Charter Bringing ESPN Goal Line & Buzzer Beater to College Sports Fans

STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 29, 2013/PRNewswire/ -- Want to stay current with all the college sports action around the country as it happens? Well, your time has come. Charter will begin offering ESPN Goal Line on Charter's Sports Tier and Digi Tier 2 levels of service with the start of the college football season on August 31. When the college basketball season begins, so will ESPN Buzzer Beater on the same channel. ESPN Goal Line and ESPN Buzzer Beater will be available in HD, in most Charter areas. 

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ESPN Goal Line keeps college football fans up-to-date in real time, switching from game to game with live look-ins, highlights and a chance to see every important play. Up-to-the-minute commentary is included from ESPN analysts and experts.

Like Goal Line, ESPN Buzzer Beater whips around college basketball contests with live views during each Wednesday and Saturday of the college basketball season, along with commentary from ESPN personalities.

Whether a team is marching toward the goal line, or driving for the winning bucket, Charter customers will now catch the scoring drives for their favorite college teams across the country.

Games featured on ESPN Goal Line and ESPN Buzzer Beater will include those airing on ESPN's family of networks, as well as syndicated and locally-produced games from other conferences, capturing the best live action of the day.

Both ESPN Goal Line and ESPN Buzzer Beater are also a part of WatchESPN, providing live streaming sports programming. Charter customers can access their favorite live sports and shows from the entire ESPN network offering on their TV, computer, smart phone, tablet or Xbox 360.

For more information regarding ESPN Goal Line and Buzzer Beater, go to: WatchESPN.com and for more information regarding HD carriage and channel location on Charter, go to Charter.com.

About Charter
Charter (NASDAQ: CHTR) is a leading broadband communications company and the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including advanced Charter TV® video entertainment programming, Charter Internet® access, and Charter Phone®. Charter Business® similarly provides scalable, tailored, and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking, business telephone, video and music entertainment services, and wireless backhaul. Charter's advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media® brand. More information about Charter can be found at charter.com.

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