Big Ten Network

[DaddyBigBucks]

Originally Posted by heisman

...FSN Ohio is probably in 5 million homes at best.

If tOSU inks a deal with them, a lot of people will add the "Sports" package to their Cable or Satellite subscription. It's available to me whether I go with Cable or Satellite... I'd be one of the people to add it if this happened.

[Dryden]

Originally Posted by heisman

I don't understand your logic here. With Comcast and FIOS on board starting next month, BTN will be in over 50 million homes by mid August. FSN Ohio is probably in 5 million homes at best.

But regional FSNs are at least available to anyone. Nobody is left in the dark waiting around for FSN and TW to ink an agreement. Most people in Ohio with extended cable packages are already getting two FSN feeds, and sometimes even a third on overflow. FSN Ohio actually reaches a HUGE audience, carrying Cavs, Indians, Reds, and CBJ pro sports, plus already carrying some A10, ACC, SEC, Big East, MAC, and CUSA events. Reds coverage, for example, is carried as far as western North Carolina and Tennessee within packages that are considered local to those states.

The problem in this stalemate is not the number of viewers in terms of raw figures, but the number of viewers in the state of Ohio. The majority of Ohioans cannot get the BTN because the bulk of the state is serviced by Time Warner.

[heisman]

Originally Posted by DaddyBigBucks

If tOSU inks a deal with them, a lot of people will add the "Sports" package to their Cable or Satellite subscription. It's available to me whether I go with Cable or Satellite... I'd be one of the people to add it if this happened.

Originally Posted by Dryden

But regional FSNs are at least available to anyone. Nobody is left in the dark waiting around for FSN and TW to ink an agreement. Most people in Ohio with extended cable packages are already getting two FSN feeds, and sometimes even a third on overflow. FSN Ohio actually reaches a HUGE audience, carrying Cavs, Indians, Reds, and CBJ pro sports, plus already carrying some A10, ACC, SEC, Big East, MAC, and CUSA events. Reds coverage, for example, is carried as far as western North Carolina and Tennessee within packages that are considered local to those states.

The problem in this stalemate is not the number of viewers in terms of raw figures, but the number of viewers in the state of Ohio. The majority of Ohioans cannot get the BTN because the bulk of the state is serviced by Time Warner.

To watch tape delayed football??? I'm not being a jag, I just don't get what either of you guys are talking about?

[Dryden]

Originally Posted by heisman

To watch tape delayed football??? I'm not being a jag, I just don't get what either of you guys are talking about?

1. A Sunday rebroadcast would be better than no game at all, having to scramble to go someplace with DirectTV, or being forced to torrent a game just to see it.

2. Just because Florida's deal is for tape-delay does not mean that such an agreement with OSU would have to be identical.

3. There are other sports besides football. I saw fewer than half of OSU's mens basketball games last year, and would have seen even fewer if I had not attended a couple of them. The BTN really screwed the mens and womens basketball teams last year in terms of exposure.

[matcar]

Originally Posted by Dryden

1. A Sunday rebroadcast would be better than no game at all, having to scramble to go someplace with DirectTV, or being forced to torrent a game just to see it.

2. Just because Florida's deal is for tape-delay does not mean that such an agreement with OSU would have to be identical.

3. There are other sports besides football. I saw fewer than half of OSU's mens basketball games last year, and would have seen even fewer if I had not attended a couple of them. The BTN really screwed the mens and womens basketball teams last year in terms of exposure.

To add to this....just because Comcast has inked a deal doesn't mean that folks OUTSIDE of B10 region will get to see BTN. So yeah, Comcast has a big footprint, but down here in SEC country, I've yet to hear Comcast say one little thing about BTN. I don't think I'll be getting BTN via Comcast this year...

[heisman]

Originally Posted by Dryden

1. A Sunday rebroadcast would be better than no game at all, having to scramble to go someplace with DirectTV, or being forced to torrent a game just to see it.

2. Just because Florida's deal is for tape-delay does not mean that such an agreement with OSU would have to be identical.

3. There are other sports besides football. I saw fewer than half of OSU's mens basketball games last year, and would have seen even fewer if I had not attended a couple of them. The BTN really screwed the mens and womens basketball teams last year in terms of exposure.

So, you are saying you want them to secede from the Big Ten? WOW! You are an army of 1.

[heisman]

Originally Posted by DaddyBigBucks

If tOSU inks a deal with them...

Oops, army of two.