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Titolo: NBA.com TV sul satellite!!!

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24-HOUR TELEVISION NETWORK DEBUTS NOV. 2
NBA to Launch NBA.com TV
SECAUCUS, N.J., Sept. 23 - NBA Commissioner David J. Stern will announce
tomorrow at the 1999 NBA League Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia,
that the league is launching NBA.com TV - a new 24-hour television network -
on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
"NBA.com TV represents the convergence of the Internet, television and
basketball," said Stern. "By combining the immediacy and depth of
information from NBA.com with current and historical television programming
from the NBA, NBA.com TV will offer our fans complete, round-the-clock
coverage of the league. NBA.com TV will be the place to turn for anything
and everything about the NBA as it's happening."
This marks the first time a sports league has created a full-time television
network. Produced by NBA Entertainment, NBA.com TV will combine real-time
statistics, scores, and news from NBA.com, the league's Official Internet
site, with live studio-based programming, live "look-ins" of games in
progress, game highlights, vintage NBA games, NBA videos and specials,
basketball-related talk shows, basketball-themed movies, and programming
from the award-winning archives of NBAE.
"We see this as an opportunity to tap into the rich array of information
available on NBA.com and the vast television programming from NBAE's video
and film library," said Adam Silver, President and COO, NBA Entertainment.
"This is also an opportunity to produce and acquire new and original
basketball-themed programming specifically for the network."
At its launch, NBA.com TV will be available to more than 5.6 million homes
on satellite through DIRECTV, the nation's largest direct broadcast
satellite service, and in more than 1 million homes with upgraded digital
cable systems through Viewer's Choice.
"As the exclusive satellite TV distributor of NBA LEAGUE PASS, DIRECTV is
delighted to offer our customers NBA.com TV," said Stephanie Campbell,
senior vice president of Programming for DIRECTV. "DIRECTV is the
destination for sports fans to tune to and NBA.com TV will complement the
unparalleled lineup of sports programming already available to our
customers."
NBA.com TV will be provided at no additional charge to DIRECTV customers who
subscribe to NBA LEAGUE PASS, Total Choice Platinum or Total Choice Gold.
"We are thrilled to be offering NBA LEAGUE PASS for the first time to
digital cable operators," said Rob Jacobson, senior vice president of
Distribution and Product Development for Viewer's Choice. "NBA.com TV is the
perfect complement to the coverage provided on NBA LEAGUE PASS."
NBA.com TV will be included in subscriptions to NBA LEAGUE PASS, which
offers viewers up to 40 games per week from outside the subscriber's local
area and more than 1,000 over the course of the season. NBA LEAGUE PASS is
available to residential and commercial subscribers of DIRECTV and
residential subscribers of digital cable systems.
NBA Entertainment (NBAE) - the Emmy Award-winning production and programming
division of the NBA and WNBA - is one of the largest suppliers of sports
television and Internet programming in the world.
NBAE produces several weekly television shows, including NBA Inside Stuff,
NBA Matchup, Vintage NBA, NBA Action, WNBA Action and NBA Jam; creates
exclusive content for NBA.com and WNBA.com; and packages NBA and WNBA games
along with highlight and lifestyle shows for distribution to 199 countries
around the world.
NBAE also manages publishing ventures for the NBA and WNBA, including NBA
Inside Stuff and Hoop magazines, children's titles published by Scholastic
Books, and NBA and WNBA championship books published by Harper Collins and
Random House.
DIRECTV AND NBA ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE THREE-YEAR DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
NBA LEAGUE PASS Renewed
EL SEGUNDO, CA, August 5, 1999 - The National Basketball Association (NBA)
and DIRECTV, Inc., provider of the nation's leading digital television
service, today announced an extension of their existing agreement to deliver
a subscription package of NBA games to DIRECTV customers. The agreement
provides DIRECTV with exclusive satellite distribution rights for the next
three years to deliver NBA LEAGUE PASS, which features up to 40
regular-season NBA games a week through the 2001-02 season. Additional terms
of the agreement were not disclosed.
"We have offered NBA LEAGUE PASS to DIRECTV customers since the 1994-95
season, and our new agreement builds on five years of a successful
partnership," said NBA Commissioner David J. Stern. "No other multichannel
distribution platform currently provides the NBA with the national reach and
marketing power of DIRECTV. This is great news for basketball fans from
coast to coast."
"NBA LEAGUE PASS is an anchor of our professional sports packages and
today's announcement confirms what sports fans have already known for years:
DIRECTV is the best destination for sports programming," said Eddy W.
Hartenstein, president of DIRECTV. "No other programming distributor offers
the breadth of professional and collegiate sports packages that DIRECTV
delivers today."
NBA LEAGUE PASS for the 1999-2000 season will tip off on DIRECTV on Tuesday,
Nov. 2 and is priced at $169 for a residential subscription (available at an
early-bird price of $149 until Sept. 30). Local blackout restrictions apply.
Call 1-800-GET-SPORTS for subscriptions.
As part of the new agreement, NBA LEAGUE PASS customers that have been
receiving the package through PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV will be provided an
opportunity to upgrade to the high-power DIRECTV service. DIRECTV is the
nation's leading digital television entertainment service with more than 7.4
million customers, including customers subscribing to the medium-power
PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV service. Sports subscriptions available on DIRECTV
include NBA LEAGUE PASS, WNBA SEASON PASS, NFL SUNDAY TICKET, MLB EXTRA
INNINGS, NHL CENTER ICE, ESPN GamePlan, ESPN FULL COURT and MLS/ESPN
SHOOTOUT.
Ciao, Luca C.

Ciao, Luca C.
Peccato che Direct Tv per ora non e' ricevibile in Europa....:-((

Solo in america....
Francesco