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SureWest to Carry NFL Network and the Innovative NFL RedZone Channel This... -- ROSEVILLE, Calif., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
SureWest to Carry NFL Network and the Innovative NFL RedZone Channel This Season
ROSEVILLE, Calif., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Who's ready to get back to football?[ SureWest Communications ] (NASDAQ: [ SURW ]) today announced an agreement with NFL Network to provide NFL RedZone for its subscribers in the greater Sacramento, California and Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri areas. Coverage begins September 8, 2011, prior to the first weekend of the 2011-12 NFL regular season.
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"Demand for NFL RedZone among our customers has grown exponentially over the past year, so we are very pleased to add it to our lineup for this year's NFL season," said Peter Drozdoff, SureWest's vice president of marketing.
[ NFL RedZone ], produced by NFL Network, features live action from every NFL game on Sunday afternoons, delivering the touchdowns and most exciting moments as they happen. When a team goes inside the 20-yard line, NFL RedZone takes fans there. The channel keeps fans up-to-date in real time, switching from game to game with live check-ins, highlights and a chance to see the key plays.
"We are pleased that NFL RedZone will now be available on SureWest," said John Malkin, vice president of affiliate distribution for NFL Network. "SureWest subscribers can now enjoy the only channel that features every touchdown from every game on Sunday afternoons."
NFL RedZone will be available to customers with the SureWest Sports package and who have the Digital Choice (California) or Digital Cable (Kansas City) package or higher. The NFL Red Zone will air on channel 574 (HD and SD) in California and on channel 671 (HD) or 492 (SD) in Kansas City. SureWest carries NFL Network in HD on channel 669 in Kansas City and 624 in California.
About SureWest
[ SureWest Communications ] is a leading integrated communications provider and the bandwidth leader in the markets it serves. Headquartered in Northern California for more than 95 years, SureWest offers bundled residential and commercial services in the greater Sacramento and Kansas City regions that include IP-based digital and high-definition [ television ], high-speed [ Internet ], [ Voice over IP ], and local and long distance telephone. SureWest was the nation's first provider to launch residential HDTV over an IP network and offers one of the nation's fastest symmetrical Internet services with speeds of up to 50 Mbps in each direction on its fiber-to-the-home network. For up-to-date information on products and services, visit the company on [ Facebook ] and [ Twitter ].
Contacts:
Ron Rogers
Corporate Communications
916.746.3123
[ r.rogers@surewest.com ]
Anne Chacon
Corporate Communications
916.786.1235
[ a.chacon@surewest.com ]
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