University of Tennessee Athletics
Fox Sports Tennessee to Distribute Game to National Audience
February 05, 2009 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 5, 2009
FOX Sports Tennessee announced today that the network will distribute the University of Tennessee women's basketball game against the University of Georgia on Thursday, February 5 to a national audience. The game will be televised live to more than 54 million households, with an additional 24 million households set to receive the game on a same-day delay. University of Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt will be seeking her 1,000th career coaching victory when the No. 12 Lady Vols host the Lady Bulldogs at 7 p.m. ET.
"Thursday's game has the potential to be one of the most memorable games in college basketball history," said Jeff Genthner, senior vice president and general manager of FOX Sports South. "We are privileged to produce and distribute the game to a national audience and, should the Lady Vols win on Thursday against a tough SEC opponent, welcome the opportunity to allow sports fans across the country to witness this milestone with Coach Summitt."
Thursday's telecast coincides with the recent debut of the SportSouth Originals program Spotlight: Pat Summitt, which provides an unparalleled look at a coaching legend at work and rare insight into her approach to the game of basketball. Spotlight: Pat Summitt has airings on SportSouth on February 6 at 11 p.m. ET, February 7 at 10:30 p.m. ET, February 9 at 5 p.m. ET and February 15 at 5 p.m. ET.
The regional sports networks serving the Southeast - FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Carolinas and FOX Sports Tennessee - collectively reach more than 12 million cable and satellite television households in seven states in the Southeast and are the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Bobcats, Memphis Grizzlies and the Nashville Predators, as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference. SportSouth reaches more than nine million homes in six Southeastern states and is the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Thrashers and Southern Conference. SportSouth also offers expanded coverage of the University of Georgia, University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee. Combined, the four networks produce more than 800 live local events each year, including 180 in high definition.
