Universal Sports Network and Suddenlink Announce Multi-year Distribution Agreement

Universal Sports Network announced today a new, multi-year distribution agreement with Suddenlink, the seventh largest cable distributor in the U.S.

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LOS ANGELES (July 1, 2015) – Universal Sports Network announced today a new, multi-year distribution agreement with Suddenlink, the seventh largest cable distributor in the U.S. The deal gives Suddenlink the rights to distribute Universal Sports’ exclusive Olympic, endurance and action sports programming in HD, access to VOD content and comprehensive TV Everywhere rights.

Suddenlink will roll out Universal Sports Network in HD as part of its new Sports Plus tier Wednesday, July 1.

"Suddenlink TV customers will benefit immediately from this latest multi-year distribution agreement," said Scott Brown, President of Universal Sports Network. "We look forward to serving their customers with a wide variety of sports and world-class events not available elsewhere including our summer programming slate of World Championships and this fall’s Rugby World Cup."

"Universal Sports Network helps us further round out our sports entertainment programming with its unique blend of Olympic-related sports coverage," said Suddenlink Senior Vice President and Chief Programming Officer Kathy Payne.

Suddenlink joins Universal Sports Network’s growing list of distributors including satellite providers DIRECTV and DISH, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cox Communications, Verizon FiOS, Google Fiber, CenturyLink and several NCTC members in markets across the country.

Universal Sports Network provides viewers with unparalleled access to a wide range of world-class sporting events, including the most year-round, Olympic-related programming of any network. The network showcases many of the world’s best athletes competing in more than 40 sports, and in 2015 is the home to more than 25 world championships including such prestigious competitions as the upcoming FINA World Aquatics Championships, IAAF World Championships in Athletics, the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Richmond, Va., and the highly-anticipated Rugby World Cup.

For more information, please contact:

Catherine Philbin

Director of PR & Corporate Communications

Universal Sports Network

o) 818-593-3967

cphilbin@universalsports.com

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