Birmingham Ala. - October 2, 2008 – Bright House Networks customers will now have access to view the Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates as aired on C-SPAN through on demand programming. Currently, Elections ’08 / News and World on Demand, channel 888, features the First Presidential Debate that can be viewed anytime for free until Nov. 6th. All other Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates will be accessible as they air over the next several days and will be available On Demand until Nov. 6. The current Debate programming schedule is as follows:
- Vice Presidential Debate airing Oct. 2, will be available Oct. 3
- Second Presidential Debate airing Oct. 7, will be available Oct. 8
- Third Presidential Debate airing Oct. 15, will be available Oct. 16
“Bright House Networks continues to be dedicated to providing customers with access to relevant political programming and election information that gives them the opportunity to fully participate in the democratic process. Elections ’08 /News and World on Demand delivers the Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates to our customers and allows them to view all four debates, multiple times if they choose, as they prepare to vote for the candidate of their choice on Election Day,” said Karen Broach, President Bright House Networks Birmingham Division.
Through Video-On-Demand services like Elections ’08 On Demand / News and World on Demand, Bright House Networks continues to provide its customers with comprehensive access to political news, information and historical features surrounding the upcoming 2008 Presidential Election. News articles, updates, candidate profiles and non-partisan guidance, tips and voter information will be available through on-screen, live news coverage, online web features and interactive resources, as well as on-demand video programming which viewers can access at their convenience.
Bright House Networks customers have access to a variety of election-related resources, including:
- Comprehensive, On-Demand programming through Elections ’08 On Demand / News & World on Demand 888 and HD Showcase on Demand 679 from reliable news resources such as C-SPAN, CNN and non-partisan voter support groups. An easy-to-use summary of available, on-demand election-related content can also be found at www.ontv.brighthouse.com.
- Road Runner customers will have high-speed, online access to candidate profiles, election headlines, videos, interactive features, congressional news, CNN Special Reports and election related photos at www.rr.com
About Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks is the nation’s 6th largest multiple cable system operator (MSO) with 2.4 million customers in several large markets including Bakersfield, California; Birmingham, Alabama; Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana; Orlando, Florida (Central Florida Division) and Tampa Bay, Florida along with several other smaller systems in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The high-growth Tampa/Central Florida markets are contiguous and form one of the country’s largest cable clusters. BHN’s corporate locations are in Syracuse, New York and Orlando, Florida.
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