NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of the
2016 college football season, SiriusXM has enhanced its college
sports play-by-play offerings with a new five-year broadcasting
agreement with Learfield and IMG, which now includes both streaming
and satellite radio broadcast rights. The new deal greatly
expands the number of college games that will be available to
subscribers on the SiriusXM app in addition to the many games now
available on satellite radios.
SiriusXM, which currently airs more live college play-by-play
than any other broadcaster, will also be able to augment the number
of broadcast feeds it carries for games airing on the app, giving
listeners access to both home and visiting team broadcasts in many
cases, and allowing fans to hear their announcers more often
throughout the season.
SiriusXM's agreement with IMG and Learfield provides listeners
with college football and basketball games from conferences across
the country – including the ACC, AAC, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East and
Pac-12.
In addition, SiriusXM listeners will get SEC football and
basketball on their satellite radios. Games from Notre Dame, Texas
and USC have been available on both
satellite radios and the SiriusXM app since 2012.
For opening week of the 2016 college football season, SiriusXM
will air 60 live games September 1-5,
featuring every team from the Associated Press Top 25
poll. Listeners will have access to the weekend's marquee
matchups, including LSU vs.
Wisconsin, USC vs. Alabama,
Clemson vs. Auburn, Oklahoma vs.
Houston, Georgia vs. North Carolina, Kansas
State vs. Stanford, UCLA vs. Texas A&M,
and many more.
For the schedule of games available on SiriusXM radios and on
the SiriusXM app, go to
http://www.siriusxm.com/collegefootballschedule.
"We're very pleased to extend our agreements with Learfield and
IMG, who have extraordinarily extensive portfolios of colleges and
universities, to further enhance what college sports fans get with
SiriusXM," said Steve Cohen,
SiriusXM's SVP of Sports Programming. "The SiriusXM app
continues to get bigger and better, with more live games and more
options for fans who want to follow their favorite teams from
anywhere. It supplements our robust lineup of games and talk
on satellite radios, and continues to make SiriusXM an outstanding
medium for college sports fans to connect with their teams."
In addition to live play-by-play, SiriusXM College Sports Nation
(channel 84 on satellite radios, on the SiriusXM app and at
SiriusXM.com) offers the most extensive college football coverage
available on radio with daily news and analysis of teams and
conferences around the country.
SiriusXM College Sports Nation features an unparalleled team of
expert hosts that includes Heisman Trophy winners, National
Champions, and former players and coaches. Greg McElroy, Rick
Neuheisel, Matt Leinart,
Robert Smith, Lou Holtz, Gino
Torretta, Butch Davis,
Phil Savage, Tim Brown, Eddie
George, Kirk Morrison,
Brad Hopkins, Charles Arbuckle and Eric LeGrand will be among the analysts joining
hosts Taylor Zarzour, Chris Childers, Chris
Carlin, Mark Packer,
Andy Staples, Braden Gall, Mark
Morgan, Chris Spatola, and
Rachel Baribeau throughout the
season.
In addition, as part of SiriusXM's agreement with IMG and
Learfield, SiriusXM College Sports Nation will offer numerous
college football and basketball coaches shows throughout the
season, which will air regularly on the channel and will also be
available on SiriusXM On Demand.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
radio company measured by revenue and has more than 30.6 million
subscribers. SiriusXM creates and offers commercial-free
music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive
talk and entertainment, and a wide-range of Latin music, sports and
talk programming. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from
every major car company in the U.S. and on smartphones and other
connected devices as well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM
radios and accessories are available from retailers nationwide and
online at SiriusXM. SiriusXM also provides premium traffic,
weather, data and information services for subscribers through
SiriusXM Traffic™, SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®,
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services to aircraft and boats through SiriusXM Aviation, SiriusXM
Marine™, Sirius Marine Weather, XMWX
Aviation™, XMWX Weather, and XMWX Marine™. In addition,
SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to
a variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority interest
in SiriusXM Canada which has approximately 2.7 million subscribers.
SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services
to major automakers, giving customers access to a suite of safety,
security, and convenience services including automatic crash
notification, stolen vehicle recovery assistance, enhanced roadside
assistance and turn-by-turn navigation.
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About Learfield
An industry leader for more than four decades, Learfield has a
deep presence in the college athletics landscape nationwide. It
manages the multimedia and sponsorship rights for 120 collegiate
institutions, conferences and arenas, and supports athletic
departments at all competitive levels as title sponsor of the
prestigious Learfield Directors' Cup. Learfield also provides its
collegiate partners access to professional concessions and ticket
sales; licensing and trademark consulting; digital and social
platform expertise; and venue and technology systems through its
affiliated companies.
About IMG
IMG is a global leader in sports, events, media and fashion,
operating in more than 30 countries. The company represents and
manages some of the world's greatest sports figures and fashion
icons; stages hundreds of live events and branded entertainment
experiences annually; and is one of the largest independent
producers and distributors of sports media. IMG also specializes in
sports training; league development; and marketing, media and
licensing for brands, sports organizations and collegiate
institutions. In 2014, IMG was acquired by WME, a leading global
entertainment agency.
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