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brothermarcus
West Siiiide
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The big games - yes, the small games... depends on your cable provider. worst comes to worst go to a sports bar and watch it on direct tv.
The Big Ten's new television network is struggling to reach agreements with the biggest cable providers in the Midwest, and the clock is ticking on the Sept. 1 openers.
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The sticking point is that the conference insists that it must be on basic expanded cable. Comcast and Time Warner say no way.
"When the cable company decides to send 70 channels -- the food channel, and the dog channel and the bike channel and the jewelry channel -- into your home, (we believe) that the Big Ten Network deserves to be in that grouping," Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said. "Everything else is pretty negotiable."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/ncaa/08/10/bigten.network.ap/
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artbomb112
The Heights
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Outerloop wrote Quote: "yeah, it's just youngstown state and akron"
That's the problem. It starts with the "low hanging fruit" games and works it way up to Michigan. Plus I am an Akron alum. It kind of hurts!
I'm sorry you went to Akron too. I bet it hurts.
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dru
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exactly as cyclist says, if you look at the schedule several of the major games will be aired by ABC/ESPN. You can add the MSU game to the list, prime ABC slot at 3:30.
besides the obvious points about revenue that cyclist states, you've also got to figure that the Big10 will not be stupid enough to allow OSU/UM to go to a channel that will not be seen out of the upper midwest. it would be horrible for the league, damaging publicity and ultimately harming the recruiting prospects of the premier teams.
i suggest taking this opportunity to cancel your cable contract. save the $60+ per month and buy a ticket for a game or go to a bar and socialize with people. $60 = a lot of beer and wings during the game.
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adrock
Grandview Heights
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so my previous comments on this were completely wrong. 610 had a representative from time warner on and the way she talked about it was not the actual position of time warner. it was the complete opposite actually.
you can send them your comments here:
http://www.timewarnercable.com/MidOhio/products/cable/Big10.html
Time Warner Cable is working to give Big Ten fans our biggest schedule of games.
We know you love Big Ten football-that’s why Time Warner Cable is talking with the Big Ten Network to come to an agreement that lets us provide sports programming to you at a fair price.
Should people who don’t want the Big Ten Network have to pay for it?
One issue we’re discussing is whether the Big Ten Network will be offered as a part of a separate sports package or carried on Time Warner Cable’s Standard or Digital Cable Service. We think that the best place for this network is on a sports tier, so people who want this premium sports programming can choose to pay for it. This way, it would not add to the cost of your Standard Service.
Don’t worry, you’ll still see the biggest games.
Regardless, we’ll bring you many of the most important Big Ten games on television, including: OSU vs. Michigan, Wisconsin vs. Iowa, OSU vs. Minnesota, OSU vs. Purdue, Penn State vs. Wisconsin, OSU vs. Penn State and OSU vs. Michigan State. Watch for them on ABC, ESPN and ESPN 2. We’ll also bring you games from other college conferences on NBC, CBS, ESPN Classic, Fox College Sports Atlantic/Central/Pacific* and CSTV*, in addition to ABC, ESPN and ESPN 2.
The Big Ten Network is scheduled to launch on August 30, 2007. Visit this page again for updates about the situation with the Big Ten Network.
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Trixie
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I hate Time Warner. It's bullshit for the Big 10 to have their own network when the big networks practically drool over airing the games. ABC / ESPN throw money around like drug dealers during college football season... I hate the fact that it's all about money now.
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adrock
Grandview Heights
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yeah, but no one was drooling over OSU versus YSU or akron. i think the kent state game will depend on OSU's ratings in the middle of the season. back in the day, these games probably wouldn't have been on tv locally anyways because of the old black-out laws when games weren't sold out.
i don't see the channel lasting very long anyways. does any big 10 market care enough about basketball to pay for a channel for the crappy games only? 7 months out of the year the channel is going to be nothing but 3rd-rate sportscasters and smaller sports.
and if the cable companies don't add it, then they will somehow have to make enough money to keep a network afloat solely on directv subscribers in the midwest who are huge year round big 10 sports fans. and i'm guessing that the 5-6 people who fit that criteria aren't going to be enough.
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DublinDiver
Currently on Tour
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Also, don't those extra sports premium channels cost tons of money? I don't want to spend as much as on a single channel that it would cost to get into the game itself.
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shroud
Polaris
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Trixie wrote I hate Time Warner. It's bullshit for the Big 10 to have their own network when the big networks practically drool over airing the games. ABC / ESPN throw money around like drug dealers during college football season... I hate the fact that it's all about money now.
Here's the way games on the Big Ten network work:
First, ABC (nationally) gets a chance at games
Second, ESPN (and ESPN2) gets a chance at games
Finally, games that weren't picked up at the prior levels will air on the Big Ten network. So what we're REALLY missing out on is the local channel coverage we used to get - WBNS 10TV used to air those (under a "ESPN+" moniker). Now we need the Big Ten network.
From everything I've heard & read about it, I'm on the side of the cable companies - the biggest issue is that the Big Ten network is insisting that it be part of the basic cable package - while the cable companies would rather put it in the extended sports package (where things like ESPNU and Versus live).
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Trixie
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shroud wrote
From everything I've heard & read about it, I'm on the side of the cable companies - the biggest issue is that the Big Ten network is insisting that it be part of the basic cable package - while the cable companies would rather put it in the extended sports package (where things like ESPNU and Versus live).
But of course they would... I can just hear the meeting, "Yeah, yeah... heh, do you know how many idiot OSU fans will pay a premium price for the Big 10 Network?" I will not. I love the Buckeyes but I will find a bar where I can watch all of the games. I'd rather give money to my local watering hole than those scumbags at Time Warner.
Posted 4 years ago # -
vestanpance
Harrison West/at work OSU
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the thing I don't understand is the whole reason Time Warner and big10 can't make a deal is because the big10 wants the channel to be in the "basic" service for time warner cable so everyone has to have it, and they get paid for more.
but on direct TV it's in an upgrade sports package not the basic package? And the big10 seems to not have a problem with it there? I'm confused heh.
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