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AMERKS PARTNER WITH TIME WARNER TO LAUNCH ITS NEWEST NETWORK
(Rochester, December 8)… The Rochester Sports Group and Time Warner Cable officials announced today the launching of a new local sports programming network. Time Warner SportsNet (TWSN) will be available in customers’ homes beginning Saturday, December 15th, bringing them the best in local sports coverage at no additional cost. TWSN programming is exclusive to Time Warner Cable Standard Tier customers, and is not available on Dish or DirecTV.
TWSN’s first live event will be an American Hockey League game between the Rochester Americans and the Hamilton Bulldogs that evening from The Blue Cross Arena. Time Warner has partnered with the Rochester Sports Group to bring the Amerks (AHL), Knighthawks (NLL), Rhinos (USL First Division) and Rattlers (MLL) into the homes of millions of subscribers.
“This partnership is truly historic for our local professional sports teams,” said Rochester Sports Group President and CEO, Steve Donner. “With the creation of the sports network by Time Warner Cable, our teams will gain major league exposure in the community. It will also allow us to strengthen our brand in Rochester and the surrounding area for our fans and sponsors.”
“The addition of this new channel is another example of Time Warner Cable’s dedication and focus on our local community. SportsNet will bring our customers valuable programming that they can’t get anywhere else,” said Terence Rafferty, Division President of Time Warner Cable. “I can’t thank the local Rochester-based teams enough for working alongside us during the development of the network, and for allowing us to deliver live sports programming to the Rochester marketplace. This new dynamic has brought our existing partnerships with these teams to a whole new level.”
TWSN - Cable Channel 26 - will feature live games from local teams like the Amerks, Knighthawks, Rhinos, Rattlers, and RazorSharks basketball team. SportsNet will air 13 live Amerk home games and eight on a tape-delayed basis. The Knighthawks will have all eight of their home games on the new network with four games airing live and four tape-delayed. Additional road games will be added to the schedule in the coming weeks.
It will also bring fans live basketball and football games from Syracuse University and the Big East Conference. Further, the channel will offer additional national sports content, ESPN News, coverage of local high school and college games.
Live Rochester Americans Home Games
Friday Dec. 15 - 7:30pm - Hamilton
Friday Dec. 29 - 7:30pm - Binghamton
Friday Jan. 12 - 7:30pm - Syracuse
Friday Jan. 26 - 7:30pm - Grand Rapids
Friday Feb. 2 - 7:30pm - Toronto
Friday Feb. 9 - 7:30pm - Philadelphia
Friday Feb. 16 - 7:30pm - Manchester
Friday Feb. 23 - 7:30pm - Manitoba
Friday March 9 - 7:30pm - Syracuse
Sunday March 25 - 7:00pm - Syracuse
Friday March 30 - 7:30pm - Toronto
Friday April 6 - 7:30pm - Hamilton
Friday April 13 - 7:30pm - Syracuse
Tape-Delayed Games
Saturday Dec. 9 - 7:30pm - Hamilton
Saturday Dec.16 - 7:30pm - Binghamton
Friday - Dec. 22 - 7:30pm - Toronto
Saturday Feb.10 - 8:00pm - Omaha
Sunday Feb. 18 - 6:00pm - Manitoba
Sunday March 4 - 6:00pm - Grand Rapids
Sunday March 11 - 6:00pm - Wilkes-Barre
Sunday March 18 - 6:00pm - Houston
Sunday April 15 - 6:00pm - Hamilton
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