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Rice University Athletics
CBS College Sports Broadcast of Rice-Houston Available Online
11/26/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 26, 2008
• Rice Football Gameday Central
Rice University and CBS College Sports Network have announced that the Battle for the Bayou Bucket between the Owls (8-3, 6-1 C-USA) and Houston (7-4, 6-1 C-USA) - both still hoping to win the Conference USA West Division - on Saturday at 2:30 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 OwlVision All-Access will receive the broadcast for FREE as part of their annual package. Those subscribers can just log in with their OwlVision All-Access account and begin watching the game. All others can access the live video stream for a one-time payment of $14.95. 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 106 on Comcast cable in the Houston area, as well as channel 613 on DirecTV and channel 152 on Dish Network/Echostar. For information on the availability of CBS College Sports in your area, click here.
The online video stream of the broadcast also will be free for current annual subscribers to Cougar All-Access (Houston'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 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 OwlVision All-Access are $79.95 for a 12-month period. Fans who wish to purchase an Annual subscription to OwlVision All-Access can do so by . Annual subscribers receive all CBS College Sports pay-per-view broadcasts involving Rice for free as part of their subscription. Among the upcoming pay-per-views are men's basketball games against SMU (Jan. 14) and Tulane (Jan. 28), and women's basketball matchups with SMU (Feb. 22) and East Carolina (Feb. 26). Additionally, select games in the league men's and women's basketball tournaments also will be pay-per-views, so annual subscribers to OwlVision All-Access also would get free access to any of those that feature Rice teams.
Other Content In OwlVision All-Access Annual Subscription:
- Football video coverage of home games and C-USA road games (subject to TV rights agreements)
- Football weekly press conference video coverage
- Live video of the television feed of all Rice games (in any sport) shown on CBS College Sports Network
- Baseball video coverage of home games and C-USA road games (subject to TV rights agreements)
- Men's basketball video coverage of home games and C-USA road games (subject to TV rights agreements)
- Women's basketball video coverage of selected games
- Various CBS College sports features and highlights of Rice athletics
- Selected other features, press conferences and game coverage
Note: Broadcast schedule is tentative and subject to change.
About CBS College Sports Network
CBS College Sports Network is the leading digital and cable programming company dedicated to college sports. Connecting more fans to more college sports than any other company, its many platforms for programming distribution include CBS College Sports Network, televising regular-season and championship events for 35 men's and women's college sports; CBSCollegeSports.com and its network of nearly 250 official athletic sites; CBS College Sports All Access, broadband services providing live audio and video of more than 10,000 events annually; as well as satellite television and radio, in-flight entertainment, wireless networks and more. Further information is available at CBSCollegeSports.com.
