Big Ten Network Update

[Slamminc11]

...Who cares anymore about watching football or anything else in sd...

Out of the 13.6 million Dish customers, at least 75% or more of them are still sd subs and don't have HD what so ever, so I would say that there are still quite a few out there that care. Just cause you don't...

 

[kstuart]

Some info:

The reported subscriber rates requested by the Big Ten Network is $1.10 per subscriber per month within the eight-state Big Ten region and carriage on an expanded basic tier. Outside the eight-state Big Ten region, the network is reportedly asking for $0.10 per subscriber per month and carriage on a digital basic tier.
Not content with diverting scholarship money from promising scholars to stupid athletes, college sports has now moved to directly vacuuming the wallets of television viewers.
A direct paycheck deduction for all citizens is on the drawing board.

 

[db2]

Nice perspective from whoever wrote that quote kstuart. For starters the $1.10 per sub is the ''sticker price'' for the channel according to the BTN. By all accounts the actual number is much lower.

Diverting money from scholars to athletes? This is a common misconception. Most, if not all, division 1 athletic scholarships are funded 100 percent by DONATION. Not tuition fees, not state taxes.

As far as vacuuming $$ from citizens, well, division 1 college sports brings is hugely popular and generates a lot of tv revenue. Where would you like to see the money go? ESPN?

 

[rlarryvt]

Nice perspective from whoever wrote that quote kstuart. For starters the $1.10 per sub is the ''sticker price'' for the channel according to the BTN. By all accounts the actual number is much lower.

Diverting money from scholars to athletes? This is a common misconception. Most, if not all, division 1 athletic scholarships are funded 100 percent by DONATION. Not tuition fees, not state taxes.

As far as vacuuming $$ from citizens, well, division 1 college sports brings is hugely popular and generates a lot of tv revenue. Where would you like to see the money go? ESPN?

Ouch!!!

 

[Madtown HD Junkie]

So no BTN on E*?

 

[Posty-McPOst]

So no BTN on E*?

That's not the case yet. E* has nothing to lose by stretching this out through next week. After that I think the odds get worse until this time next year.

 

[db2]

I agree with Posty.

 

[Hall]

Not content with diverting scholarship money from promising scholars to stupid athletes, college sports has now moved to directly vacuuming the wallets of television viewers.

I mentioned this in a different thread and I realize that Ohio State's football program is the exception rather than the rule, but OSU's football program is 100% self-sufficient and in fact, does a tad bit more than just break even. It funds the ENTIRE athletic program at OSU with it's income.

 

[heisman27]

That's not the case yet. E* has nothing to lose by stretching this out through next week. After that I think the odds get worse until this time next year.

I agree with Posty.

I don't agree. The basketball schedule that BTN released blows away the much weaker football offering. Consumer demand might be higher at that point than at the start of the football season.