Comcast SportsNet has signed a two-year deal with ISP Sports, holder of multimedia rights for Virginia Tech athletics, days after scoring a three-year deal with the University of Maryland. The Bethesda-based regional sports television network will air a weekly program from August to March that will feature Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer, a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, and basketball coach Seth Greenberg. Also as part of the agreement, Comcast SportsNet will show a rebroadcast of each week's Virginia Tech football game.
"The Virginia Tech athletics department is one of the most successful collegiate programs in the region and this partnership is a tremendous asset for our network and Comcast SportsNet's loyal viewers," says Sam Schroeder, Comcast SportsNet's executive vice president and general manager for the mid-Atlantic region. The network will air Hokies men's and women's basketball games through a separate, five-year deal with the Atlantic Coast Conference. Comcast SportsNet will air up to 42 men's and up to 26 women's ACC games.
Comcast SportsNet consists of the regional network serving the Washington and Baltimore markets, and other regional networks servicing the Philadelphia, Chicago and Central and Northern California markets. Together, the five networks reach more than 22 million households.
