Comcast to Carry 40 Denver Nuggets Games in High-Definition This Season
Cable Company to Carry Nuggets' HD Broadcasts, Starting With Saturday Night's Denver Nuggets-Miami Heat Contest
Comcast, the country's leading cable and broadband communications provider, will carry 40 Denver Nuggets NBA games this season in high-definition television through its partnership with Altitude Sports & Entertainment. Comcast HD customers in the Denver area will be able to watch Nuggets action in crystal-clear high-definition starting this Saturday night, when the Nuggets host the Miami Heat at the Pepsi Center.
Comcast is the only Denver TV provider currently slated to carry Altitude's HDTV simulcasts of Nuggets games. The HDTV simulcasts will run on Comcast HD channel 665 in the Denver metro area. Nearly all remaining home games, plus select road games, will be broadcast in the high-resolution, widescreen format for Comcast's HD customers in Denver.
"Comcast is very proud to provide these Nuggets' HDTV broadcasts in the Denver area," said Scott Binder, senior vice president for Comcast Colorado. "We continually work to provide new and valuable programming for our customers, and we're thrilled to make these Nuggets games a part of our robust, local HDTV offering."
Comcast's HDTV service in the Denver Metro area offers 13 channels, including local ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX high-definition broadcasts, with no extra equipment to purchase or outside antennas to install.
"If you've ever had the opportunity to see a game in HDTV, then you know that sports in high-def is the future," said Altitude President Jim Martin. "This is a major commitment by Altitude to provide the highest level of service to our fans and viewers -- as well as our affiliates throughout the region -- and we're very pleased that Comcast has chosen to be the first carrier of our HD productions."
Altitude Sports & Entertainment is offered to Comcast customers in Colorado through its standard cable service on channel 25 throughout the Denver metro area and on channel 78 in Pueblo, channel 42 in Longmont, channel 35 in Fort Collins, channel 43 in Greeley and on channel 28 in most of the mountain communities.
About Altitude
Launched in September 2004, Altitude is the television home of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Mammoth, Colorado Rapids, Colorado Springs Sky Sox, Colorado Eagles, the Big Sky Conference, Air Force Academy, Metro State, ESPN Syndication (including Big 12 Conference, Mountain West Conference and Western Athletic Conference events), the RMAC, Utah Grizzlies, and the Univ. of Wyoming, as well as other local and regional sports and entertainment programming. A full list of Altitude programming and other information can be found at www.altitude.tv.
About Comcast Cable Comcast Corporation (http://www.comcast.com) is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in the provision of programming content. The Company is the largest provider of cable and broadband services in the United States, serving more than 21 million cable television subscribers and more than 6.5 million high-speed Internet customers. The Company's content businesses include Comcast SportsNet, Comcast-Spectacor, E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, G4techTV, The Golf Channel, International Channel Networks and Outdoor Life Network. Comcast Class A common stock and Class A Special common stock trade on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbols CMCSA and CMCSK, respectively. Comcast serves more than 680,000 customers and employs 3,800 people in Colorado.
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