ECU-Houston Game Broadcast Available Via Online Video Stream
September 24, 2008 | Football
Sept. 24, 2008
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East Carolina University and CBS College Sports Network have announced that the Conference USA football game between the 23rd-ranked Pirates (3-1, 1-0 C-USA) and Houston (1-3, 0-0 C-USA) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET will be available live and on-demand around the world via Internet video streaming as part of a special online event.
Current annual subscribers to Pirates All-Access will receive the ECU-Houston broadcast for FREE as part of their annual package. Those subscribers can just log in with their Pirates All-Access account and begin watching the game. All others can access the live video stream for a one-time payment of $14.95. Please note that monthly subscribers will have to purchase the pay-per-view. As always, monthly and annual subscribers to Pirates All-Access will be able to access live audio coverage of the game as part of their subscriptions.
The game also will be broadcast nationally on CBS College Sports Network, which is channel 106 on Comcast cable in the Houston area, as well as channel 610 on DirecTV and channel 152 on Dish Network/Echostar. For information on the availability of CBS College Sports in your area, click here.
The online video stream of the broadcast also will be free for current annual subscribers to Cougars All-Access (Houston's All-Access product) and to current annual subscribers to XXL - which gives fans additional access to content from schools in the CBS Interactive network across a variety of sports. For more information about XXL, click here.
The broadcast will be just one of nearly 100 events to be offered on a pay-per-view basis by CBS College Sports Network this fall. Those include 40 college and high school football games, as well as soccer and volleyball action. For a complete listing of available pay-per-views, visit www.cbssports.com/ppvonline.
Annual subscriptions to Pirates All-Access are $79.95 for a 12-month period. Fans who wish to purchase an Annual subscription to Pirates All-Access can do so by clicking here. Annual subscribers receive all CBS College Sports pay-per-view broadcasts for free as part of their subscription. There are at least three pay-per-views involving East Carolina football remaining this fall: the games against Houston (Saturday), Marshall (Nov. 8) and UTEP (Nov. 28). The title matches in the Conference USA Championships for women's soccer and volleyball also will be pay-per-view events, so annual subscribers to Pirates All-Access also would get free access to any of those that feature ECU teams.
Other Content In Pirates All-Access Annual Subscription:
- Football video coverage of home games and selected road games (subject to TV rights agreements)
- Football audio coverage of all games
- Audio coverage of weekly Skip Holtz Show
- Audio coverage of post-game and post-practice interviews with Skip Holtz
- Live video of the television feed of all East Carolina games (in any sport) shown on CBS College Sports Network
- Men's and women's basketball and baseball video coverage of home games and C-USA road games (subject to TV rights agreements)
- Men's basketball and baseball audio coverage of road games
- Women's basketball audio coverage of selected games
- Audio coverage of weekly Mack McCarthy Show
- Volleyball and women's soccer video coverage of home matches and selected road matches
- Softball video coverage of selected games
- Various CBS College Sports features and highlights of East Carolina athletics
- Selected other features, press conferences and game coverage
Note: Broadcast schedule is tentative and subject to change.
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