CBS College Sports

Time Warner Cable customers with digital cable boxes will get some extra basketball coverage during March Madness, whether or not they subscribe to the digital sports tier.

Talk about good timing.  If this hadn't happened, there would have been a whole other kind of March Madness amongst AT&T U-Verse sports fans.

AT&T announced this week the launch of CBS College Sports in both SD and high-definition to its U-Verse lineup.  They can be found on channels 643 and 1643, respectively.  The channel is part of U-Verse's sports package, which costs an additional $10 per month, or is included in the U450 programming package.

With little fanfare, Time Warner Cable slipped in a new addition to its HD lineup today.

CBS College Sports HD is now available on channel 1322.

The channel is part of Time Warner's digital sports package.  However, it is reportedly appearing for non-subscribers of the sports package as of Tuesday evening.

Starting tomorrow, February 13th, Time Warner Cable will add CBS College Sports to its Digital Sports tier on channel 322.

To promote the newly-added channel, they are offering digital customers a free preview of the channel through April 7th.  The channel, added in time for the upcoming tournament season, includes an "entire slate of exciting college sports, including live games and replays, as well as studio shows and profiles," according to their press release.

There are no announced plans to add the high-definition version of the channel, which is currently available on satellite providers.