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The bottom line on BTN? It's not worth it
By By Kyle Nagel
Staff Writer
Thursday, August 30, 2007
When I first talked to Mark Silverman on May 30, the Big Ten Network president was friendly and optimistic. A month later when we talked, he was referring to national cable providers and their negotiating stances as "crazy" and "absurd."
As the summer progressed and the pressure increased for the BTN (which launches tonight) to make a deal with national providers, those negotiations became heated in a hurry. While Ohio State and Big Ten fans started to sweat their ability to see games on television ? including the Buckeyes' first two ? things turned ugly:
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