Xfinity(Comcast) dropping Big Ten Network in Some Markets

Yeah that may be the last straw with Comcast for me also. It was bad enough that I had to get the extra cost "sports tier" just to get BTN. The other 8 or 10 channels on that sports tier are garbage. Why would a major cable provider do this? The B1G has a pretty large footprint across the country. 

 
Thinking about moving from the heart of B1G country and losing BTN made me a little sad.  Problem solved.

 
Husker_Bohunk said:
We cut the cord and now we use a Roku stick. We subscribe to several apps one of which is PSVue. I have to pay a little extra to get the sports package that includes the BTN but I really don't mind since I only pay during football season. It think its 5 bucks a month?
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That's exactly the route we were planning on.  Like i said, this just gave me a huge incentive to pull the trigger.

 
4skers89 said:
Thinking about moving from the heart of B1G country and losing BTN made me a little sad.  Problem solved.
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?????? FYI, you can get BTN outside of B1G country (I'm on the east coast) - this is news to me that we might be losing BTN though.  Task 1 for today.

 
Husker_Bohunk said:
We cut the cord and now we use a Roku stick. We subscribe to several apps one of which is PSVue. I have to pay a little extra to get the sports package that includes the BTN but I really don't mind since I only pay during football season. It think its 5 bucks a month?
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Core Slim Bundle for $44.99 has BTN.

 
I have YouTube TV and love it. You can select your favorite teams and it automatically records all of their games. Comes with BTN and a bunch of other sports channels.

 
MLB 51 said:
Core Slim Bundle for $44.99 has BTN.
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Yep, or you can get the Access bundle for $40/month and then add the sports package for $5/month just during the football season, which is what I do because I don't watch BTN except for the Husker football games.

JimmyBuckets said:
I have YouTube TV and love it. You can select your favorite teams and it automatically records all of their games. Comes with BTN and a bunch of other sports channels.
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That's a cool feature.

 
NM11046 said:
?????? FYI, you can get BTN outside of B1G country (I'm on the east coast) - this is news to me that we might be losing BTN though.  Task 1 for today.
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I wouldn’t want to pay extra for BTN. That would be the case where moving to and will soon be the case here. Probably time to cut cord anyway.

 
JimmyBuckets said:
I have YouTube TV and love it. You can select your favorite teams and it automatically records all of their games. Comes with BTN and a bunch of other sports channels.
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That sounds interesting, I might have to look into that. I hate paying for cable an only using it for sports. 

 
StPaulHusker said:
It's still available via Comcast if you live in a B1G state.  Which makes me happy
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This clarifies what is happening https://www.landof10.com/big-ten/big-ten-network-comcast-tv-channel-dropped

The out-of-market Big Ten Network feed, which was carried on Sports & Entertainment pkg in non-Big Ten states, was dropped in some areas. Big Ten Network in-market feed, available to customers in Big Ten states in the regular channel line-up, will continue to be available. 

I assumed that as of May 10 you would need to pay extra to get BTN everywhere. My frugality wouldn’t allow that. 

 
4skers89 said:
This clarifies what is happening https://www.landof10.com/big-ten/big-ten-network-comcast-tv-channel-dropped

The out-of-market Big Ten Network feed, which was carried on Sports & Entertainment pkg in non-Big Ten states, was dropped in some areas. Big Ten Network in-market feed, available to customers in Big Ten states in the regular channel line-up, will continue to be available. 

I assumed that as of May 10 you would need to pay extra to get BTN everywhere. My frugality wouldn’t allow that. 
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Whew.  I was a lit pissed there for a second.  I still think that sucks though.

 
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