Monday, December 6, 2010

NBA TV joins the Comcast Digital Classic party - Washington Business Journal:

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The league and Comcast said Thursday that NBA TV will be moving to Digital Classic beforethe 2009-2010 In recent weeks, Comcast has announced that the and the will also move to Digital Classic. About two-thirds of Comcast’s 17.3 million digitalo customers getDigital Classic, whicgh is one step above Comcast’z base level of digital service. The movesx to Digital Classic began with the NFL which was in a long legal battle with Comcasft over its placementon Comcast’s Sports Entertainment tier, a packagee that required customers to pay up to $7 a montyh extra and had about 2 millionj subscribers.
It was announced earlier this week that the NHL Network wouldc also be added toDigital Classic. ’s network, which Philadelphia-based Comcasft (NASDAQ:CMCSA, CMCSK) partly had been part of the Digital Classic lineup since the debutedin January. The NBA and Comcasty described their arrangementas “long term” but did not give detailds on its exact lengtg or money. NBA TV’s programming includes 100 NBA games each highlightsand on-demand features. Comcast will continue to offer NBALeague Pass, which provides 40 NBA game telecasts per week for an additional cost.

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