Amerks and Knighthawks announce TV partnership
Published on December 8, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Rochester Americans News Release
(Rochester, NY)... The Rochester Sports Group and Time Warner Cable officials announced today the launching of a new local sports programming network. Time Warner SportsNet (TWSN) will be available in customers' homes beginning Saturday, December 15th, bringing them the best in local sports coverage at no additional cost. TWSN programming is exclusive to Time Warner Cable Standard Tier customers, and is not available on Dish or DirecTV.
TWSN's first live event will be an American Hockey League game between the Rochester Americans and the Hamilton Bulldogs that evening from The Blue Cross Arena. Time Warner has partnered with the Rochester Sports Group to bring the Amerks (AHL), Knighthawks (NLL), Rhinos (USL First Division) and Rattlers (MLL) into the homes of millions of subscribers.
"This partnership is truly historic for our local professional sports teams," said Rochester Sports Group President and CEO, Steve Donner. "With the creation of the sports network by Time Warner Cable, our teams will gain major league exposure in the community. It will also allow us to strengthen our brand in Rochester and the surrounding area for our fans and sponsors."
"The addition of this new channel is another example of Time Warner Cable's dedication and focus on our local community. SportsNet will bring our customers valuable programming that they can't get anywhere else," said Terence Rafferty, Division President of Time Warner Cable. "I can't thank the local Rochester-based teams enough for working alongside us during the development of the network, and for allowing us to deliver live sports programming to the Rochester marketplace. This new dynamic has brought our existing partnerships with these teams to a whole new level."
TWSN - Cable Channel 26 - will feature live games from local teams like the Amerks, Knighthawks, Rhinos, Rattlers, and RazorSharks basketball team. SportsNet will air 13 live Amerk home games and eight on a tape-delayed basis. The Knighthawks will have all eight of their home games on the new network with four games airing live and four tape-delayed. Additional road games will be added to the schedule in the coming weeks.
It will also bring fans live basketball and football games from Syracuse University and the Big East Conference. Further, the channel will offer additional national sports content, ESPN News, coverage of local high school and college games.
Live Rochester Americans Home Games
Friday Dec. 15 7:30pm Hamilton
Friday Dec. 29 7:30pm Binghamton
Friday Jan. 12 7:30pm Syracuse
Friday Jan. 26 7:30pm Grand Rapids
Friday Feb. 2 7:30pm Toronto
Friday Feb. 9 7:30pm Philadelphia
Friday Feb. 16 7:30pm Manchester
Friday Feb. 23 7:30pm Manitoba
Friday March 9 7:30pm Syracuse
Sunday March 25 7:00pm Syracuse
Friday March 30 7:30pm Toronto
Friday April 6 7:30pm Hamilton
Friday April 13 7:30pm Syracuse
Tape-Delayed Games
Saturday Dec. 9 7:30pm Hamilton
Saturday Dec.16 7:30pm Binghamton
Friday Dec. 22 7:30pm Toronto
Saturday Feb.10 8:00pm Omaha
Sunday Feb. 18 6:00pm Manitoba
Sunday March 4 6:00pm Grand Rapids
Sunday March 11 6:00pm Wilkes-Barre
Sunday March 18 6:00pm Houston
Sunday April 15 6:00pm Hamilton
Live Rochester Knighthawks Home Games
Saturday Jan. 27 8:00pm New York
Saturday Feb. 24 8:00pm Arizona
Saturday March 31 7:30pm Philadelphia
Saturday April 14 7:30pm Buffalo
Tape-Delayed Games
Saturday Jan. 13 7:30pm Toronto
Saturday Feb. 3 7:30pm Chicago
Saturday Feb. 17 7:30pm Portland
Saturday April 7 7:30pm Minnesota
About Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable owns and manages cable systems serving 13.5 million subscribers in 33 states. Passing approximately 26 million homes, Time Warner Cable includes some of the most technologically advanced and best-clustered cable systems in the country, with nearly 85 percent of the Company's customers located in five geographic regions: New York, Texas, Ohio, the Carolinas and southern California. Leveraging its leadership in innovation and quality customer care, Time Warner Cable delivers advanced products and services such as video on demand, high definition television, digital video recorders, high-speed data and Digital Phone. Time Warner Cable is a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX).
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