Brighthouse announces addition of RFD-TV in Tennessee

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Brighthouse announces addition of RFD-TV

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 30, 2009) –Bright House Networks and RFD-TV, LLC announce today that RFD-TV—Rural America’s Most Important Network—is now available to Bright House Network’s Digital Basic tier subscribers in DeFuniak Springs, Blountstown (channel 173) and Chattahoochee (channel 430).

RFD-TV, an independent nine year old cable network that is part of the Rural Media Group, is the only television network that serves the Rural Lifestyle marketplace 24 hours a day.  RFD-TV ‘s high quality family-oriented programming covers four core interest areas – Agricultural News and Information, Equine and Western Lifestyle, Music and Entertainment and Rural Lifestyle.

“Bright House Networks is delighted to provide RFD-TV to our DeFuniak Springs, Blountstown and Chattahoochee customers. Our customers have requested the programming, and our ability to meet or exceed the expectations of customers is important to us. The quality and type of programming RFD-TV shows is certain to provide enjoyment and education to our customers” said Karen Broach, Division President, Bright House Networks, Birmingham Division.

"Bright House Networks viewers in DeFuniak Springs, Blountstown and Chattahoochee Florida now have the chance to experience the wide variety of rural lifestyle programming available on RFD-TV.   It has become obvious that there is a demand for more diverse programming for the rural markets and we are delighted that Bright House Networks recognizes RFD-TV as the best option to satisfy the underserved community of rural lifestyle enthusiasts, stated Carolyn J. Clayton, Director of Affiliate Sales and Marketing for RFD-TV’s South East Region.”

About RFD-TV, LLC
Launched in December of 2000 and now beginning its 10th year of broadcasting, RFD-TV is the nation's first 24-hour television channels dedicated to serving the needs and interests of rural America with programming focused on agriculture, equine, rural lifestyle, along with traditional country music and entertainment. The channel is now distributed into over 40 million homes worldwide by DBS and cable systems including DISH Network, DIRECTV, Comcast, Verizon FiOS TV, Mediacom, Charter, Bresnan, Time Warner, Cox, SKY, Freesat and over 600 independent rural cable systems. Production originates in studios located in Nashville, Tennessee for RFD-TV and RFD HD, and now London, England for RURAL TV, the company’s new international channel which launched throughout the UK in March/2009.  RFD-TV The Magazine now has over 160,000 paid subscribers for its bi-monthly publication, and the company continues to operate RFD-TV The Theatre in Branson, Missouri.
www.rfdtv.com <http://www.rfdtv.com>

About Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks is the nation’s 6th largest multiple cable system operator (MSO) with 2.4 million customers in several large markets including Bakersfield, California; Birmingham, Alabama; Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana; Orlando, Florida (Central Florida Division) and Tampa Bay, Florida along with several other smaller systems in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The high-growth Tampa/Central Florida markets are contiguous and form one of the country’s largest cable clusters. BHN’s corporate locations are in Syracuse, New York and Orlando, Florida.

CONTACT:
RFD-TV: Cathie Lowe, Cathie@rfdtv.com, 615.620.9239
Bright House Networks: Robert.Smith4@mybrighthouse.com, 205-238-3080

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Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month for September

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Julie Goodnight Tip of the Month

Contact:
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc./ Horse Master with Julie Goodnight RFD-TV Show
PO Box 397, Poncha Springs, CO 81242
(719) 530-0531
press@juliegoodnight.com <mailto:press@juliegoodnight.com>

PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. September 21, 2009— Have you ever had an ad drop out at the last moment—or a space that didn’t sell before printing deadline? Or has someone turned in a story that’s just a little too short? It’s Julie Goodnight and www.juliegoodnight.com to the rescue. Check out the newest addition to Goodnight’s online “Training Library” here and read more about training online (found with a quick link at the top of www.juliegoodnight.com <http://www.juliegoodnight.com> ). Goodnight—known for her clear communication in print and on her new RFD-TV show, Horse Master with Julie Goodnight—provides a tip each month for use when you, as an editor, need just a little more content or a great quip to fill out your magazine. Tips may be edited for style, length and content. Content is provided free of charge. Here’s a tip to help you when you’re in a layout crunch . . .

Behavior Mod for Horses
Horses are creatures of habit and routine. Sometimes an unwanted behavior can become a bad habit after only one or two displays. Often riders are surprised by the first one or two times a horse acts up and they let the moment go without a correction; or worse, they inadvertently reward the behavior by letting the horse get what he wants. Remember, horses tend to be location specific in their behavior and this means that they will tend to act up in the same place or circumstance every time. As soon as you detect a problem, correct your horse firmly the first time so it doesn’t become a long-term problem.

Find more tips at Julie's websites:
http://www.JulieGoodnight.com
http://www.twitter.com/juliegoodnight <http://www.twitter.com/juliegoodnight%0Dhttp://facebook.com/Julie.goodnight>
http://facebook.com/Julie.goodnight <http://www.twitter.com/juliegoodnight%0Dhttp://facebook.com/Julie.goodnight>
http://www.youtube.com/juliegoodnight
and during Julie Goodnight's weekly TV show
on RFD-TV (Wednesdays at 5:30 EST).

A service of The Whole Picture, LLC., http://www.wholepicture.org
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Watch New Horse Master with Julie Goodnight Episodes on RFD-TV This Fall

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Watch New Horse Master with Julie Goodnight Episodes on RFD-TV This Fall — Then Access FREE Online Extras with Youtube, Facebook and More
Contact:
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc./ Horse Master with Julie Goodnight RFD-TV Show
PO Box 397, Poncha Springs, CO 81242
(719) 530-0531
press@juliegoodnight.com


SALIDA, Colo., September 17, 2009: The fall RFD-TV season kicks off with new Horse Master with Julie Goodnight episodes taped in Oregon City, Oregon and covering topics you want to see to help you with your horse life.

“Our shoot site, Tanz-Pferde Dressage Farms (www.tanz-pferde.com, the name means dancing horses) was a beautiful backdrop to shoot our fall shows,” Goodnight says. “We shot in their new outdoor arena and were surrounded by incredible trees—beautiful back drops in 360 degrees. With six really good episodes “in the can,” I have a few favorites, but all were topics that I have questions about at clinics and expos. We have episodes including stopping your horse from rearing on the trail, slowing a horse down for shows, loosening the reins to calm a jiggy horse, re-starting a horse in the round pen to help rectify his bossy behavior, helping a former brood mare learn a stop cue and learn to be a great riding mount, and helping a horse learn to pick up the correct lead. I think you’ll like them all and there’s beautiful country to see along the way!”

Horse Master’s RFD-TV episodes air every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. EST (with encores airing Thursday and Saturday nights) on Direct TV channel 345, Dish Network channel 231 as well as cable outlets. See the expanded schedule below.

Free online extras:
Find out more about each episode and read FREE articles that accompany and supplement each topic at http://juliegoodnight.com (click on the Horse Master link at the top left). Goodnight’s online Training Library also contains questions answered by a pro and is free to read. If you want even more training tips and advice –and chances to win Goodnight’s DVDs and gear –join her fan club on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2357009854&ref=t  as well as “friend” her at http://www.facebook.com/julie.goodnight and sign up for her free monthly newsletter at http://juliegoodnight.com/emailsignup.php (each newsletter edition contains at least two new training articles). Goodnight also writes about key horse keeping and training topics on her blog http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com/and announces all through Twitter at http://twitter.com/juliegoodnight. It’s all free to you and will help you form the perfect relationship with your horse.

Schedule of RFD-TV’s Horse Master with Julie Goodnight Fall 2010:
September 19/ October 28: 219 Diane/Jasmine “Rearing to Go”
The Horse Master helps a frustrated trail rider keep her horse moving forward and from rearing  

September 23/ November 4:  220 Ellye/Danny --40th show by the way-- “Show Slow”
The Horse Master teaches a 4H-er to rate her speed in the show ring

September 30/ November 11:  221 Linda/Bria “Letting Go”
The Horse Master teaches a nervous rider the importance of relaxing her rein hold, riding with draped reins

October 7/ November 18: 222 Clare/Lux “Starting Over”
The Horse Master uses round-pen training to teach an overbearing, bucking Warmblood to respect his leader  

October 14/ November 25:  223 BJ/Candy “Whoa means Whoa”
The Horse Master teaches a just-started Appaloosa to stop from a seat cue, avoiding rein pressure

October 21/ December 2:   224  Jessica/Cookie  “Straight and Round”
The Horse Master helps a horse feel balanced cues, pick up the correct lead

Join the Texas cast in 2010:
If you're interested on the show with your horse as Goodnight shoots 6 more episodes in Texas February 2-4, 2010, please apply using the application at http://www.horsemaster.juliegoodnight.com/apply.html. Two grips are also needed. Apply online to work with the crew near Houston/Austin/Yoakum: http://www.horsemaster.tv <http://www.horsemaster.tv>  then click on the “schedule” link. You’ll find more details about the schedule and shoot location as the shooting location is determined.

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Press Release: RFD-TV Now available to Suddenlink subscribers in AR, MS and LA

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Suddenlink announces addition of RFD-TV

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 15, 2009) –Suddenlink and RFD-TV, LLC announce today that RFD-TV—Rural America’s Most Important Network—is now available to Suddenlink’s Digital Variety tier subscribers in the Mid South Region, including Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana.
 
RFD-TV, an independent nine year old cable network that is part of the Rural Media Group, is the only television network that serves the Rural Lifestyle marketplace 24 hours a day.  RFD-TV ‘s high quality family-oriented programming covers four core interest areas – Agricultural News and Information, Equine and Western Lifestyle, Music and Entertainment and Rural Lifestyle.
 
“We’re happy to finally expand our already existing partnership with Suddenlink in Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana .,” said RFD-TV’s Senior Director of Affiliate Sales Manda Patrick. “We’ve seen great success where Suddenlink has launched RFD-TV; the same is to be expected for these new launches. We look forward to providing our new Suddenlink viewers with top-notch equine, music and entertainment, agriculture and rural lifestyle programming.”

“We’re excited to see Suddenlink add RFD-TV to their lineup,” said This Week in Louisiana Agriculture host Michael Danna. “Not only does that bring TWILA to more people in rural Louisiana, it also brings to those viewers some of the best coverage of agriculture anywhere in the country: programming they can only see on RFD-TV.”
 
Suddenlink Mid South Region Marketing Vice President Catherine O’Bryant-Freeman said: “We’re pleased to offer RFD-TV on our Digital Variety lineup in our Mid South Region. This channel offers quality programming that’s of particular interest to our Mid South customers, and it also provides entertainment of interest to a diverse audience.  We’re happy to provide a variety of programming, and RFD-TV has been a network that our viewers have requested.”

RFD-TV is now available on Suddenlink in the following Mid South markets:
Arkadelphia, AR, Monett, MO, Helena, AR, Hot Springs, AR, Malvern, AR, Natchitoches, LA, Newport, AR, Alexandria, LA, Bastrop, LA, Bossier City, LA, DeRidder, LA and Minden, LA

About RFD-TV, LLC
RFD-TV, LLC - Launched in December 2000, RFD-TV is the nation’s first 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week television network dedicated to serving the needs and interests of rural America. Programming includes a wide-variety of shows focused on agriculture, equine, rural lifestyle, and traditional music offerings, which are uplinked via satellite from NorthStar Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.  Currently, RFD-TV is distributed in over 40 million homes on DIRECTV, DISH Network, Mediacom, Charter, Time Warner Cable, Suddenlink, Bresnan, Comcast, Verizon FiOS TV, and NRTC cable systems located in all 50 states.  RFD-TV The Magazine, the channel’s companion publication currently has over 155,000 subscribers.  RFD-TV The Theatre opened in March/2007 in Branson, MO. www.rfdtv.com
 
About Suddenlink
Suddenlink Communications (www.suddenlink.com) is among the 10 largest cable broadband companies in the United States, supporting the information, communication and entertainment demands of approximately 1.3 million residential customers and thousands of commercial customers in Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia, and elsewhere.  Suddenlink simplifies its customers’ lives through one call for support, one connection, and one bill for TV, Internet, phone, and other services.

CONTACT:
Cathie Lowe, Cathie@rfdtv.com, 615.620.9239

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Sky Angel announces addition of RFD-TV on channel 330

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Sky Angel announces addition of RFD-TV

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 4, 2009) –Sky Angel and RFD-TV, LLC announce today that RFD-TV—Rural America’s Most Important Network—is now available to Sky Angel’s Family Values and Family Package subscribers nationwide.   RFD-TV can be found on Sky Angel channel 330.

RFD-TV, an independent nine year old cable network that is part of the Rural Media Group, is the only television network that serves the Rural Lifestyle marketplace 24 hours a day.  RFD-TV ‘s high quality family-oriented programming covers four core interest areas – Agricultural News and Information, Equine and Western Lifestyle, Music and Entertainment and Rural Lifestyle.

“RFD-TV has been one of the most-requested channel additions by our subscribers for some time. We are pleased to add a channel with so much great family-friendly programming to offer that truly complements our existing channel lineup,” said Tom Scott, Sky Angel’s President / COO.

“We are very excited that Sky Angel has chosen to add RFD-TV to their Family Values Package. Now many of their customers across the United States can enjoy the wide variety of quality, family-orientated programs that RFD-TV delivers each day including Agriculture, Horses, America’s Rural Lifestyle and Music & Entertainment. Each week on RFD-TV, Sky Angel subscribers can enjoy traditional country music, the “Hee Haw” show, Ag News, classic tractors, the world’s most popular horse trainers, rodeos, bluegrass and polka music, trains, travel shows, country cooking, small animal and crop tips, and much, much more.” said RFD-TV’s vice president of affiliate sales and marketing, Patricia Bisant.

About RFD-TV, LLC
RFD-TV, LLC - Launched in December 2000, RFD-TV is the nation’s first 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week television network dedicated to serving the needs and interests of rural America. Programming includes a wide-variety of shows focused on agriculture, equine, rural lifestyle, and traditional music offerings, which are uplinked via satellite from NorthStar Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Currently, RFD-TV is distributed in over 40 million homes on DIRECTV, DISH Network, Mediacom, Charter, Time Warner Cable, Suddenlink, Bresnan, Comcast, Verizon FiOS TV, and NRTC cable systems located in all 50 states.  RFD-TV The Magazine, the channel’s companion publication currently has over 155,000 subscribers.  RFD-TV The Theatre opened in March/2007 in Branson, MO. www.rfdtv.com <http://www.rfdtv.com>

About Sky Angel
Sky Angel® U.S. LLC is a Christian-owned multi-channel provider of faith-based and family-friendly television and radio programming.  Founded by Robert Johnson Sr. more than 27 years ago, Sky Angel was created to provide a Christ-centered and family-friendly alternative to the standard television fare. Since then, his vision has grown into a service providing quality television and radio programming to all corners of the United States. Sky Angel’s mission is to build and operate a global communications system to assure the Gospel will penetrate every nation, culture and people.  Sky Angel also carries the Parents Television Council’s® prestigious Entertainment Seal of Approval™, which recognizes excellence and social responsibility in programming

CONTACTS:
RFD-TV: Cathie Lowe, Cathie@rfdtv.com <mailto:Cathie@rfdtv.com> , 615.620.9239
Sky Angel: Karole Davis, press@skyangel.com <mailto:press@skyangel.com> , 239.963.3265

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