ESPNU Added to Comcast Digital Lineups in Many Areas
Comcast’s agreement with ESPN to rollout ESPNU, its college sports network, has begun to bear fruit as Comcast unveils the channel on many of its systems nationwide.
ESPNU provides college sports fans with more than 550 live events annually and televises some of the top Division I conferences in the nation, including: the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, MAC, SEC, Sun Belt and WAC. The network also has a wide-ranging, long-term agreement with the NCAA that includes extensive coverage of 22 NCAA Championships, including sports from each of the three collegiate seasons.
Already available from Comcast’s competitors, including AT&T U-verse, Verizon FiOS, DirecTV and DISH Network, the new channel will appear on Comcast’s digital programming tier often marketed as Digital Classic. The network is not available to standard analog service customers. For digital customers, checking your local channel lineup is essential as Comcast systems have introduced it on different channel numbers on just about every system.
In Connecticut alone, ESPNU’s channel position varies:
ESPNU is on channel 735 in Hartford as well as in the towns of Andover, Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, East Hartford, Ellington, Farmington, Hebron, Marlborough, New Britain, Plainville, Simsbury, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford and Windsor.
It’s on channel 178 in Bozrah, Colchester, East Haddam, Franklin, Haddam Neck, Libson, Lyme, Norwich, Old Lyme, Preston, Salem and Sprague.
It’s on 154 in Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Plymouth, Prospect, Seymour, Shelton, Waterbury and Wolcott.
And it’s on channel 279 most other places on Comcast digital, including the city of Hartford.
Comcast customers can also enjoy ESPN360, ESPN’s 24/7 broadband sports network which offers more than 3,500 live, global sports events annually. ESPN360.com is available at no additional charge through Comcast.net to Comcast High-Speed Internet customers.
