UNI Football Releases 2018 TV Schedule

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI and its athletics multimedia rights partner, Learfield, in conjunction with the Missouri Valley Football Conference announced today the statewide television broadcast plans for the 2018-19 Panther Sports Network presented by Casey's General Store.

In addition to ESPN's networks, fans throughout Iowa and the Midwest will have several viewing options:

Cedar Falls: CFU Cable TV Channel 15
Cedar Rapids: KCRG-TV ABC Channel 9
Des Moines: WHO 13 in the Des Moines Market
Davenport: KCWI 21
Chicago: NBC Sports Chicago

Again this year, the Cedar Falls Cable Division will produce Panther games for the statewide network and for distribution through Cedar Falls Utilities (CFU) Cable TV. The CFU distribution complements the company's existing UNI Athletics' partnership via Learfield's, Panther Sports Properties in Cedar Falls that directly manages the rights relationship.

All television agreements are effective for the 2018-19 athletic season and encompass the following Panther broadcasts (CT). Check your local station for games in your area:

Volleyball – 7 p.m. Aug. 29 vs. Iowa State
Football – 4 p.m. Sept. 22 vs. Hampton
Football – 1 p.m. Oct. 6 vs. North Dakota State
Football – 1 p.m. Nov. 3 vs. Illinois State
Football – 4 p.m. Nov. 17 vs. Missouri State

All Missouri Valley Football Conference games also are available on the Valley on ESPN.

The following Panther football games are available on ESPN3 (CT):

4 p.m. Sept. 22 vs. Hampton
7 p.m. Sept. 27 vs. Indiana State
4 p.m. Oct. 20 vs. South Dakota State

All remaining Panther football games are available on ESPN+.

MVFC 2018 TV PACKAGE ON ESPN3 / ESPN+

The Missouri Valley Football Conference will produce eight league games. The MVFC Game of the Week package kicks off Sept. 27 with a UNI at Indiana State on ESPN3.

Approximately 50 additional games will stream live in conjunction with MVFC institutional packages, with all the games carried on "Valley Football on ESPN." Of the league's 56 regular-season home contests, 13 will air on ESPN3, and the remaining 43 will appear on ESPN+ -- the premium multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company's Direct-to-Consumer and International Group and ESPN.

Additionally, games that air on ESPN3 are eligible for consideration for ESPN's College Extra. Notably, for the third-straight year, the league will utilize DVSport instant replay during all of 40 of its conference games.

The league's digital initiative is available through the redesigned ESPN App and features live-event programming on both ESPN3 and ESPN+. The new ESPN App gives fans a premier, all-in-one digital access point for everything ESPN offers news, scores, highlights and audio. It's "TV Everywhere" option provides streaming video and ESPN+. The league's digital endeavor is part of its 10-year agreement with ESPN that runs through the 2023-24 academic year.

"We are very satisfied with the coverage that we've gotten with our agreement with ESPN. The exposure that's given us and the national respect that it's given us is really important," said Commissioner Patty Viverito.

Most of the events will be produced and transmitted by production units on each of the league's campuses or by regional sports networks, while the league's 8-game package will be produced and distributed by Tupelo Raycom of Indianapolis, Indiana, the conference's digital production agency.

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Additional broadcasts, including men's basketball, will be announced in the coming weeks.

**** This story was updated to reflect the Montana game will not be available on CFU.

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