[Husker] Nebraska-USC in HD on Cox in Omaha

[Mike Jaixen]

KETV-channel 7 and Cox Cable have announced an
agreement to show this weekend's football games in HD,
pending a final resolution of their disagreement.

Omaha, Nebraska ? September 14, 2007.  Today,
Hearst-Argyle (KETV's parent
company) announced that an agreement has been reached
with Cox Cable for
carriage of this weekend's Nebraska/USC game in High
Definition. "This is
our way of saying thanks to all the Husker fans that
have been very patient
during our negotiations with Cox Communications," said
Sarah Smith, KETV-TV/DT president and general manager.

   KETV's High Definition broadcast on Cox will start
with College Football
Countdown at 2 p.m. and include the Michigan/Notre
Dame game at 2:30 p.m.,
The Big Red Zone at 6 p.m. and the Nebraska/USC game
at 7 p.m. The games
will be carried on Cox Cable channel 806. The NASCAR
Nextel Cup Series at
New Hampshire at 1 p.m. on Sunday will also be carried
in High Definition
on Cox Cable channel 806.

At this time no other High Definition programming from
KETV has been cleared to air on Cox Cable.
"Negotiations regarding retransmission
 consent continue and we remain optimistic that they
will be successfully concluded
by the end of September," said Sarah Smith.


Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com


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