University Times

Pitt and the Comcast Network have teamed up to broadcast more than 500 hours annually of Panthers athletics events, including live broadcasts of some men’s basketball games as well as re-broadcasts of all home football games.

Pitt Panthers Television, which was launched last week on Comcast channel 188 or 210, depending on the neighborhood, also will air live football and men’s basketball pre- and postgame shows, women’s basketball games and women’s volleyball games, as well as other Olympic sports and original programming. The station also offers rebroadcasts of football and basketball games on Comcast’s Xfinity on Demand platform.

Comcast digital customers living in western Pennsylvania and parts of central Pennsylvania will see Pitt Panthers Television throughout the week, including Sundays 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Athletics director Steve Pederson said, “We know from our current viewership numbers that the public wants as much Pitt sports programming as we can give them. This will also give us an opportunity to showcase our entire program.”

Pederson said the schedule for certain games, for example men’s basketball, won’t be determined until national and local networks announce the games they will air. “We’ll take any games that go untelevised under our current contracts and put them on Pitt Panthers Television,” he said.

For the television schedule, go to www.pittsburghpanthers.com/ot/panthers-on-the-air.html.