HuskersNside to Provide Unprecedented Coverage of Nebraska Baseball This Spring

Lincoln -- With practice starting this week and the 2003 season less than a month away, the staff at HuskersNside has announced plans for the upcoming season. HuskersNside will be the place to follow the Huskers from opening drills of practice, as Head Coach Mike Anderson and the Huskers make their bid for a third consecutive College World Series appearance. The following are some of the features this spring, as HuskersNside will bring fans unsurpassed coverage of the Nebraska baseball program.

HuskersNside will provide extensive highlight packages from the road, including interviews with NU coaches and players, which will be available following every trip this season. All of the highlights and video-on-demand will be available shortly following each road series, giving fans an up-close look at the Big Red. In addition, the package will also include video steaming of select Husker road games during the season.

When the Huskers are at home and you can't come out to Hawks Field, enjoy nearly every pitch at your desktop, as almost every regular-season home game will be video streamed live from Hawks Field. From the home opener with Wisconsin-Milwaukee on March 6 to all the Big 12 action, including games against defending NCAA champion Texas and nationally ranked Baylor and Oklahoma State, HuskersNside will be your exclusive home for Husker baseball, broadcasting over 20 games this spring. In addition, the site will have highlights and interviews with coaches and players following each game. While newscasts can only show between 30-45 seconds of highlights and interviews, HuskersNside packages will include every major play along with extensive interviews of players and coaches.

From the start of practice this week and throughout the season, HuskersNside will be there with player interviews and features, reports from practice as well as the Husker Baseball Show with Mike Anderson, a half hour weekly series devoted to NU baseball that begins in March. In addition, Husker coaches and players will be on-line for chats with fans throughout the year.

All of the offerings are set up for broadband (Cable Internet, DSL or Satellite Internet) connections, providing video streams at 300 or 600 kbps for subscribers. Currently, two types of subscription packages are available on HuskersNside, a monthly rate of $9.95 per month or the annual rate of $99.95. Fans that sign up before Feb. 1, can join for a special annual rate of $79.95, which is $20 off the annual rate and averages less than seven dollars per month. By logging on to Huskers.com, fans can get a 15-day free trial to see a sampling of events on HuskersNside.

HuskersNside is a subscription service that provides live video streaming of selected Husker sporting events. University of Nebraska fans all over the world can keep up with Husker sports with a subscription and their high-speed Internet service. HuskersNside also provides unique and exclusive video-on-demand including daily highlights from all Nebraska athletics, Coaches Shows, Features and Great moments in Husker history. A joint venture between the University of Nebraska Athletic Department and Omaha based New Media Networks, LLC., HuskersNside also produced and provided live video streaming of three Husker football games in 2002 and is currently video streaming more than 60 live events during the winter season. For more on HuskersNside, go to www.HuskersNside.com on the Internet.