The United Football League announced that VERSUS, a national sports network in more than 75 million homes, will air the League’s “Premiere” season beginning in October 2009.  VERSUS will air live weekly games beginning on Thursday, October 8, and continuing through the Championship Game scheduled to air Thanksgiving weekend.   Each live telecast will be approximately three hours and all games will be produced and available in HD.  The complete schedule will be announced this summer.   
 
“The UFL’s business model is to align with companies who are willing to grow with us and embrace the UFL’s vision of innovation, accessibility, excitement and entertainment,” said Commissioner Michael Huyghue.  “As a national sports network with more than 75 million viewers, we felt there was no better network to showcase the UFL’s “Premiere” season. The UFL is very excited about many of the enhancements our television broadcast will have during the season.  Airing our events on VERSUS will allow us the opportunity to provide our at-home audience with a true inside look on game day.”
 
In its “Premiere” year, the UFL will host teams in Las Vegas, New York, Orlando and San Francisco.  There are also plans to play additional games in Hartford and Los Angeles.  The season will conclude with a Championship Game tentatively scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend in Las Vegas.  On Wednesday, the UFL will announce its four coaches at a press conference in San Francisco.  League officials are in final negotiations with various stadiums and these agreements will be announced as they are completed. 
 
“We are excited to be the television home of the UFL in its “Premiere” season,” said Marc Fein, Executive Vice President of Programming, Production and Business Operations for VERSUS.  “The UFL has put together a great management team and sound plan and we are looking forward to the opportunity to expose these games to a national audience each week.”

About VERSUS
VERSUS celebrates real competition across all platforms (VERSUS.com, VERSUS on Demand and VERSUS HD).  Now in more than 75 million homes, the network is the national cable home of the National Hockey League (NHL), the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the IndyCar® Series as well as best-in-class events such as The Tour de France, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) and Professional Boxing.  The network also offers collegiate sports featuring nationally-ranked teams from top conferences such as the Pac-10, Big 12, Mountain West and Ivy League. VERSUS features the best field sports programming on television and is a destination for sports fans, athletes and sportsmen to find exclusive, competitive events and original programs, such as Sports Soup and The Contender that audiences can't find elsewhere.  VERSUS, a wholly owned company of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), is distributed via cable systems and satellite operators throughout the United States.