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Share2007-08 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS LOCAL TELEVISION SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
The Philadelphia 76ers announced today that all 82 regular season games will air regionally with Comcast SportsNet broadcasting 72 games, while CN8, The Comcast Network, and The CW Philly-57 (WPSG-TV) will each air five road games. Additionally, Comcast SportsNet will televise the Sixers-New Jersey preseason game on Friday, Oct. 12.
“We are happy to provide a schedule that allows all of our regular season games to be televised locally thanks to our wonderful relationship with Comcast SportsNet, The CW Philly-57 and CN8,” said 76ers Senior Vice President of Business Operations Lara Price. “With our core group of veterans returning in Andre Miller, Andre Iguodala, Samuel Dalembert and Kyle Korver, plus the additions of Thaddeus Young and Jason Smith, our team is prepared to carry over the momentum from a strong finish last season.”
Comcast SportsNet’s 72-game schedule tips off on Wednesday, Oct. 31, (7 p.m.), with the Sixers season-opener at Toronto. Comcast SportsNet will broadcast all 41 regular season home games in high definition.
CN8, The Comcast Network, will broadcast five road games during the 2007-08 season including games at Chicago (Nov. 2), Portland (Dec. 30), Minnesota (Feb. 19, Detroit (March 12) and Orlando (March 21).
For the 11th consecutive season, the Sixers will team up with WPSG-TV. This year, CW Philly will air a five-game television slate highlighted by Sixers games against New Jersey Nets (Dec. 1), defending Eastern Conference Champion Cleveland (Dec. 15), Memphis Grizzlies (Dec. 22), Miami Heat (Feb. 23) and Atlanta Hawks (April 4).
Comcast SportsNet currently operates 11 sports networks that cover more than 2,400 live sporting events annually and deliver comprehensive sports news and analysis to 38 million cable and satellite homes. The CW Philly 57 (WPSG-TV) is in its 11th season as a local broadcast outlet for Sixers games, while CN8 is in its first season as a local broadcast outlet. CN8, The Comcast Network, provides more than nine million Comcast cable viewers with a unique brand of live, interactive television delivered over its own fiber-optic network to 12 states and 20 television markets stretching from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C.
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The Sixers will tip off their their 2007-08 season on Oct. 31 vs. the Toronto Raptors. |
“We are happy to provide a schedule that allows all of our regular season games to be televised locally thanks to our wonderful relationship with Comcast SportsNet, The CW Philly-57 and CN8,” said 76ers Senior Vice President of Business Operations Lara Price. “With our core group of veterans returning in Andre Miller, Andre Iguodala, Samuel Dalembert and Kyle Korver, plus the additions of Thaddeus Young and Jason Smith, our team is prepared to carry over the momentum from a strong finish last season.”
Comcast SportsNet’s 72-game schedule tips off on Wednesday, Oct. 31, (7 p.m.), with the Sixers season-opener at Toronto. Comcast SportsNet will broadcast all 41 regular season home games in high definition.
CN8, The Comcast Network, will broadcast five road games during the 2007-08 season including games at Chicago (Nov. 2), Portland (Dec. 30), Minnesota (Feb. 19, Detroit (March 12) and Orlando (March 21).
For the 11th consecutive season, the Sixers will team up with WPSG-TV. This year, CW Philly will air a five-game television slate highlighted by Sixers games against New Jersey Nets (Dec. 1), defending Eastern Conference Champion Cleveland (Dec. 15), Memphis Grizzlies (Dec. 22), Miami Heat (Feb. 23) and Atlanta Hawks (April 4).
Comcast SportsNet currently operates 11 sports networks that cover more than 2,400 live sporting events annually and deliver comprehensive sports news and analysis to 38 million cable and satellite homes. The CW Philly 57 (WPSG-TV) is in its 11th season as a local broadcast outlet for Sixers games, while CN8 is in its first season as a local broadcast outlet. CN8, The Comcast Network, provides more than nine million Comcast cable viewers with a unique brand of live, interactive television delivered over its own fiber-optic network to 12 states and 20 television markets stretching from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C.
