Aug. 15, 2006
Dear Lobos Fans:
IT’S NOW TIME FOR YOU TO GET INTO THE GAME!
If you want to see Lobos games in your area, we need your help! As you know, the University of New Mexico and the Mountain West Conference have embarked on an exciting new television adventure with CSTV, Comcast and the mtn. You’ve been wondering what you can do to help and when you can get started? Now is your opportunity.
the mtn. MountainWest Sports Network – the brand-new sports and lifestyle network from Comcast and CSTV, which is the first-ever 24-hour sports network devoted exclusively to a single collegiate athletic conference. Included in 2006-07 are 30 football games and more than 60 men’s basketball games. Please visit our website for more information at www.themtn.tv.
Broad distribution for the mtn. is critical to ensuring that you can see all the Lobos’ action, including the upcoming start of the football season. This network will capture the passion and excitement across all sports that make schools like UNM – and the rest of the Mountain West Conference – among the best in the country.
Currently, the mtn. will be available on Comcast Cable in Utah, Colorado and New Mexico when it launches on September 1. You need to help us make sure it will also be available via satellite.
Whether satellite companies decide to carry a particular channel is largely a consumer-driven decision. This is where you come in. While negotiations are ongoing, you can help us “turn up the volume” by letting the satellite companies know that you as a subscriber want to see the mtn.
Please call your local satellite operator today and tell them you want the mtn. The numbers for you to call are listed below. Don’t be deterred if the person you talk to may not know about the mtn., since it doesn’t launch until Sept. 1. You can educate them. And, be sure the customer service representative forwards the following specific request to their supervisor:
Please add the mtn. to my satellite lineup on the lowest tier possible.
Thanks for your support and Go Lobos!
Sincerely,
Paul Krebs, UNM Director of Athletics
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DirecTV
1-800-494-4388 (existing customers)
1-888-238-7177 (new customers)
Dish Network
1-888-284-7116 (existing customers)
1-888-825-2557 (new customers)