WHL Spokane Chiefs

Chiefs and Comcast Reach TV Deal

Published on September 16, 2008 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Spokane Chiefs News Release


The Spokane Chiefs and Comcast Cable have announced a television package that will air on Comcast Cable 78. Twelve games, six at home and six on the road, will air beginning with the Chiefs first game on Thursday, September 18 as Spokane visits the Kootenay Ice to begin defense of their Memorial Cup Championship.

Comcast will also produce "Chiefs Insider," a magazine style show. The games and the "Chiefs Insider" program will be available On Demand within a few hours after the original broadcasts. They will remain On Demand for the duration of the Chiefs' season.

"This is a big investment for us and we couldn't be more excited to be the exclusive television provider of the Spokane Chiefs. The games and "Chiefs Insider" will be available at no charge on Comcast On Demand to anyone who has digital cable," said Ken Watts, Spokane general manager for Comcast. "Many of us at Comcast are Chiefs fans. This gives all of us in Spokane another way to follow our hometown team."

For the third year in a row, Comcast will air games originating from the Tri-Cities when the Chiefs travel to take on their U.S. Division rival Americans. As a part of the reciprocal agreement, five Chiefs-Americans games from the Spokane Arena will air on KVEW, the ABC affiliate in Tri-City. The game from Kootenay will be picked up by Comcast in Spokane from a Shaw Cable Broadcast airing across Canada.

On Demand offers Comcast Digital Cable customers more control than ever before, with the ability to choose from movies, music, sports, news, instructional and entertainment programming and more, all with the functionality of a VCR.

Comcast launched On Demand to its Spokane customers in 2005 and currently offers 7,000 programs. The service has become extremely popular, with Spokane customers viewing On Demand programs more than 100,000 times a week, according to figures compiled by Comcast.

BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Game #1 - *Thursday, September 18 @ Kootenay

Game #2 - Saturday, October 18 @ Tri- City

Game #3 - Saturday, November 8 vs. Tri- City

Game #4 - Friday, November 28 @ Tri- City

Game #5 - Saturday, December 6 vs. Kootenay

Game #6 - Saturday, December 27 vs. Tri- City

Game #7 - Saturday January 17 @ Tri- City

Game #8 - Saturday, January 24 vs. Tri- City

Game #9 - Saturday, February 21 @ Tri- City

Game #10 - Saturday, February 28 vs. Tri- City

Game #11 - Friday, March 13 vs. Tri-City

Game #12 - Saturday, March 14 @ Tri- City

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