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Money at the center of TV tussle
Fans in middle as Big Ten Network, cable providers haggle
Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:43 AM
By Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
It appears a lot of Ohio State fanatics won't get their fix Saturday, and after waiting eight months to purge the Bowl Championship Series title game from memory, they're looking to blame someone.
In one corner stands the Big Ten Network, which launches at 8 tonight and will broadcast six football games Saturday, including Ohio State's opener against Youngstown State.
In the other corner are all but one of the Midwest's major cable providers, which have not agreed to air the network. Insight, one of central Ohio's three providers, agreed to a deal yesterday. The other two, Time Warner and WOW, continue to reject the network's demands to be included in "expanded basic" service for a reported payment of $1.10 per subscriber per month in the Big Ten's eight-state region. They say at that price, the network belongs on a more costly "sports tier."
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Ohio State on TV
Insight strikes deal with Big Ten
Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:35 AM
By Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
One domino down, two to go.
Insight scored the first touchdown of the Ohio State football season yesterday when it became the first of central Ohio's three cable-television providers to agree to carry the new Big Ten Network.
The agreement ensures that Insight customers will be able to watch the Buckeyes' opener against Youngstown State on Saturday in the comfort of their homes.
Insight is the second largest of central Ohio's three cable providers. The others, market leader Time Warner and WOW, have not agreed to terms with the Big Ten Network.
"Our position has not changed" in light of Insight's deal, Time Warner spokeswoman Judy Barbao said. "We still believe (the network is) best suited to a sports tier in the current cost structure.
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jlb1705;915540; said:I don't mean to be a rumor monger but...
On TWC here in Cincy, ESPN Classic has been moved from Channel 32 to Channel 109 in the Digital Tier. Could that move be making a spot for the BTN? I seriously doubt it, but I hope so.
As far is ESPN Classic (or The Boxing & Poker Channel, as I refer to it) goes, it's a well-deserved demotion. They hardly show any classic sports anymore, but they had started showing a few lower-tier college football games as live broadcasts, so that's yet more college football that's being taken off of basic service.