Update on PPV from
www.husker.com
Courtesy: NU Media Relations
Release: 08/30/2005
Courtesy: Scott Bruhn/NU Media Relations
Nebraska received updated pay-per-view information Tuesday regarding Saturday's game with Maine at Memorial Stadium.
Lincoln - The University of Nebraska received updated information regarding Saturday's FSN pay-per-view telecast of the Huskers' football game with Maine at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 6:10 p.m. An updated listing of cable and satellite providers offering the game is attached. More information is expected to be made available to both universities on Wednesday.
Big 12 Special Order Sports, Fox Sports Net’s pay-per-view division, will produce and distribute the telecast. Suggested retail price for the 6:00 PM CT kickoff from Lincoln, Neb., is $29.95. Fans interested in purchasing the telecast should contact their cable or satellite provider for ordering information and pricing.
The game is being televised on pay-per-view because it was not selected for over-the-air broadcast or cable television coverage. Under Conference TV rules, games not picked up for regular television distribution can only be televised live on pay-per-view.
Participating cable and satellite providers will offer the telecast to their customers on a specially designated pay-per-view channel. The telecast will not pre-empt FSN’s regularly scheduled programming.
Veteran announcer Greg Sharpe, the television play-by-play voice of Nebraska basketball on FSN, calls the action alongside former Kansas City Chiefs cornerback/current NFL on FOX analyst Jayice Pearson. Long-time Huskers radio voice Kent Pavelka will report from the Memorial Stadium sidelines for the telecast.
The Maine-Nebraska telecast will be the fifth Nebraska football game distributed on pay-per-view, following: Oct. 12, 2002 vs. Missouri; Oct. 25, 2003 vs. Iowa State; Sept. 4, 2004 vs. Western Illinois; and Oct. 2, 2004 vs. Kansas. Nebraska won all four of those games.
A list of programming providers that have agreed to offer the telecast follows. Additional providers will be announced later this week. Further details will be posted on Huskers.com and FOXSports.com on MSN (search: Midwest) as they become available.
To date, the following programming providers have agreed to offer the Maine-Nebraska pay-per-view telecast. For availability in their specific areas, customers should contact their cable or satellite provider. Additional providers will be announced later this week. Check Huskers.com and FOXSports.com on MSN (search: Midwest) for updates.
Programming Provider
Ordering Information
Cities
IOWA
Cable One
Order with remote control or call local operator. Channel 299.
Sioux City
KANSAS AND MISSOURI
Comcast
(816) 795-1100.
Channel 260.
Including: Kansas City, Independence and additional areas
Cunningham Communications
Call (800) 287-8495.
Glen Elder, Kan.
Everest Connections
Order with remote control.
Including: Lenexa and additional areas
NPG Cable
(816) 279-1234. Channel 79.
Including: St. Joseph
Time Warner
Order with remote control or call (816) 358-8833.
Channel 399.
Throughout Kansas City and outlying areas
NEBRASKA
Arapahoe Cable TV
Call local operator
Arapahoe
CableOne
Order with remote control or call (402) 379-2330. Channel 299.
Including: Norfolk and additional areas.
Cable Nebraska
Call (877) 234-0102
Including: Platte County and other areas.
Charter
Order with remote control or call (800) Get-Charter
Including: Beatrice, Chadron, Grand Island, Hastings, Kearney, McCook, North Platte, Scottsbluff and additional areas.
Cox
Order with remote control on channel 516
or call (402) 933-3000
Including: Omaha and additional areas
Curtis Cable TV Company
Call (308) 367-8600.
Including: Curtis
Galaxy
Call (800) Enjoy-TV
[(800) 365-6988]. Channel 18 or 19.
Including: Wilber and additional areas
Qwest
Call (800) 885-2479 option 1.
Including: Omaha and additional areas
Time Warner
Order with remote control on channel 102, online at timewarnercable.com
or call (402) 421-0300
Including: Lincoln, Superior and additional areas.
NATIONAL
DirecTV
Availability To Be Announced
Dish/Echostar
Availability To Be Announced