Bright House Networks Scores the NHL Network
Livonia, MI, November 9, 2007
Bright House Networks of Michigan is adding the National Hockey League (NHL) Network to its lineup. The NHL Network will be featured on channel 759, and will be available to Bright House Networks customers with a digital set-top box, who subscribe to the Super Sports Pak.
Bright House is offering free previews for both the NHL Network on channel 77 and Super Sports Pak on channels 750-759 from November 9 through November 16.
"This is Hockey Town and we are excited to be one of the first cable providers in the nation to offer this network to Red Wings fans and national hockey fans," said Robert McCann, President of Bright House Networks of Michigan. "The NHL Network on Bright House offers more hockey than ever before for sports fans."
The NHL Network will offer 50 live regular-season games, in addition to classic games, documentaries, instructional shows, highlights and more. NHL Center Ice gives customers access to up to 40 out-of-market NHL games a week, Premier Canadian match-ups and select games from the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Bright House Networks of Michigan currently provides services to Farmington, Farmington Hills, Livonia, Novi, and Redford Township. For more information about Bright House and its services, please visit www.michigan.mybrighthouse.com or call 866-898-9101.
About Bright House Networks
Advance/Newhouse Communications provides day-to-day management of Bright House Networks cable systems pursuant to its partnership with Time Warner Entertainment. Bright House Networks serves more than two million customers in several large markets that include Tampa Bay and Central Florida (Orlando), Indianapolis, Birmingham, Bakersfield and Detroit, along with several other smaller systems in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The high-growth Tampa/Central Florida markets are contiguous and form one of the country's largest cable clusters.
Nearly 100% of Bright House Networks customers have high-speed data (HSD), Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVOD) available to them. Bright House Networks also makes available Digital Video Recorders (DVR) that have become immensely popular with customers. The company's Florida operations currently deliver nearly 300 channels to customers and were among the first in the country to offer High Definition Television signals (HDTV). Since its introduction, HDTV has achieved impressive acceptance with Bright House Networks customers who are equipped to receive the signals. Bright House Networks also offers HSD customers a choice of Multiple Internet Service Providers (MISP). The company recently commenced deployment of Digital Phone in Tampa Bay, Central Florida, and Michigan.
Exceptional customer service, free-of-charge, 24 hours per day, local and seven days per week is the company's cornerstone of its business and top priority across all operating units. Public affairs, social responsibility and community involvement continue as major initiatives for the company as an ongoing commitment to the families and communities Bright House Networks serves. This includes long-term commitments to education and to what matters in the lives of the Bright House Networks customers.