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Big Ten Network (BTN)

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am enjoying the BTN alot. turn to it before I go to ESPN, to see if any OSU sport is on.

Got a question for the audience.......why was there only one football game on last week. Out here, there is one channel, but three other 'alternate' channels, and none of them were lit up on Saturday. Now, if the BTN controls the rights to Big Ten sports, did they make more money by allowing ESPN to telecast the OSU-NW game than they would have made broadcasting it themselves? And so on.

Was disappointed that there weren't always four games running concurrently. Just as I wouldn't mind watching four soccer matches concurrently, and definitely want to see four Big Ten basketball games going on at the same time (clicker fever).

Anyone got any insights? Thanks.


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I love the re-aired games on during midday/evenings.
"In the selection process for football, the Big Ten Network will be able to choose 2nd three times and 3rd three times during the 12-week season, so half the time the network will have either the second or third pick of games."
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Cali, this is why. A lot of those 4 at once events involved a lot of poor b10 games. Last week featured UM-PSU, Wisconsin-Iowa (50% national), and espn picked up the OSU game. Better value for them than the Indiana-Illinois game I guess, though that was more interesting for a hardcore fan.
 
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calibuck;942794; said:
am enjoying the BTN alot. turn to it before I go to ESPN, to see if any OSU sport is on.

Got a question for the audience.......why was there only one football game on last week. Out here, there is one channel, but three other 'alternate' channels, and none of them were lit up on Saturday. Now, if the BTN controls the rights to Big Ten sports, did they make more money by allowing ESPN to telecast the OSU-NW game than they would have made broadcasting it themselves? And so on.

Was disappointed that there weren't always four games running concurrently. Just as I wouldn't mind watching four soccer matches concurrently, and definitely want to see four Big Ten basketball games going on at the same time (clicker fever).

Anyone got any insights? Thanks.


:gobucks3::gobucks4::banger:
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OSU was on ESPN2, Penn St., Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan were on ABC. Not sure about the other games.
 
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calibuck;942794; said:
am enjoying the BTN alot. turn to it before I go to ESPN, to see if any OSU sport is on.

Got a question for the audience.......why was there only one football game on last week. Out here, there is one channel, but three other 'alternate' channels, and none of them were lit up on Saturday. Now, if the BTN controls the rights to Big Ten sports, did they make more money by allowing ESPN to telecast the OSU-NW game than they would have made broadcasting it themselves? And so on.

Was disappointed that there weren't always four games running concurrently. Just as I wouldn't mind watching four soccer matches concurrently, and definitely want to see four Big Ten basketball games going on at the same time (clicker fever).

Anyone got any insights? Thanks.


:gobucks3::gobucks4::banger:
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It's in the interest of the Big Ten to have as many games as possible nationally televised. In a move that was made in conjunction with the creation of the BTN, the conference structured their agreement with ABC/ESPN so that games that are regionally broadcast on ABC to be simulcast on an ESPN channel out-of-market. That's why there are instances like the OSU-NW game where some people got it on ABC and some on ESPN. Where the BTN fits in is that it is designed to replace ESPN+ and games being shown on GamePlan. Instead of only being available regionally and by subscription, those games will be "nationally broadcast". Of course, it's going to take wider distribution of the network in order for that to become a reality. For now anyway, the BTN isn't out there takeover the market for Big Ten football. Everybody knows that the money and the ratings are going to come from the biggest games being on the big networks. As for there only being one game on the BTN last week - that's due to the fact that now that conference play has started up, you are now looking at a slate of five conference games and one intersectional game as opposed to ten or eleven intersectional games - so there are less games on the slate to begin with. When you put one or two of those games on ABC and another two or three on the ESPN channels, that doesn't leave too much for the BTN. Count on it being that way for pretty much the rest of the season.
 
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jlb1705;942800; said:
It's in the interest of the Big Ten to have as many games as possible nationally televised. In a move that was made in conjunction with the creation of the BTN, the conference structured their agreement with ABC/ESPN so that games that are regionally broadcast on ABC to be simulcast on an ESPN channel out-of-market. That's why there are instances like the OSU-NW game where some people got it on ABC and some on ESPN. Where the BTN fits in is that it is designed to replace ESPN+ and games being shown on GamePlan.
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That's the way it was supposed to work, but last weekend Iowa-Wisky was on Gameplan, and in what might be the biggest game to date in the Big Ten, the OSU-Purdue game next Saturday is going to be regionally telecast on ABC, with out of market viewers only getting it on Gameplan. To complicate matters, the other game involves NoD, so even if you live in the heart of Big Ten country, you are going to have to pony up the $100 to see the Buckeyes. BTN was supposed to stop this nonsense, and it has done nothing but complicate things.
 
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HD is available only on Ch. 220 right now and not on the overflow channels (at least the "HD" icon isn't showing up on those channels like it does for 220). The quality is as good as any other HD channel I've seen, so it should be worth it if you have an HD TV...
 
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jwinslow;942836; said:
If it's any consolation, I believe the BTN reairs all of the conf games during the week. I doubt that will satisfy the hardcore fans out there, though.
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So far, BTN has only re-aired the games shown on BTN from the previous Saturday.
 
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heisman;942833; said:
That's the way it was supposed to work, but last weekend Iowa-Wisky was on Gameplan, and in what might be the biggest game to date in the Big Ten, the OSU-Purdue game next Saturday is going to be regionally telecast on ABC, with out of market viewers only getting it on Gameplan. To complicate matters, the other game involves NoD, so even if you live in the heart of Big Ten country, you are going to have to pony up the $100 to see the Buckeyes. BTN was supposed to stop this nonsense, and it has done nothing but complicate things.
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Yes, the fact that the night games are regionally televised is fucking things up. This DIDN'T make things easier. Having said that, (and I'm NOT a fan of the BTN), I don't believe this is BTN's fault at all. This is how the Big 10 negotiated their deal with ABC/ESPN. Poor job IMO.
 
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heisman;942865; said:
So far, BTN has only re-aired the games shown on BTN from the previous Saturday.
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Well it seems they only reair some games. I watched ESPN's MSU-Pitt this afternoon (ESPN replay). The schedule is a bit strange:

Sunday: Iowa-Wisc, Ind-Iowa, PSU-UM (all late night)
Week from Sun: MSU-Wisc, NW-MSU, EMU-UM (all late night)
Week from Wed: ESPN replay (TBA) noon
 
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jwinslow;942947; said:
Well it seems they only reair some games. I watched ESPN's MSU-Pitt this afternoon (ESPN replay). The schedule is a bit strange:

Sunday: Iowa-Wisc, Ind-Iowa, PSU-UM (all late night)
Week from Sun: MSU-Wisc, NW-MSU, EMU-UM (all late night)
Week from Wed: ESPN replay (TBA) noon
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I just went through my guide and see what you are talking about. I never noticed those other games, just a lack of Buckeye replays throughout the season. :)
 
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heisman;942833; said:
That's the way it was supposed to work, but last weekend Iowa-Wisky was on Gameplan, and in what might be the biggest game to date in the Big Ten, the OSU-Purdue game next Saturday is going to be regionally telecast on ABC, with out of market viewers only getting it on Gameplan. To complicate matters, the other game involves NoD, so even if you live in the heart of Big Ten country, you are going to have to pony up the $100 to see the Buckeyes. BTN was supposed to stop this nonsense, and it has done nothing but complicate things.
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It's $100 for the season. If you get just one game it's much less. It used to be $15. Even if they've raised it to $25 (purely hypothetical), I would bet I am still better off getting them one at a time rather than having paid for the whole season.
 
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It's $22 for a single game on gameplan, according to the pre season quote I was given. Gameplan was $109 if you got the early bird price, now it's 64.50 for 2 payments in their commercials. I probably will get the OSU/Purdue game in Florida. In any event, this has been a great deal for the out of state OSU fans. In basketball, it will be even better.

There is a rumor that WOW cable company is picking up the BTN. There could be a press release as early as today, if it is true.
 
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