HARTFORD, Conn. (January 24, 2010) – Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) has announced that the UConn women’s basketball game against Rutgers on Wednesday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m. will not be available on its online streaming service, Hoop Streams. The game will only air as a television broadcast on CPTV.
Since the game is being played in Piscataway, New Jersey, Rutgers as the home team controls the TV and streaming rights for their women’s basketball games which are available for local production. While CPTV was granted permission to broadcast the game, the company which holds the rights to this game has decided not to permit CPTV to stream the game on its Hoop Streams service. Representatives from the statewide public television network fervently appealed the decision, but to no avail.
“We are very disappointed by this turn of events,” commented Harriet Unger, Executive Producer of UConn Women’s Basketball for CPTV. “It has always been CPTV’s goal to broadcast and stream every UConn women’s basketball game that is made available to us. Unfortunately, this is a game to which we have not been given full access.”
Hoop Streams is CPTV’s live and on-demand source for CPTV-produced UConn games, The Geno Auriemma Show, and archived games. During the 2010-2011 basketball season, Hoop Streams has more subscribers than in any time in its history.
New York Life is the Presenting Sponsor for Hoop Streams.
