Nexus Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Texas already has a deal for its own television network in place. Conference rival Oklahoma is on the verge of doing the same. Now, the other members of the Big 12-ish appear to be on the verge of seeing commissioner Dan Beebe‘s vow come to fruition and hopping onto the TV money train. Continue Reading Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 And the sound of crickets fills the air. No viewers at all... Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 And the sound of crickets fills the air. No viewers at all... awe, that's kinda harsh. There have to be at least a couple of dozen people who are dying to watch ISU vs KU... Quote Link to comment
VectorVictor Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 And the sound of crickets fills the air. No viewers at all... awe, that's kinda harsh. There have to be at least a couple of dozen people who are dying to watch ISU vs KU... I'm sure there's all of 20 people interested. Though the article is misleading...this isn't a new network, but rather the renegotiated Fox Sports (cable) deal that went from $20m/year to $60-70m/yr. There's no Big XII cable channel coming out of this--just a lot of Fox Sports PPV and a lot of Saturday games on FX and Fox Sports Directional with poor production value. If there was a channel to be had (like the Pac-12), Media Corp. would already be all over it like flies on ****. But instead of creating a dedicated channel (a la B1G Network) or paying for Fox OtA broadcasts (a la Pac-12 and B1G title games), the Big XII will be sharing airtime with Conference USA (recently won rights against ESPN) and the remainder of the Pac-10 deal on the Fox cable channels. This is nowhere near moving on up to the east side. Quote Link to comment
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