Mavric Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 The Big Ten Network and Comcast have reached distribution agreements for both New Jersey and Maryland, officials confirmed Wednesday. The Comcast pact follows similar BTN agreements with both Time Warner Cable and Cablevision, meaning that the network will be available on the three major cable providers servicing New York, Washington D.C., and the surrounding areas. "It indicates that the Eastern initiative is moving forward in the direction we hoped it would," Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany told ESPN.com, "and that it means that Big Ten fans and college sports fans will be able to access 24/7 BTN on basic or digital basic carriage. Our goal was to achieve distribution in New York and D.C., Maryland and New Jersey. "That’s good news for the fans and good news for BTN and Rutgers and Maryland and all Big Ten fans in that region." That all three deals were done before Rutgers and Maryland officially join the Big Ten on Tuesday is notable. And BTN president Mark Silverman told ESPN.com that the network will be broadly available -- not on a separate sports tier -- before football season kicks off in late August. He's working on reaching similar agreements with smaller East Coast cable providers. ESPN Quote Link to comment
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IlliniSaluki Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Just to add a little to the whole Uconn, KU, Missouri talk and the St. Louis Market.. St. Louis already has BTN on expanded basic on Charter, and is ofc available on DirecTV (not sure but prolly DISH too?). St. louis market was added when Charter added BTN to it's Southern Illinois area. Now that they are on the 3 major providers in NYC, how are they looking in the Baltimore/DC areas? Quote Link to comment
Abdullah the Butcher Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Just to add a little to the whole Uconn, KU, Missouri talk and the St. Louis Market.. St. Louis already has BTN on expanded basic on Charter, and is ofc available on DirecTV (not sure but prolly DISH too?). St. louis market was added when Charter added BTN to it's Southern Illinois area. Now that they are on the 3 major providers in NYC, how are they looking in the Baltimore/DC areas? The Big Ten Network and Comcast have reached distribution agreements for both New Jersey and Maryland, officials confirmed Wednesday. The Comcast pact follows similar BTN agreements with both Time Warner Cable and Cablevision, meaning that the network will be available on the three major cable providers servicing New York, Washington D.C., and the surrounding areas. "It indicates that the Eastern initiative is moving forward in the direction we hoped it would," Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany told ESPN.com, "and that it means that Big Ten fans and college sports fans will be able to access 24/7 BTN on basic or digital basic carriage. Our goal was to achieve distribution in New York and D.C., Maryland and New Jersey. http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=bigten&id=102886 Quote Link to comment
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