For all those Huskies’ fans who have run into problems when UConn games have been shown on ESPNU in the past – and I know there are plenty of you – help is on the way. Disney and ESPN Media Networks and Comcast Corporation announced an agreement today to add ESPNU to its Digital Classic level of service and ESPN360.com to Comcast.net.
Comcast will launch ESPNU in a majority of its cable systems in time for the start of the college football season. Comcast will also make ESPN360.com available to its high-speed Internet customers for no additional charge also in time for this year’s college football season.
With this agreement, ESPNU will have more than 46 million subscribers and ESPN360.com will be available to nearly 41 million homes.
“ESPNU and ESPN360.com have been growing in popularity due to the dynamic live-event programming we’ve been adding to them, and we are thrilled Comcast will offer them to their huge fan base,’’ said David C. Preschlack, the executive vice president of Disney and ESPN Media Networks. “This agreement is a tremendous step forward in serving fans – both on television and online – while growing our collective multi-platform businesses.’’
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