Comcast Hometown Network to Televise 19 Live Minor League Baseball Games From the...

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Tue Apr 7, 2009 11:00am EDT

Comcast Hometown Network to Televise 19 Live Minor League Baseball Games From
the California League

Modesto Nuts, San Jose Giants, Stockton Ports and Visalia Rawhide Will Be
Among the Eight Teams Featured Beginning April 9th 

Games Will Air LIVE on Channel 104 and Also be Available Via ON DEMAND 

LIVERMORE, Calif., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast Hometown Network (CHN),
Comcast's regional cable network covering Northern and Central California,
today announced that it will televise 19 LIVE minor league baseball games from
the California League as part of its Comcast Hometown Sports (CHS)
programming.  The games will be available on Channel 104 to all Comcast
digital cable customers throughout Northern and Central California.  The
telecasts will begin on Thursday, April 9th at 7:00 p.m. when the defending
California League Champion Stockton Ports visit the 2007 California League
Champion San Jose Giants (see complete schedule below).  All of the Comcast
Hometown Network games will originate LIVE from either San Jose Municipal
Stadium (home of the San Jose Giants) or Banner Island Ballpark (home of the
Stockton Ports).  

"These California League baseball games are an integral ingredient for Comcast
Hometown Network as we provide compelling, community-based regional
programming," said Comcast Hometown Network's Andrew Johnson.  "This is
exactly why we created the network and the Comcast Hometown Sports programming
block.  Not only can Comcast viewers observe the major league stars of
tomorrow, but they can watch and be a part of the teams from their local
area." 

Play-by-play duties for the games originating from San Jose Municipal Stadium
will be handled by San Jose Giants radio announcer Joe Ritzo, with Eric Alves,
sports director for Comcast Channel 26 in Stockton, providing analysis.  For
game originating from Stockton's Banner Island Ballpark, Alves will handle
play-by-play and Stockton Ports radio announcer Zack Bayrouty will provide
analysis.  All games will be produced by longtime Northern California producer
and sports announcer Dave Cox.  For more information, go to: 
http://www.comcasthometown.com

The LIVE games will be replayed several times on Comcast Hometown Network
(Channel 104), and will also be available any time of the day or night via
Comcast's popular ON DEMAND platform, which is free to Comcast digital
customers.  To view California League baseball games ON DEMAND, Comcast
Digital Cable customers can tune to Channel 1 on their Digital Cable lineup or
press the ON DEMAND button on their remote control, then click on the "Get
Local" section, then click on "Local Sports."

The California League is a Class A Advanced minor baseball league which
operates throughout the state of California.  Comprised of 10 teams that are
affiliated with Major League Baseball teams such as the San Francisco Giants
and the Oakland Athletics, the California League is divided into a Northern
Division and a Southern Division.  The Southern Division features five teams
from the sprawling metropolitan areas of Southern California, and the Northern
Division features four teams in California's growing Central Valley as well
the San Jose Giants in the Bay Area. 

Following is Comcast Hometown Network's tentative California League baseball
telecast schedule for the 2009 season:

    DATE                   TIME                       TEAMS
    ----                   ----                       -----
    Thursday, April 9     7:00 PM        Stockton Ports @ San Jose Giants
    Thursday, April 16    7:05 PM        San Jose Giants @ Stockton Ports
    Friday, May 1         7:00 PM         Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
    Friday, May 8         7:05 PM    Rancho Cucamonga Quakes @ Stockton Ports
    Friday, May 22        7:00 PM         Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
    Friday, June 5        7:00 PM       Bakersfield Blaze @ San Jose Giants
    Friday, June 19       7:05 PM        San Jose Giants @ Stockton Ports
    Thursday, June 25     7:00 PM        Stockton Ports @ San Jose Giants
    Saturday, July 4      6:30 PM         Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
    Friday, July 10       7:05 PM       Bakersfield Blaze @ Stockton Ports
    Friday, July 17       7:00 PM         Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
    Friday, July 24       7:05 PM          Modesto Nuts @ Stockton Ports
    Friday, July 31       7:00 PM    Rancho Cucamonga Quakes @ San Jose Giants
    Saturday, August 1    6:00 PM    Rancho Cucamonga Quakes @ San Jose Giants
    Friday, August 7      7:05 PM      Inland Empire 66ers @ Stockton Ports
    Friday, August 14     7:00 PM        Stockton Ports @ San Jose Giants
    Friday, August 21     7:05 PM        San Jose Giants @ Stockton Ports
    Friday, August 28     7:00 PM      Lancaster JetHawks @ San Jose Giants
    Friday, September 4   7:05 PM        Visalia Rawhide @ Stockton Ports


    SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE




About Comcast Hometown Network 
Comcast Hometown Network (CHN) is a regional cable network produced by Comcast
and available in the San Francisco Bay Area and Central California on Digital
Channel 104.  Available to more than 1.6 million homes in Northern and Central
California as a part of Comcast's commitment to the communities that it
serves, Comcast Hometown Network is a 24/7 channel that includes original
regional programming, Comcast Hometown Sports (CHS), and unique local content
that you can't get anywhere else.

About ON DEMAND 
Comcast's signature ON DEMAND service continues to be a one-stop destination
for entertainment - from movies, music and top TV shows to the most popular
kids, sports and lifestyle programs available anytime a customer wants to
watch them with the ability to fast-forward, pause or rewind selections. 
Comcast's expanding ON DEMAND library today offers more than 10,000 programs
throughout the course of a month, including more than 1,000 choices in HD
available at any time - the vast majority of which are free. 

About Comcast 
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is the nation's
leading provider of entertainment, information and communication products and
services. With 24.2 million cable customers, 14.9 million high-speed Internet
customers, and 6.5 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast is
principally involved in the development, management and operation of cable
systems and in the delivery of programming content. 

Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment
Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One,
ten sports networks operated by Comcast Sports Group and Comcast Interactive
Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses, including
Comcast.net (www.comcast.net). Comcast also has a majority ownership in
Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL
hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large
multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

Comcast's California Region, based in Livermore, California, serves more than
2.4 million customers in Northern and Central California.  Comcast employs
more than 7,500 local residents across the region.




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