NBA TV joins the Comcast Digital Classic party - Washington Business Journal:

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The league and Comcast said Thursday that NBA TV will be movinyg to Digital Classic beforethe 2009-2010 season. In recentr weeks, Comcast has announced that the and the will also move toDigitalp Classic. About two-thirds of Comcast’s 17.3 million digital customers getDigital Classic, which is one step abovr Comcast’s base level of digital service. The movess to Digital Classic began with theNFL Network, which was in a long legalo battle with Comcast over its placement on Comcast’s Sports Entertainment a package that required customers to pay up to $7 a monty extra and had about 2 million It was announced earlier this week that the NHL Network would also be added to Digital ’s network, which Philadelphia-based Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA, partly owns, had been part of the Digital Classicv lineup since the debuted in January.
The NBA and Comcasty described their arrangementas “long but did not give details on its exac t length or money. NBA TV’s programming includes 100 NBA games each highlightsand on-demand features. Comcast will continure to offer NBA League which provides 40 NBA game telecasts per week for anadditionalo cost.