ESPNU added to Tampa Bay Brighthouse Package

[BULLfreak]

is it going to be on HD

[BiggTipp]

I wonder if that covers Hernando County....

[BiggTipp]

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/31/Sports/College_fans_to_get_m.shtml

ST. PETERSBURG -- ESPNU is coming to Tampa Bay.

The network that shows college sports and was launched in 2005 will make its area debut Tuesday on Bright House Networks digital cable in the Tampa Bay market. The network will be on Ch. 151 at no extra cost for digital subscribers in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Citrus, Polk, Pasco, Manatee and Hernando counties. Digital subscribers are ones with the cable "box" and make up more than half of Bright House subscribers.

"This is a very big deal," Bright House spokesman Joe Durkin said. "The Tampa Bay community is a sports-minded community, and we're happy to bring even more sports to them. This is great news for sports fans to now have all the ESPN channels."

ESPNU features about 500 live events a year and coverage includes football and men's and women's basketball mixed with baseball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, ice hockey, wrestling and more. ESPNU also offers comprehensive studio programming, such as SportsCenterU, ESPNU Coaches Spotlight, ESPNU Recruiting Insider and National Signing Day, plus specials, such extensive coverage and previews of the NBA and NFL drafts.

It's likely that ESPN Classic, ESPNU and ESPNews will be clumped together on consecutive channels, most likely 150, 151 and 152.

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[SeaBull]

I recently switched to Verizon Fios from Brighthouse for a number of reasons and could only think of one con: Catch 47.

But I came to one conclusion. That station sucks and is hardly a Bulls station.

I'm not going to watch an away football game on Catch 47 at my house because I'm usually at a watch party anyway.

If you like ex post facto baseball replayed 3 days in a row (often at the same time a live game is being played) then Catch 47 is for you.

They play a backetball game maybe once a week but since I'm not a big basketball fan (although if my bulls are playing, the tv is on), that isn't even an issue.

Plus, I don't have to listen to that stupid commercial anymore "you can run like they do, you can play like they do..." or whatever it is.

Fios has a very organized channel listing...Sports is 60-66ish. Brighthouse is so scattered it's not even worth knowing the channels over 100.

[crambone]

Has Catch 47 shown our recent Spring Game yet?!?!

[BULLfreak]

not that I have seen

[Triple B]

damnit. this might force me to subscribe to digital...

I'm thinking the same thing .... Hope they have a sale to get 4 rooms hooked up cheap.  

[usfbulls2004]

FINALLY!!!!!!

[Economics_Nerd82]

How many games do you think will be on ESPNU?

[AndytheBull]

How many games do you think will be on ESPNU?

It seems the last couple of years there has been at least 3 games on ESPNU. I figure UNC might be(was last year, seems likely again) then possibly other Big East games that arent already scheduled for other TV.