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Entire March Madness coverage is free for Time Warner users

March 4th, 2010, 7:39 am by

College basketball fans who want to catch the finals this month can watch the entire March Madness tournament for free beginning March 8 — if they happen to be local Time Warner Cable customers.

The CBS College Sports Network is typically $6/month as part of the sports tier, but Time Warner is waiving the fee between March 8 to April 5, coinciding with the final March Madness game. This is a freebie to digital cable customers only.

The channel is 261.

If you just want to tune in for the big games, the opening round games are March 19 to 21, the Sweet Sixteen games are March 25 to 26, Elite Eight are March 27 to 28, the Final Four games are on April 3 and the championship is on April 5.

The same deal may be available from other TV providers. I’ll post them below after I confirm.

More free previews:

FiOS TV free previews: ESPN Full Court, NBA

January 11th, 2010, 7:48 am by

BasketballFree previews ongoing and coming to Verizon FiOS TV viewers:

Through Jan. 15, FiOS TV customers get free access to ESPN Full Court, which broadcasts college basketball games. Typically, this is $114 for the season or $79 for a half season. The freebie is on channels 1010 to 1015.

Starting next Monday, Jan. 18, NBA League Pass is free. The channels feature out-of-market NBA games. Typically, a subscription to the full season is $189 and is found on channels 1489 to 1499.

For either package, some games may be blocked out due to local broadcast rules and restrictions. More details at FiOS’s At Home blog.

More on FiOS TV:

Free NBA preview for Dish subscribers this week

October 30th, 2009, 2:29 pm by

DISH Network has started a week-long free preview of its NBA League Pass, which otherwise costs around $170 for the season.

The free access to channels 560 to 572 ends Tuesday, Nov. 3. The NBA League pass broadcasts up to 40 out-of-market games a week that aren’t typically available from local networks.

Recent TV service news:

Verizon FiOS ups HD count with NBA TV

September 23rd, 2009, 1:53 pm by

NBA TVVerizon continues to add new channels as fast as it can solidify contracts. The latest is NBA TV and the NBA League Pass, a treat for basketball fans willing to spend a wad of cash.

NBA TV launches next week on Channel 89 (standard definition) and Channel 589 in high definition. The 24-hour, all-basketball-all-the-time channel is included with FiOS TV Extreme service, which starts at $58/month.

NBA League Pass, which broadcasts up to 40 out-of-market NBA games live, will cost you. It’s $169 if you order by Nov. 4 and $189 after that. The NBA League Pass will be on standard-definition channels 1490 to 1494, with one HD channel on 1489.

This brings FiOS’ HD channel count to 118, according to Verizon.

Verizon FiOS offers service in limited areas of Orange County. Cities with partial coverage include Brea, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, La Habra, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, Stanton, Westminster and certain unincorporated areas.

Recent sports TV news:

March Madness gets extra love from TV to iPhone

March 19th, 2009, 12:05 am by

**See updates below in bold**

How many ways can one watch college basketball finals, a.k.a. March Madness, this year? Let’s count:

1. An iPhone app! Beginning today (March 19), iPhone/iPod Touch users can download the March Madness app. For $4.99, users can watch all 63 games live, thanks to MobiTV’s mobile TV service. 

2. For non-iPhone AT&T users, AT&T is putting all 63 games on its Mobile TV service. Better yet: AT&T is offering new Mobile TV subscribers a free two-month trial, which takes us well into May. Normally, the mobile TV service is $15/month. More details at att.com/ncaa. Read the rest of this entry »

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