ESPN360.com & ABC News Now Offer RCN Internet Customers With Free Access to Thousands of Live Sporting Events and Live Broadcast News and Information

RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), a leading provider of video, data, and voice services to residential, small business and commercial customers, announced today that it has launched ESPN360.com and ABC News Now. As a result, RCN internet customers will have free access to ESPN’s signature, next-generation broadband sports network, as well as interactive ABC TV news programming.

"We believe ESPN360.com and ABC News Now will be very popular with our broadband internet customers," said RCN President & CEO Peter Aquino. “We're always striving to bring our customers the entertainment options that match their interests. By adding ESPN’s next-generation broadband sports network and ABC News Now, we are once again proving our commitment to connect our customers to something more.”

ESPN360.com will deliver more than 2,500 live events in the next 12 months. As the first full-time, live multi-sport broadband network, ESPN360.com features thousands of hours of live online coverage from a broad array of global games and events including (but not limited to): NBA; NASCAR (Nextel Cup and Busch Series); college football, basketball, baseball and softball, hockey and lacrosse; global and U.S. soccer (UEFA, FIFA, MLS, EURO 2008, more); global rugby, cricket and tennis; open-wheel racing (IRL, Champ Car); Arena Football League; Major League Lacrosse; global baseball (Mexican, Venezuelan, Dominican, Israeli, more); Mexican college football (ONEFA); polo and sports press conferences.

The college football lineup on ESPN360.com includes exclusive games, simulcasts of ESPN and ESPN2 games and many regional games from around the country - more than 225 live college football games this season.

ABC News Now features a live, 24/7 broadcast stream of the ABC News Now channel, and includes: full episode archives of ABC News shows such as World News with Charles Gibson and Nightline; breaking news and regular news briefs throughout the day; exclusive interviews and specials from Good Morning America, 20/20, Primetime and the ABC News network; and more than 1000 on-demand clips covering the latest news and information on Entertainment, Health, Technology, Politics, and more.

RCN customers should go to www.rcn.com to launch the free players and begin enjoying their easy to use, TV-quality, interactive sports and news programming on their computer.

Source: RCN