Big 12 nearing new cable deal, possibly a conference network

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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.

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strigori said:
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And the sound of crickets fills the air. No viewers at all...
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awe, that's kinda harsh. There have to be at least a couple of dozen people who are dying to watch ISU vs KU...
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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.

 
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