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The farther you get from the core states in Big Ten country, the less likely your cable system will carry the BTN. The good news is that it will be cheaper for the cable companies that are out of the midwest. If you are on the west coast or some other distant location, Directv might be the only option. I live in Florida, but I have Directv and always buy gameplan, as well. Directv bailed me out last year with ESPNU. I am interested in the library of old big ten games to be shown on the Big Ten Network. I think some of these old games have never been shown anywhere else(like ESPN classic).
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matcar
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I think the point here is that even if you get BTN, you may not see your game as there will be multiple BTN games every week and DirecTV may likely only air one (unless they devote multiple channels to BTN football coverage). I'm not holding my breath.goblue15;851549; said:
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Lima
Some OSU games could be missing from television Jim Naveau | [email protected] - 06.07.2007
If replacing Troy Smith, Anthony Gonzalez, Ted Ginn Jr. and all those other football starters who are gone wasn?t enough for Ohio State fans to worry about, now they have a new concern.
And it has nothing to do with fear of Gators, teams in orange and blue or Urban Meyer.
What has OSU fans agitated is that there is a possibility they might not be able to watch all 12 of the Buckeyes? regular-season games on television next fall.
Remember the sky-is-falling vibe last fall when the OSU-Indiana football game was available only on ESPN-U, which was not carried by most cable systems in Ohio?
It will be back this fall 10 times as strong if the newly formed Big Ten Network and the major cable companies don?t come to an agreement before the start of the college football season.
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Some OSU games could be missing from television Jim Naveau | [email protected] - 06.07.2007
If replacing Troy Smith, Anthony Gonzalez, Ted Ginn Jr. and all those other football starters who are gone wasn?t enough for Ohio State fans to worry about, now they have a new concern.
And it has nothing to do with fear of Gators, teams in orange and blue or Urban Meyer.
What has OSU fans agitated is that there is a possibility they might not be able to watch all 12 of the Buckeyes? regular-season games on television next fall.
Remember the sky-is-falling vibe last fall when the OSU-Indiana football game was available only on ESPN-U, which was not carried by most cable systems in Ohio?
It will be back this fall 10 times as strong if the newly formed Big Ten Network and the major cable companies don?t come to an agreement before the start of the college football season.
Cont...[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][/FONT]
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The sky may not be falling yet but it has some cracks in it. This would totally ruin my day. I guess I could move to Columbus and get an RV for the away games, quit my job, sell the house........
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CleveBucks
Serenity now
Game Plan is pretty useless for most/all games. Anything on ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 will be national this year. Any other home games will be picked up by Big Ten network and probably won't be on Game Plan.
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RLC65
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It seems to me the pressure is or ought to be on the B10 Network to be accomodating to cable companies nationally. It is one thing to charge those companies a significant per viewer fee within the Big Ten area itself...there is obviously much interest and demand there.
But, the further west or south you go, the interest of cable companies wanes proportionately. So, they are much less likely to pay anything like the viewer fees that those in the conference area might. Last year Cox, the very large company that serves much of the west/southwest engaged in a very public warfare with ESPN, threatening not to carry them at all if they did not relent on presumed exhorbitant fees ESPN wanted. They finally worked it out, but I can see Cox stonewalling B10 Network if they do not reduce their expected fee considerably, versus Ohio, Illinois, etc.
So, I am apprehensive about seeing several games this fall. And please, somebody should not write a typical response suggesting satellite, DirectTV or sports bars. Unfortunately, none of those are available to me.
Go Bucks!
But, the further west or south you go, the interest of cable companies wanes proportionately. So, they are much less likely to pay anything like the viewer fees that those in the conference area might. Last year Cox, the very large company that serves much of the west/southwest engaged in a very public warfare with ESPN, threatening not to carry them at all if they did not relent on presumed exhorbitant fees ESPN wanted. They finally worked it out, but I can see Cox stonewalling B10 Network if they do not reduce their expected fee considerably, versus Ohio, Illinois, etc.
So, I am apprehensive about seeing several games this fall. And please, somebody should not write a typical response suggesting satellite, DirectTV or sports bars. Unfortunately, none of those are available to me.
Go Bucks!
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Call me cynical, but .....
The cable companies control our oxygen supply. When they shut it off we obediently call them up and beg them to turn it back on. They agree to do so for a substantial fee and we in turn thank them for it.
We'll get our games. Cable never leaves money on the table.
The cable companies control our oxygen supply. When they shut it off we obediently call them up and beg them to turn it back on. They agree to do so for a substantial fee and we in turn thank them for it.
We'll get our games. Cable never leaves money on the table.
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The good news is my cable will carry it. The bad news is that they probably won't show all the Buckeye games , just the "best of the week" :(
Buckeye CableSystem will carry Big Ten Network around the clock
The Big Ten Network will make its much-anticipated debut in August.
It will operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The fledgling network, which will be carried locally on Buckeye CableSystem, figures to be an instant hit among Ohio State and Michigan fans.
It plans to carry:
? More than 35 football games each season;
? A minimum of 105 regular season men's basketball games;
? Women's basketball, volleyball, soccer, and softball;
? Weekly coaches shows;
? Olympic sporting events, including baseball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, swimming, diving, and more;
? A nightly studio show, including segments from each of the 11 schools in the conference;
? Classic games and historical footage from the libraries of ESPN and ABC;
? Approximately 660 hours of programming produced by Big Ten member universities showcasing their academics, students, and programs.
"We're really very pleased that our customers will be able to get the Big Ten Network from the beginning," said Florence Buchanan, vice president of sales and marketing for Buckeye, owned by Block Communications, Inc., which also owns The Blade. "Our entire service area is obviously Big Ten country, and I expect the Big Ten Network to become a popular destination very, very quickly."
Although Buckeye and the network agreed in principle to the deal last month, she said the local cable outlet - which has more than 150,000 subscribers in northwest Ohio and southeastern Michigan - has not yet signed the contract. But she doesn't expect that to be a problem.
"I don't see it not happening," Ms. Buchanan said. "I think both sides will be able to work out the final details by mid-summer."
The Big Ten Network, a 20-year partnership between the conference and Fox Cable Networks, already has national agreements in place with DirecTV and AT&T to carry its programming around the clock. And the network has deals pending with more than 40 other cable outlets within the eight states that blanket the Big Ten market.
Buckeye will carry the network in its expanded basic level of service and also will carry its high definition feed.
Details still being worked out include the cost per subscriber and the channel location.
"Buckeye believes that the network is compelling and attractive to its subscribers, who will enjoy unparalleled coverage of Big Ten sports, as well as campus programming featuring entertaining stories about what's happening at their favorite universities," said Mark Silverman, president of the Big Ten Network.
The Big Ten Network will allow home fans to see their teams regardless of where they live.
It already has announced its five prime-time football games - Indiana State at Indiana (Sept. 1), Syracuse at Iowa (Sept. 8), Duke at Northwestern (Sept. 15), Indiana at Michigan State (Oct. 13), Illinois at Minnesota (Nov. 3) - with the rest of the schedule to come.
The network also has made its first on-air hire, signing veteran ESPN anchor/analyst, Dave Revsine, as its lead nightly studio host. Revsine, a Northwestern graduate, will start his new job July 1. Several more seasoned football and basketball studio analysts will follow.
Buckle your chin strap.
Before long, it will be all Big Ten, all the time.
WTF is wrong with you Scooter?
Buckeye CableSystem will carry Big Ten Network around the clock
The Big Ten Network will make its much-anticipated debut in August.
It will operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The fledgling network, which will be carried locally on Buckeye CableSystem, figures to be an instant hit among Ohio State and Michigan fans.
It plans to carry:
? More than 35 football games each season;
? A minimum of 105 regular season men's basketball games;
? Women's basketball, volleyball, soccer, and softball;
? Weekly coaches shows;
? Olympic sporting events, including baseball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, swimming, diving, and more;
? A nightly studio show, including segments from each of the 11 schools in the conference;
? Classic games and historical footage from the libraries of ESPN and ABC;
? Approximately 660 hours of programming produced by Big Ten member universities showcasing their academics, students, and programs.
"We're really very pleased that our customers will be able to get the Big Ten Network from the beginning," said Florence Buchanan, vice president of sales and marketing for Buckeye, owned by Block Communications, Inc., which also owns The Blade. "Our entire service area is obviously Big Ten country, and I expect the Big Ten Network to become a popular destination very, very quickly."
Although Buckeye and the network agreed in principle to the deal last month, she said the local cable outlet - which has more than 150,000 subscribers in northwest Ohio and southeastern Michigan - has not yet signed the contract. But she doesn't expect that to be a problem.
"I don't see it not happening," Ms. Buchanan said. "I think both sides will be able to work out the final details by mid-summer."
The Big Ten Network, a 20-year partnership between the conference and Fox Cable Networks, already has national agreements in place with DirecTV and AT&T to carry its programming around the clock. And the network has deals pending with more than 40 other cable outlets within the eight states that blanket the Big Ten market.
Buckeye will carry the network in its expanded basic level of service and also will carry its high definition feed.
Details still being worked out include the cost per subscriber and the channel location.
"Buckeye believes that the network is compelling and attractive to its subscribers, who will enjoy unparalleled coverage of Big Ten sports, as well as campus programming featuring entertaining stories about what's happening at their favorite universities," said Mark Silverman, president of the Big Ten Network.
The Big Ten Network will allow home fans to see their teams regardless of where they live.
It already has announced its five prime-time football games - Indiana State at Indiana (Sept. 1), Syracuse at Iowa (Sept. 8), Duke at Northwestern (Sept. 15), Indiana at Michigan State (Oct. 13), Illinois at Minnesota (Nov. 3) - with the rest of the schedule to come.
The network also has made its first on-air hire, signing veteran ESPN anchor/analyst, Dave Revsine, as its lead nightly studio host. Revsine, a Northwestern graduate, will start his new job July 1. Several more seasoned football and basketball studio analysts will follow.
Buckle your chin strap.
Before long, it will be all Big Ten, all the time.
WTF is wrong with you Scooter?
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