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Big Ten Network (BTN)

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Best Buckeye;904266; said:
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I need some of you guys to go to this site and tell me how well you can see and hear the game I am playing. I need to see if my camera is good enough.
Awcast.com - buckeyebeat
You probably will have to click on the play arrow to start it. Thanks
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I can't hear it at all, but I can see it pretty well... very little glare, can sometimes catch the refresh rate, but not so much that it's a problem. The vid is choppy, but absolutely better than the alternative of no vid at all. I'd put it on par with some of the earlier internet movies in terms of refresh rate... not sure how many FPS, but not equal to the TV being recorded.

Edt: Can't make out the score in the upper left, but can see the time.... interestingly, they just put the score on the right side of the screen, and I can see it fine now. Maybe a camera angle thing.
 
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While I'm not a big fan of the big businesses fighting it out while the people suffer, at this point it's your own fault if you don't get the games and you want them.
I just don't want to hear the inevitable whines of fans who don't have the game as anyone can sign up for DTV if they care enough.
 
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CleveBucks;904309; said:
There are already 8 or 9 conference games. I'd expect at least a few nonconference hoops games too. 12-15 games could be realistic.

4 football games is also likely.
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Also note this year is just a springboard. I fully expect the number of games for bball and football to increase as the years roll on.
 
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Time Warner's message on their website.

Time Warner Cable

Big Ten Football should not cost you Big Time Bucks.

Time Warner Cable wants to bring you all the Ohio State football and basketball games you enjoyed last year. But the Big Ten Network has taken some of those games away from you and now wants to be paid for them.


What does Big Ten Network want?
The Big Ten Network has said it wants $1.10 per customer per month for cable companies to bring you Big Ten Network programming. At this rate, the Big Ten Network stands to make $237 million each year from cable customers in the Big Ten states alone. Outside the eight-state Big Ten region, Big Ten fans are being asked to pay far less for the same programming ? only 10 cents per month per customer. That means an avid Ohio State fan who happens to live in Kentucky only pays $.10 per month while those of us living in Ohio are being asked to pay $1.10 per month. It?s just not fair.


The Big Ten Network wants to be carried as part of the Standard Package, which means every cable customer would have to pay its high asking price for this niche sports programming. Time Warner Cable would like to make it optional for those who do not wish to pay an extra fee for it.


How does the Big Ten Network?s asking price compare to other cable networks?
Other networks that focus exclusively on college sports, including those that provide far more games on a national basis, cost one-tenth the price. For more information on what other cable networks cost, see these articles:
What programming will be offered on the
Big Ten Network?
The Big Ten Network has said it will carry:
  • 35+ football games per season
  • 105+ regular season men's basketball games
  • 55+ regular season women?s basketball games
  • Big Ten championship events
  • Archived Big Ten events, including bowl games
  • 170+ Olympic sporting events
  • Coaches? shows
  • 660 hours of campus programming
The vast majority of OSU football games will remain on networks currently offered by Time Warner Cable, including ABC, ESPN and ESPN2. To date, only two OSU games will be carried on the Big Ten Network: OSU vs. Akron and OSU vs. Youngstown State.


For basketball fans, Big Ten Network has taken a number of OSU men?s basketball games off of free TV where they were available last year. In 2006, 15 games were carried on over-the-air television, and now Big Ten Network wants you to pay for them.


Should people who don?t want the Big Ten Network have to pay for it?
Time Warner Cable wants to offer the Big Ten Network at a fair price to customers who are interested in the channel, and make it optional for customers who do not wish to pay extra for it. By offering the Big Ten Network as a part of a separate sports package, only those who are interested can choose to pay for it without increasing the cost for everyone.


We are actively negotiating with the Big Ten Network and hope to reach an agreement that lets Time Warner Cable offer the channel to interested customers at a fair price. Please check back to this Web site for updates
 
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RCollett said:
Time Warner Cable

Big Ten Football should not cost you Big Time Bucks.

Time Warner Cable wants to bring you all the Ohio State football and basketball games you enjoyed last year. But the Big Ten Network has taken some of those games away from you and now wants to be paid for them.


What does Big Ten Network want?
The Big Ten Network has said it wants $1.10 per customer per month for cable companies to bring you Big Ten Network programming. At this rate, the Big Ten Network stands to make $237 million each year from cable customers in the Big Ten states alone. Outside the eight-state Big Ten region, Big Ten fans are being asked to pay far less for the same programming ? only 10 cents per month per customer. That means an avid Ohio State fan who happens to live in Kentucky only pays $.10 per month while those of us living in Ohio are being asked to pay $1.10 per month. It?s just not fair.


The Big Ten Network wants to be carried as part of the Standard Package, which means every cable customer would have to pay its high asking price for this niche sports programming. Time Warner Cable would like to make it optional for those who do not wish to pay an extra fee for it.


How does the Big Ten Network?s asking price compare to other cable networks?
Other networks that focus exclusively on college sports, including those that provide far more games on a national basis, cost one-tenth the price. For more information on what other cable networks cost, see these articles:
What programming will be offered on the
Big Ten Network?
The Big Ten Network has said it will carry:
  • 35+ football games per season
  • 105+ regular season men's basketball games
  • 55+ regular season women?s basketball games
  • Big Ten championship events
  • Archived Big Ten events, including bowl games
  • 170+ Olympic sporting events
  • Coaches? shows
  • 660 hours of campus programming
The vast majority of OSU football games will remain on networks currently offered by Time Warner Cable, including ABC, ESPN and ESPN2. To date, only two OSU games will be carried on the Big Ten Network: OSU vs. Akron and OSU vs. Youngstown State.


For basketball fans, Big Ten Network has taken a number of OSU men?s basketball games off of free TV where they were available last year. In 2006, 15 games were carried on over-the-air television, and now Big Ten Network wants you to pay for them.


Should people who don?t want the Big Ten Network have to pay for it?
Time Warner Cable wants to offer the Big Ten Network at a fair price to customers who are interested in the channel, and make it optional for customers who do not wish to pay extra for it. By offering the Big Ten Network as a part of a separate sports package, only those who are interested can choose to pay for it without increasing the cost for everyone.


We are actively negotiating with the Big Ten Network and hope to reach an agreement that lets Time Warner Cable offer the channel to interested customers at a fair price. Please check back to this Web site for updates
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Translation: We're not going to get anything in place for this year, so we want to make it look like we care and are really trying.....just like they are.
 
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NW Ohio and the BTN

Well, I need my football and so I placed a call today to Buckeye-express (the local csble company) and they are picking up BTN on Aug 30 on basic cable, channel 67. So, this is at no additional cost if you ahve cable's standard service. At least the first two games are covered.
 
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greyscarlet;904316; said:
While I'm not a big fan of the big businesses fighting it out while the people suffer, at this point it's your own fault if you don't get the games and you want them.
I just don't want to hear the inevitable whines of fans who don't have the game as anyone can sign up for DTV if they care enough.
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Is it? What if I can't afford D-TV? What if my neighbors have very high trees that block my view of the southern sky, thus preventing me from being able to get a dish? Can I whine if either of those happens to be my situation?
 
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So, then since time warner is so worried about how much the BTN wants for its channel, and they don't want people to have to pay extra from it if they don't want it, then I assume that if they get their way....then I should only have to pay on extra 1.10 to have it right? I mean Time Warner says that they are looking out for the consumer....so I am sure they wouldn't want to charge extra for it.

RCollett;904342; said:
Time Warner Cable

Big Ten Football should not cost you Big Time Bucks.

Time Warner Cable wants to bring you all the Ohio State football and basketball games you enjoyed last year. But the Big Ten Network has taken some of those games away from you and now wants to be paid for them.


What does Big Ten Network want?
The Big Ten Network has said it wants $1.10 per customer per month for cable companies to bring you Big Ten Network programming.
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