ESPNU Doubles Household Distribution with
Addition of Time Warner Cable Systems

Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey to Offer ESPNU to More Than One Million Digital Customers Just in Time for College Football Season

College Sports Network To Reach 20 Million Households Nationwide

ESPN and Time Warner Cable announced today the addition of 24-hour college sports network ESPNU to Time Warner Cable’s digital basic channel line-up in New York and New Jersey as of August 30. As part of Time Warner Cable’s corporate commitment to carry ESPNU in all systems throughout its footprint by the end of August, the addition of the New York and New Jersey division will help ESPNU double its availability to approximately 20 million households later this month. ESPNU launched in approximately three million households in March of 2005.

“ESPNU’s growth to reach more than 20 million homes in just over two years has been extraordinary,” said Burke Magnus, vice president and general manager, ESPNU. “With diverse and creative programming from campuses across the country, ESPNU has helped to make ESPN and ABC the most comprehensive and trusted family of television and online destinations for college athletics.”

ESPNU, which delivers more than 550 live events each year, includes event coverage from the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, MAC, Pac-10, Patriot League, SEC, Sun Belt conferences and more. The network will air more than 70 live exclusive college football games during the 2007-2008 season, including appearances by Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami (Fla.), Iowa, Purdue, Central Michigan, Army, Navy, Alabama A&M, Hampton, Illinois, Northwestern, Syracuse and more. ESPNU aired nearly 200 men’s and more than 40 women’s college basketball games last season. Exclusive appearances were made by Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, Syracuse, Tennessee and Texas, among other top-ranked teams.

“New Yorkers are avid sports enthusiasts and are particularly passionate about following their favorite college teams,” stated Barbara Kelly, senior vice president and general manager, Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey. “We know our customers will find ESPNU programming compelling and look forward to bringing key college games to Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey customers.”

Added David Preschlack, executive vice president, Affiliate Sales and Marketing, Disney and ESPN Media Networks: “Time Warner Cable’s commitment to the college sports fan is evident in this comprehensive carriage agreement for ESPNU. We look forward to working with their systems nationwide to give millions of fans the college sports they are asking for.”

ESPNU will be available to more than one million Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey digital customers on Channel 170.

About ESPNU
ESPNU was launched on March 4, 2005. The network features extensive studio programming and live coverage of games, including college football, college basketball and other Olympic sports from over 20 Division I conferences such as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Atlantic 10, Big 12, BIG EAST, Big South, Big Ten, Horizon League, Mid-American Conference, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), Southland, Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and more. The network also has a wide-ranging, long-term agreement with the NCAA calling for enhanced coverage of 22 NCAA Championships, showcasing sports from each of the three collegiate seasons. ESPNU also has exclusive re-air rights to games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN Regional television programming.

In addition, ESPNU.com, the companion to the ESPNU college sports television network, is the online destination for college sports content, including news, information, extensive online video and audio and more.

ESPNU also has distribution agreements with Charter, Cox, DIRECTV (Channel 609), Echostar’s DISH Network (Channel 148), Insight Communications, Mediacom, Time Warner, Verizon, many smaller affiliates and is close to distribution agreements with others. The 24-hour television network is the key component of the multimedia ESPNU initiative that also delivers college sports content across ESPN’s family of services, such as ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Radio, ESPN360.com, merchandising and more.

About Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey
Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey serves over 1.4 million customers in four NYC boroughs (Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and western Brooklyn), Mt. Vernon, Hudson Valley (Orange, Sullivan, Ulster Counties and parts of Dutchess, Greene and Delaware Counties) and Bergen and Hudson Counties, New Jersey. Visit timewarnercable.com/nynj.

Our parent company, Time Warner Cable owns and manages cable systems passing approximately 26 million homes in 33 states. The Company has 14.6 million customers for its various products, including video, high-speed data and residential telephone. This includes approximately 13.4 million basic video subscribers and more than 6 million customers who purchase more than one product. Time Warner Cable includes some of the most technologically advanced and best-clustered cable systems in the country, with nearly 85 percent of the Company’s customers located in five geographic regions: New York, Texas, Ohio, the Carolinas and southern California. It is the largest cable provider in the nation’s two largest cities, Los Angeles and New York. Leveraging its leadership in innovation and quality customer care, Time Warner Cable delivers advanced products and services such as video-on-demand, high-definition television, digital video recorders, high-speed data and Digital Phone.

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