Maitland, FL--Bright House Networks today announced that it will offer more than 125 college basketball games from top conferences throughout the country on Bright House Sports Network.
Bright House Networks’ customers will see exclusive coverage of college games from Division 1 conferences including the SEC, Big East, Conference USA, Big 12 and ACC.
Bright House Sports Network’s basketball coverage includes more than 90 men’s and 30 women’s college games. The schedule features 18 University of South Florida (USF) games, 16 University of Central Florida (UCF) games, and seven University of Florida games. The schedule also includes games from a number of the top teams in the nation, including Kentucky, Georgetown, University of Connecticut, Villanova, Texas, Kansas, Villanova and Oklahoma.
“We are pleased to offer Bright House Networks’ customers exclusive college basketball match-ups from some of the most successful programs in the nation,” said Elliott Wiser, Vice President, Corporate News and Local Programming. “Most of these games are not available anywhere else, and Bright House Sports Network is offering this additional coverage at no additional cost to our customers. It’s something our customers are coming to expect from the leader in local sports coverage in the Central Florida and Tampa Bay areas.”
The basketball coverage will kick off November 16th with a USF double header featuring a women’s game versus St. Peter’s College and a men’s match-up against Virginia. A full schedule can be found at www.bhsn.com.
In addition to college basketball, Bright House Sports Network will feature 25 live high school games in the Central Florida and Tampa Bay area.
About Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks is the 7th largest multiple cable system operator (MSO) in the US with 2.4 million customers in several large cities including Tampa Bay and Orlando, Florida; Bakersfield, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; Detroit, Michigan; and Birmingham, Alabama; along with several other smaller regions in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The high-growth Florida markets are adjacent and form one of the country’s largest cable clusters. Bright House Networks’ corporate offices are located in Syracuse, New York and Orlando, Florida.
Bright House Networks is committed to putting customers in control and making their lives easier with products including Digital Cable, High Speed Internet, and Home Phone. The company also provides an ever-expanding catalog of Video-on-Demand (VOD) programming, the immensely popular Digital Video Recorders (DVR), and high-definition (HD) programming.
Exceptional customer care is the cornerstone of Bright House Networks’ business, and a top priority across all operating units. Bright House Networks was ranked the “Highest in Residential Telephone Customer Satisfaction in the South Region” by J.D. Power and Associates in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. J.D. Power and Associates also ranked Bright House Networks the “Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among High-Speed Internet Service Providers in the South Region” in 2008 and 2009.
In addition to their residential services, Bright House Networks Business Solutions (
www.brighthouse.com) provides products and services for small, medium, and enterprise businesses including Business Phone, Internet, Managed Security Services, Web Services, and Wireless Solutions.
Bright House Networks also owns and operates two 24-hour local news operations; Central Florida News 13 (
www.cfnews13.com) serving the Orlando area, and Bay News 9 (
www.baynews9.com) serving the Tampa Bay area. Recently, Bright House Sports Network (
www.bhsn.com) launched in Florida, providing local sports coverage across Tampa Bay and Orlando. Bright House Networks provides in-depth coverage of local sports including high school, college, and professional teams.
Public affairs, social responsibility, and community involvement continue to be major initiatives for Bright House Networks as an ongoing commitment to the families and communities Bright House Networks serves. This includes the
Star Teachers Award program, the
Bright Kids Network,
Operation Bright Eyes, and many more long-term commitments to education and other important issues in Bright House Networks communities.
For more information about Bright House Networks or our products and services, please visit (
www.brighthouse.com/business).
