Big Ten Network

[Oh8ch]

Great news for all of us here in Ohio on Time Warner!

Fuckers.

It does increase the pressure to follow suite.


But I second the "Fuckers".

[Coqui]

Originally Posted by Dryden

Great news for all of us here in Ohio on Time Warner!

Fuckers.

Well if BTN is conceding to not just forcing it on every customer in the cable provider, then TW's excuse should no longer be an issue. We'll find out who was actually lying now.

[matcar]

Originally Posted by Coqui

Well if BTN is conceding to not just forcing it on every customer in the cable provider, then TW's excuse should no longer be an issue. We'll find out who was actually lying now.

Agreed. Now we'll find out who's the punk. My whole problem w/ BTN has been the notion that they would not concede to being on a sports tier. Now that they have conceded what, IMO, they should have all along, we'll see what TW does.

[RuGettinIt]

Originally Posted by Oh8ch

I go back to the day when you were happy to see two football games a week on TV, and watching OSU was a rarity. We have come a long way.

Usually one national game against a big opponent like Stanford with Elway or Oklahoma.....and then The Game.....

Originally Posted by Oh8ch

I know that is not true for folks who live outside the area, but for the majority of OSU football fans living in Big Ten country the BTN - at this point - is a negative.

Up until last year with the advent of the BTN I watched every OSU game, either on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN+ scenario...last year sucked....

[Trevi]

Claims that Time Warner may be making progress . . .


Time Warner Ramping Up Negotiations With Big Ten Network - News - nbc4i.com -

Judy Barbao with Time Warner says next week, after taking several months off, officials will sit down with Fox, the company that owns the Big Ten Network to ramp up negotiations. ?I would say we are optimistic we will have productive talks and we are hopefully we will reach an agreement with big ten network before football season,? Barbao says.

The issues are the same. Barbao says the Big Ten Network is asking for too much money for a spot on basic cable. Meanwhile, officials with the Big Ten Network say more than 200 other cable deals show they're flexible and they want a deal to be reached as well.