Maitland, FL – January 24, 2007 – Bright House Networks will deliver Thursday a new High Definition television to the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch in Barberville in memory of Lake County Sheriff Chris Daniels, Sr., company officials announced today.

Lake County Sheriff Chris Daniels, died in a charity school-bus race in Volusia County on Oct. 14, 2006. To honor his memory, Bright House Networks will present the Making Life Easier gift pak to the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch in Barberville, as part of the company’s ongoing Making Life Easier outreach initiative. Attending the ceremony will be Sheriff Daniels’ wife Michelle Daniels, along with Lake County Sheriff Gary Borders and Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson.

The Florida Sheriff Youth Ranch is a non-profit, residential child-care and family service organization that provides services to thousands of youth and their families each year. Sheriff Daniels’ commitment to The Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches made a significant impact on the lives of many youth during his tenure as Lake County Sheriff.

Although The Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch in Barberville is located outside Bright House Networks coverage area, the company will substitute the one-year subscription to Bright House services by supplying a powered HDTV antenna and a monthly supply of DVDs for the youth ranch.

As a sponsor of the event that tragically took Sheriff Daniels life, we were moved to honor him in some way.” explained Sara Brady, vice president of Bright House Networks Public Affairs and Community Relations Central Florida Division. “What better honor than to make this contribution in his name to one of the organizations that he dedicated his time and service.

Bright House Networks Making Life Easier outreach will continue through 2007.

About Bright House Networks

Bright House Networks is dedicated to providing customers with cutting-edge technology and unparalleled customer service.  With its readily adaptable platform, Bright House Networks delivers video, voice and data services as they evolve, so customers always have the most up-to-date technology at their fingertips.  Video-on-Demand (VOD), Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVOD), Digital Video Recorders (DVR), High Definition Television signals (HDTV), high-speed data services (HSD) and Digital Phone are just a few services offered by Bright House Networks today that not long ago were considered futuristic.

Exceptional customer service is the company’s cornerstone and its top priority.  Bright House Networks’ local, customer service centers are available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, including holidays. 

The company serves more than two million customers in several large markets including Tampa Bay and Central Florida (Orlando), Indianapolis, Birmingham, Bakersfield and Detroit, along with several other smaller systems in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.  Each community benefits from the company’s long-term support of education and to what matters most in the lives of Bright House Networks customers. 

Bright House Networks, which owns and operates two 24-hour local news channels; Bay News 9, serving the Tampa area and Central Florida News 13, serving the Orlando area, is managed on a day-to-day basis by Advance/Newhouse Communications.

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