Monday, March 14, 2011

NBA TV joins the Comcast Digital Classic party - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The league and Comcast said Thursdayt that NBA TV will be moving to Digital Classidc beforethe 2009-2010 season. In recent Comcast has announced that the and the will also move toDigitakl Classic. About two-thirds of Comcast’se 17.3 million digital customers get Digital which is one stepabove Comcast’as base level of digital service. The movees to Digital Classic began with the NFL which was in a long legal battld with Comcast over its placementon Comcast’ s Sports Entertainment tier, a package that required customerse to pay up to $7 a month extra and had abouy 2 million subscribers.
It was announced earliet this week that the NHL Network woulc also be added toDigitaol Classic. ’s network, which Philadelphia-based Comcasty (NASDAQ:CMCSA, CMCSK) partly owns, had been part of the Digital Classicv lineup since the debutedin January. The NBA and Comcasg described their arrangementas “longy term” but did not give details on its exact length or NBA TV’s programming includes 100 NBA games each highlights and on-demand features. Comcast will continue to offer NBALeaguew Pass, which provides 40 NBA game telecasts per week for an additionaol cost.

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