Comcast Hometown Network to Televise 19 Live Minor League Baseball Games From the California League

Comcast Hometown Network to Televise 19 Live Minor League Baseball Games From the California League

Modesto Nuts, San Jose Giants, Stockton Ports and Visalia Rawhide Will Be Among the Eight Teams Featured Beginning April 9th

Games Will Air LIVE on Channel 104 and Also be Available Via ON DEMAND

LIVERMORE, Calif., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast Hometown Network (CHN), Comcast's regional cable network covering Northern and Central California, today announced that it will televise 19 LIVE minor league baseball games from the California League as part of its Comcast Hometown Sports (CHS) programming. The games will be available on Channel 104 to all Comcast digital cable customers throughout Northern and Central California. The telecasts will begin on Thursday, April 9th at 7:00 p.m. when the defending California League Champion Stockton Ports visit the 2007 California League Champion San Jose Giants (see complete schedule below). All of the Comcast Hometown Network games will originate LIVE from either San Jose Municipal Stadium (home of the San Jose Giants) or Banner Island Ballpark (home of the Stockton Ports).

"These California League baseball games are an integral ingredient for Comcast Hometown Network as we provide compelling, community-based regional programming," said Comcast Hometown Network's Andrew Johnson. "This is exactly why we created the network and the Comcast Hometown Sports programming block. Not only can Comcast viewers observe the major league stars of tomorrow, but they can watch and be a part of the teams from their local area."

Play-by-play duties for the games originating from San Jose Municipal Stadium will be handled by San Jose Giants radio announcer Joe Ritzo, with Eric Alves, sports director for Comcast Channel 26 in Stockton, providing analysis. For game originating from Stockton's Banner Island Ballpark, Alves will handle play-by-play and Stockton Ports radio announcer Zack Bayrouty will provide analysis. All games will be produced by longtime Northern California producer and sports announcer Dave Cox. For more information, go to: http://www.comcasthometown.com/

The LIVE games will be replayed several times on Comcast Hometown Network (Channel 104), and will also be available any time of the day or night via Comcast's popular ON DEMAND platform, which is free to Comcast digital customers. To view California League baseball games ON DEMAND, Comcast Digital Cable customers can tune to Channel 1 on their Digital Cable lineup or press the ON DEMAND button on their remote control, then click on the "Get Local" section, then click on "Local Sports."

The California League is a Class A Advanced minor baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Comprised of 10 teams that are affiliated with Major League Baseball teams such as the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, the California League is divided into a Northern Division and a Southern Division. The Southern Division features five teams from the sprawling metropolitan areas of Southern California, and the Northern Division features four teams in California's growing Central Valley as well the San Jose Giants in the Bay Area.

Following is Comcast Hometown Network's tentative California League baseball telecast schedule for the 2009 season:

DATE TIME TEAMS
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Thursday, April 9 7:00 PM Stockton Ports @ San Jose Giants
Thursday, April 16 7:05 PM San Jose Giants @ Stockton Ports
Friday, May 1 7:00 PM Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
Friday, May 8 7:05 PM Rancho Cucamonga Quakes @ Stockton Ports
Friday, May 22 7:00 PM Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
Friday, June 5 7:00 PM Bakersfield Blaze @ San Jose Giants
Friday, June 19 7:05 PM San Jose Giants @ Stockton Ports
Thursday, June 25 7:00 PM Stockton Ports @ San Jose Giants
Saturday, July 4 6:30 PM Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
Friday, July 10 7:05 PM Bakersfield Blaze @ Stockton Ports
Friday, July 17 7:00 PM Modesto Nuts @ San Jose Giants
Friday, July 24 7:05 PM Modesto Nuts @ Stockton Ports
Friday, July 31 7:00 PM Rancho Cucamonga Quakes @ San Jose Giants
Saturday, August 1 6:00 PM Rancho Cucamonga Quakes @ San Jose Giants
Friday, August 7 7:05 PM Inland Empire 66ers @ Stockton Ports
Friday, August 14 7:00 PM Stockton Ports @ San Jose Giants
Friday, August 21 7:05 PM San Jose Giants @ Stockton Ports
Friday, August 28 7:00 PM Lancaster JetHawks @ San Jose Giants
Friday, September 4 7:05 PM Visalia Rawhide @ Stockton Ports

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

About Comcast Hometown Network

Comcast Hometown Network (CHN) is a regional cable network produced by Comcast and available in the San Francisco Bay Area and Central California on Digital Channel 104. Available to more than 1.6 million homes in Northern and Central California as a part of Comcast's commitment to the communities that it serves, Comcast Hometown Network is a 24/7 channel that includes original regional programming, Comcast Hometown Sports (CHS), and unique local content that you can't get anywhere else.

About ON DEMAND

Comcast's signature ON DEMAND service continues to be a one-stop destination for entertainment - from movies, music and top TV shows to the most popular kids, sports and lifestyle programs available anytime a customer wants to watch them with the ability to fast-forward, pause or rewind selections. Comcast's expanding ON DEMAND library today offers more than 10,000 programs throughout the course of a month, including more than 1,000 choices in HD available at any time - the vast majority of which are free.

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)(NASDAQ:CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 24.2 million cable customers, 14.9 million high-speed Internet customers, and 6.5 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten sports networks operated by Comcast Sports Group and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses, including Comcast.net (www.comcast.net). Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

Comcast's California Region, based in Livermore, California, serves more than 2.4 million customers in Northern and Central California. Comcast employs more than 7,500 local residents across the region.

Source: Comcast

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