, ice hockey, volleyball and lacrosse. The network has long-term programming and marketing agreements with more than 30 athletic conferences, including the Atlantic 10, Big East, Big Sky, Big Ten, Big 12, Big West, Conference USA, Ivy League, Mountain West, Sun Belt, WAC and West Coast. For more information on CSTV, log on to www.cstv.com.

College Sports Television was co-founded by President/CEO Brian Bedol, Chairman Stephen Greenberg and Executive Vice President Chris Bevilacqua. Bedol and Greenberg co-founded Classic Sports Network, which they sold to ESPN and which is now ESPN Classic. Bevilacqua is a former senior executive with Nike Inc., where he headed the company's successful foray into the college market.

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