ESPN to Simulcast College Football to Florida Residents

[korsjs]

After Hurricane Wilma knocked out power and cable service to millions in South Florida, ESPN will simulcast Saturday night’s marquee Virginia Tech-University of Miami football game on local ABC stations. The Disney-owned sports giant is making the game available to interested South Florida ABC stations, including WPLG in the hard-hit Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market.

“The devastation throughout Florida due to Hurricane Rita has lead us to work in conjunction with the local cable operators and the ABC affiliates in order to deliver Miami football to South Florida residents,” James Brown, senior VP, field sales at Disney and ESPN Networks Affiliate Sales and Marketing, said in a statement.

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[John W]

That will be real nice. I guess they have restored power to about 2/3 rds of the houses but a lot don't have cable or satellite. I guess you can't even find rabbit ears around here.

 

[HokieEngineer]

Another interesting part of this game is the Sky-Cam only view on ESPN-U. They will be showing the skycam view during the whole game on espn-u while the regular telecast is on espn-hd.

 

[korsjs]

it would be nice to check that out, but i don't get espnu yet.