The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB-Tulane Match Broadcast Available Via Online Video Stream
10/3/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 3, 2008
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham and CBS College Sports Network that the television feed of the important Conference USA volleyball match between the Blazers (12-3, 2-1 C-USA) and league-leading Tulane (10-4, 2-0) on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT will be available live and on-demand around the world via Internet video streaming as part of a special online event.
Current annual subscribers to Blazers All-Access will receive the UAB-Tulane broadcast for FREE as part of their annual package. Those subscribers can just log in with their Blazers All-Access account and begin watching the match. All others can access the live video stream for a one-time payment of $7.95. Please note that monthly subscribers will have to purchase the pay-per-view.
The match also will be broadcast nationally on CBS College Sports Network, which is channel 613 on DirecTV and channel 152 on Dish Network/Echostar. For information on the availability of CBS College Sports in your area, visit here.
The online video stream of the broadcast also will be free for current annual subscribers to Green Wave All-Access (Tulane's All-Access product) and to current annual subscribers to XXL - which gives fans additional access to content from schools in the CBS Interactive network across a variety of sports. For more information about XXL, click here.
The broadcast will be just one of nearly 100 events to be offered on a pay-per-view basis by CBS College Sports Network this fall. Those include 40 college and high school football games, as well as soccer and volleyball action. For a complete listing of available pay-per-views, visit www.cbssports.com/ppvonline.
Annual subscriptions to Blazers All-Access are $79.95 for a 12-month period. Fans who wish to purchase an Annual subscription to Blazers All-Access can do so by clicking here. Annual subscribers receive all CBS College Sports pay-per-view broadcasts involving UAB for free as part of their subscription. There are still at least two pay-per-views involving UAB teams remaining this fall: the volleyball match against Tulane (Sunday) and the football game against Houston (Oct. 9). There could be another UAB football pay-per-view added to the schedule at a later date, as well. The title matches in the Conference USA Championships for men's and women's soccer and volleyball also will be pay-per-view events, so annual subscribers to Blazers All-Access also would get free access to any of those that feature UAB teams.
Other Content In Blazers All-Access Annual Subscription:
- Football video coverage of home games and C-USA road games (subject to TV rights agreements)
- Football audio coverage of away games
- Live video of the television feed of all UAB games (in any sport) shown on CBS College Sports Network
- Audio coverage of the weekly football and men's basketball press conferences
- On-demand audio of the weekly Blazer Call-In Show
- Men's and women's basketball video coverage of home games and C-USA road games (subject to TV rights agreements)
- Men's basketball audio coverage of most games
- Men's and women's soccer video coverage of home matches and selected road matches
- Baseball, softball and volleyball video coverage of home games and selected road games
- Baseball audio coverage of selected games
- Weekly video updates of men's and women's soccer and volleyball
- Various CBS College sports features and highlights of UAB athletics
- Selected other features, press conferences and game coverage
Note: Broadcast schedule is tentative and subject to change.
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