The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
CBSC Broadcast of UAB-Southern Miss to be Available Online
2/20/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 20, 2009
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham and CBS College Sports Network have announced that the men's basketball game between the Blazers (18-8, 8-3 C-USA) - who now sit by themselves in second place in the Conference USA standings - and Southern Miss (14-11, 4-7) on Saturday at 1 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 Blazer All-Access will receive the broadcast for FREE as part of their annual package. Those subscribers can just log in with their Blazer All-Access account and begin watching the game. All others can access the live video stream for a one-time payment of $9.95. Please note that monthly subscribers will have to purchase the pay-per-view.
The game 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 Southern Miss All-Access and to current annual subscribers to CBS College Sports XXL - which gives fans additional access to content from schools in the CBS Interactive network across a variety of sports. For more information about CBSC XXL, click here.
The broadcast will be just one of the hundreds of events to be offered on a pay-per-view basis by CBS College Sports Network during the 2008-09 school year. Those include football, men's and women's basketball, soccer, volleyball, baseball and softball games. For a listing of upcoming pay-per-views, visit www.cbssports.com/ppvonline. To see a list of upcoming pay-per-view events involving Conference USA teams, check out the C-USA Network page.
Annual subscriptions to Blazer All-Access are $79.95 for a 12-month period. Fans who wish to purchase an Annual subscription to Blazer 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. Among the upcoming pay-per-views is a women's basketball matchup with UCF (March 1). Additionally, select games in the league men's and women's basketball tournaments also will be pay-per-views, so annual subscribers to Blazer All-Access also would get free access to any of those that feature UAB teams.
Other Content In Blazer All-Access Annual Subscription:
- 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
- Audio coverage of the weekly football and men's basketball press conferences
- Live video of the television feed of all UAB games (in any sport) shown on CBS College Sports Network
- Football video coverage of home games and C-USA road games (subject to TV rights agreements)
- Football audio coverage of away games
- On-demand audio of the weekly Blazer Call-In Show
- 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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