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According to the New York Times, the Big Ten is seeking a staggering $1.10 per subscriber in the conference's eight states (by comparison, the NFL Network as of last year was seeking 70 cents per head nationally) and 10 cents elsewhere. The league is also steadfast that the channel be placed on providers' expanded digital-basic lineups alongside ESPN and Fox Sports Net, not packaged as part of a premium "sports tier" to which customers can subscribe for an additional cost. (Though if a cable company did put the channel on basic, it would undoubtedly raise customers' cable bills by $1.10 to compensate).
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SI.com - Writers - Stewart Mandel: Big Ten Network fighting cable battle for viewership - Tuesday June 26, 2007 4:48PM
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