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Big Ten Network (BTN)

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sandgk;885905; said:
OSU SPORTS - You have done an excellent job of explaining that which BTN's own FAQ and one of their primary spokesmen (Silverman) manage to keep obscure.
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Thanks. I have tried to stay out of some of the heated posts on here concerning the BTN. I can relate to the anger that a lot of fans feel about not being able to watch OSU on their present cable system. I do feel the need to advance some facts concerning the BTN when I can include them without drawing the anger of some poster on the board. In the long run, the BTN will be good for all Big Ten fans. There will be growing pains, like any business venture. To be able to break away from ESPiN and have the independence of scheduling games, WHEN the member institutions want to instead of being dictated to by the networks will be a big advantage in the years to come. Personally I would rather watch old OSU games on the BTN in the off season, as opposed to spelling bees on ESPN.
 
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Network To Televise 24 Classic Big Ten Football Contests - The Official Athletics Site of The Ohio State Buckeyes - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Network To Televise 24 Classic Big Ten Football Contests
CHICAGO - They are epic sports battles that are etched in hearts and minds of Big Ten fans across the nation. They are unforgettable moments that stir passion and pride. They are echoes of both triumphant victories and devastating defeats. Throughout the fall, college football fans will have the opportunity to relive 24 of those match-ups on the Big Ten Network series, ?The Big Ten?s Greatest Games.?
The Big Ten Network will televise two classic games each week throughout the football season. ?The Big Ten?s Greatest Games? will highlight some of the best moments in the rich histories of all 11 Big Ten football programs.
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The series premieres August 30 at 9 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. CT, with the 2006 Ohio State-Michigan ?Game of the Century? before settling into its regular time slot with back-to-back episodes on Tuesday nights beginning at 6 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. CT.

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An hour long Big Ten Preview, 2006 OSU/*ichigan and Penn State's choke job against Minny...that's a good start for me.
 
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holybuckeye33;888547; said:
Network To Televise 24 Classic Big Ten Football Contests - The Official Athletics Site of The Ohio State Buckeyes - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

An hour long Big Ten Preview, 2006 OSU/*ichigan and Penn State's choke job against Minny...that's a good start for me.
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Yeah, I can't wait to see Northwestern's come back from something like 16 points to beat Michigan on a last second field goal.

Or watch Bob Lantry's FG try go wide right... And I'd love to get the full TV version of the 95 and 96 ND games. The Best of the Buckeyes series stuff just doesn't get it done. I want to see/hear the real broadcast... nothing like listening to Bob Trumpy eating a shit sandwich live on NBC/UND Network.
 
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Dispatch

Big Ten Network: OSU's most recent win over Michigan to kick off 'greatest' series

Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:53 AM



Dispatch.com staff report

As part of its inaugural season of programming, the Big Ten Network will televise a series of 24 of "The Big Ten's Greatest Games," the network announced yesterday.

The network plans to show two games a week during the college football season. The series will kick off at 9 p.m. Aug. 30 with last season's Ohio State-Michigan game, in which the Buckeyes posted a 42-39 victory.

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Another BTN article. If you scroll down toward the bottom, you wil notice a section entitled, And the BTN may not be carved in Stone. Silverman makes it clear that the price is negotiable IF a cable company puts the BTN on the basic cable package. It also brings up the point that cable companies will get more revenue from it being a HD station, as customers have to pay an additional fee for HD programming.


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For those that might think that the BTN is trying to muscle the cable compaines like Comcast into a deal, you have the chosen the wrong bully. The 800lb Gorilla in this struggle is Comcast. With a revenue stream of over 7.7 billion dollars, they are the Godzilla in this matter. They did lose over 95,000 customers this past quarter, but their profits were still up considerably. You have to ask yourself how a little mom and pop cable company in Ohio can offer the BTN network(with less revenue coming in) and Godzilla won't.

Comcast net up, but shares down on subscriber loss: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
 
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kgraber;889433; said:
Well I just cancelled my Gameplan. Now someone assure me again that I won't miss any games. Being in Texas I'm still a little concerned that I may miss a game.
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I like to pick up the East coast ABC feed on DirecTV. $8 a month.
That's usually good for 1-2 games a year. :biggrin:

Will you miss any games?
I wouldn't trust the BTN just yet.
Especially with a weak looking schedule and us not getting any respect this year.
 
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