On Friday, NESN will start its Red Sox coverage and kick into high gear into coverage of the final two weeks of Hockey East. As you can imagine, this will require an extra channel so NESN will utilize “NESNplus” for the first time this year on Friday. So the Red Sox will go on the NESN mothership while the New Hampshire-Boston College game is thrown to NESNplus. We have the schedule and all of the particulars in the press release posted below.
NESN TO DELIVER SIMULTANEOUS LIVE COVERAGE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AT BOSTON COLLEGE HOCKEY EAST GAME AND RED SOX AT YANKEES SPRING TRAINING GAME ON MARCH 4th
March 1, 2011 – NESN, New England’s most watched sports network, will deliver simultaneous live coverage of two games on Friday, March 4, 2011. The Red Sox – Yankees spring training game will be seen on the regular NESN channel throughout New England while live coverage of New Hampshire at Boston College Hockey East game will be available on NESNplus beginning at 7 PM with Hockey East FaceOff LIVE.
NESNplus are the channel positions that NESN distributors provide so NESN can cover two live events at the same time. In most Comcast communities the UNH – BC game on NESNplus will be seen on channel 84. A complete list of NESNplus channels can be found at NESN.com/NESNplus.
Below are the programming schedules for both NESN and NESNplus:
NESN Schedule for Friday March 4th
7:00 PM – Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees (L)
10:00 PM – NESN Daily (L)
10:15 PM – Hockey East Friday Night LIVE – New Hampshire vs. Boston College (replay)NESNplusSchedule for Friday March 4th
7:00 PM – Hockey East Face Off LIVE
7:30 PM – Hockey East Friday Night LIVE – New Hampshire vs. Boston College (L)
10:00 PM – Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees (replay)
As we get into April, we’ll see conflicts between the Red Sox and Bruins so expect to see more use of the NESNplus channel in the weeks to come.
