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The Mtn. Now Available Nationwide on Channel 616

Aug. 27, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -

Beginning today, fans across the country have ultimate access to Mountain West Conference sports, as DIRECTV, the nation's leading satellite television service provider, launches The Mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network.
The Mtn. is available on channel 616 on DIRECTV CHOICE and above packages for the states servicing MWC institutions (Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and the designated market areas of Dallas/Fort Worth and San Diego). Customers throughout the remainder of the country will be able to access The Mtn. with a subscription to DIRECTV's Sportspack.

The Mtn. will broadcast 30 live regular-season football games this season, including six triple-header Saturdays. The network also will telecast over 100 men's and women's basketball contests this season in addition to its comprehensive array of news, features, original programming and analysis on MWC teams, coaches and players.

The 2008 college football season kicks off for The Mtn. on Saturday, Aug. 30, with its "MWC Football Saturday," an addition to the network's scheduled lineup that will give fans a greater in-depth look at the key games and march-ups that will be taking place across the league. Following the first installment of "MWC Football Saturday," Wyoming will open the 2008 season against Ohio (noon MT), while Northern Iowa will make the trip to Provo to face BYU (4 p.m. MT) live on The Mtn.

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CUSA teams that their fans might be able to catch on the Mtn this basketball season are as follows.

*Please note that I don't know if they have officially been picked up to be aired on the Mtn, according to a recent Mattsarz post on the MWCboard only one has so far.

Men's basketball
SMU at TCU
UCF at New Mexico
S. Miss at New Mexico
UTEP at New Mexico

Women's basketball
SMU at TCU
UTEP at New Mexico

What if you have Comcast?

+1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MountainWes...ts_Network

It was launched on Comcast and Cox last year.

Never heard of this Mountain Thing...I have Dish Network. Is this one of those new leagues like the Sunbelt?

Must be local, not on here in Memphis. No it is not everywhere

I'll say it again, you guys play when everyone else is sleeping. Nobody cares.

Hopefully they will play that New Mexico/ UCF game on CSTV.

Actually only 9 of 48 televised home games on Versus/CSTV or the mtn. start after 8PM EST , and most of those are the third game of a mtn. tripleheader each Saturday. Obviously you may not watch because of a lack of interest, or not having access to the networks, but the bit about "games are on too late" is not really a valid reason, unless you are a neonate or something.

http://mattsarz44017.tripod.com/2008/MWC.html

Oh my gawd, that is SO awesome! You guys are SO cool and SO smart and SO rich! We wish we were more like you guys, and we're really sorry for all those bad things we said about you before.

I have Comcast with the Sports Package, and it is nowhere to be found. Sorry.

Don't really care anyway.

:zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz:

Someone call a doctor! Brookes is in severe need of a tongue-ectomy to rectify a massive bulge in his cheek! And you aggies over there, one - one will work if you can't find the eleven button on the phone as you dial 9-1-1 for me.

Greybeard, do you have the B-10 network yet. I do here in Memphis.

Dont you do housecall in emergency?

He's either narcoleptic or parentally forbidden to stay up after 6 PM. :zzz

Brookes Owl, I think your school and my school should buy their entire conference. What say you?

Don't think so, but I am closer to MWC country than B-10.

I was getting ready to cancel my DTV subscription, now I know I will.