SCHENECTADY, NY — College football history will be made on the field and on TV this Saturday, November 12th, when Time Warner Cable produces live coverage of this year's Union-RPI Dutchmen Shoes game. This year's game marks the first time in the 103 year history of the series that both teams will be playing for a league title and NCAA bid, and the first time that the game will be televised along with streaming video on the internet.
The announcement was made at a press conference at the Viniar Athletic Center on the Union College campus Wednesday.
“With our commitment to local programming more evident than ever, it certainly made sense for us to pursue this opportunity,” said Stephen Pagano, President of Time Warner Cable's Albany Division. “We're grateful to both schools for the chance to bring this game to our customers.”
“We are thrilled that Time Warner will bring this big game to the community,” said Jim McLaughlin, Director of Athletics for Union College. “This historic rivalry is even more special this year, with so much on the line. Time Warner is doing a wonderful service by televising this game to the fans of both schools.”
The game will be seen on TW3 at 1:00 pm in over 300,000 homes in and around the Capital Region.
In recent years, Time Warner Cable has emerged as the area's only destination for regularly scheduled live local sports programming. Programming includes college football, basketball and hockey; Section 2 high school football and basketball; women's volleyball, and more. Games can be seen on replay on TW3 and then for Digital Cable on channel 1009, Capital Region On Demand. For a list of all local programs produced by on Time Warner Cable, and the site to view the streamline of this game on the web:
www.timewarnercable.com/albany/programming/tw3.html.
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