ROSEVILLE, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SureWest Communications (Nasdaq: SURW) today announced the launch of NFL Network HD in its Sacramento market, bringing games, commentary and programming to local football fans. The 24-hour professional football network launches to SureWest Advanced Digital TV subscribers in time for the start of the regular season this Thursday, September 9.

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NFL Network HD airs seven days a week, 24 hours a day on a year-round basis and is the only network dedicated entirely to the NFL and the sport of football. Programming includes Thursday Night Football, NFL Total Access, Around the League, NFL GameDay, The Coaches Show, Playbook, NFL Replay, The Top 10, NFL Draft, NFL Scouting Combine, CFL games, Hall of Fame ceremony, Super Bowl Classics, The Top 100: NFL Greatest Players and America's Game.

"The passion and demand for NFL coverage is at an unparalleled high, and SureWest is thrilled to put everything pro football has to offer at the fingertips of our customers, with the launch of NFL Network HD," said Peter Drozdoff, vice president of marketing for SureWest.

SureWest HD customers who subscribe to the Digital Choice package or higher have immediate access to NFL Network HD with no package upgrades or separate subscriptions. These customers make up 64% of SureWest's Advanced Digital TV customer base. The remaining Advanced Digital TV customers can upgrade to HD or the Digital Choice package for access to NFL Network HD and its 24-hour NFL coverage, in-depth commentary and breaking news.

NFL Network HD airs on SureWest channel 624.

SureWest's Advanced Digital TV offers HDTV at its best, with access to a vast selection of uncompressed channels in crystal-clear quality. To learn more, visit www.surewest.com/change.

About SureWest.

SureWest Communications (www.surewest.com) is one of the nation's leading integrated communications providers and is the bandwidth leader in the markets it serves. Headquartered in Northern California for more than 95 years, the company expanded into the Kansas City region in February 2008 with the acquisition of Everest Broadband, Inc. and offers bundled residential and commercial services that include IP-based digital and high-definition television, high-speed Internet, Voice over IP, and local and long distance telephone. SureWest was the nation's first provider to launch residential HDTV over an IP network and offers one of the nation's fastest symmetrical Internet services with speeds of up to 50 Mbps in each direction on its fiber-to-the-home network.

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