The_Philster
04-19-2003, 10:26 AM
Rochester businessman B. Thomas Golisano may need a satellite dish at home to watch his Buffalo Sabres on Adelphia's Empire Sports Network next season.
After eight months in which they carried Empire without a contract, Time Warner's cable division in Syracuse is replacing the regional sports network May 1 with the Outdoor Life Channel. T-W's Binghamton system will also drop Empire that day if continuing negotiations aren't resolved.
And Time Warner's Rochester system could be next to say goodbye to Empire on June 1. That could be a life-threatening blow to Empire, have ramifications for Golisano's plans to expand Sabres' interest in his hometown and probably provoke viewer outrage....more (http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20030419/1034497.asp)
Andre Reed is the latest former Buffalo Bill to head to the broadcasting booth. The Bills' all-time leading receiver will work two games in May for Fox Sports Net's coverage of NFL Europe. The games are carried by Empire.
After eight months in which they carried Empire without a contract, Time Warner's cable division in Syracuse is replacing the regional sports network May 1 with the Outdoor Life Channel. T-W's Binghamton system will also drop Empire that day if continuing negotiations aren't resolved.
And Time Warner's Rochester system could be next to say goodbye to Empire on June 1. That could be a life-threatening blow to Empire, have ramifications for Golisano's plans to expand Sabres' interest in his hometown and probably provoke viewer outrage....more (http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20030419/1034497.asp)
Andre Reed is the latest former Buffalo Bill to head to the broadcasting booth. The Bills' all-time leading receiver will work two games in May for Fox Sports Net's coverage of NFL Europe. The games are carried by Empire.