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Big 12 Gets Lucrative Cable Deal With Fox
The Big 12 dramatically increased its funding from media rights Wednesday by signing a 13-year agreement with Fox Sports Media for exclusive cable rights to conference athletics. The new pact, which will take effect with the 2012 football season, should guarantee the league close to $150 million...
Longhorn Network: Closer To Reality
The business of getting the Longhorn Network up and running by August is well underway. ESPN has its management team in place, and it includes a Texas-Ex as head of production. Just last week, the spring game was used as an opportunity for unveiling the brand for the 24-hour network. There is an...
March Madness: You Can't Tell A Network Without A Scorecard
The best four days of the year for basketball junkies are about to unfold as March Madness begins its three week run Thursday. It's important to note that unless you are part of the Scipio/Trips Right Cabal that will be gathering in Vegas for a Bacchanalian celebration of the event (may you both be...
Time Warner Cable Gets Regional Rights to L.A. Lakers
When Texas and ESPN announced their $300 Million deal, there were some who wondered how it could be a money maker for both sides. A key part of the strategy for ESPN was to make a distribution deal with Time Warner Cable. Apparently the cable giant liked the concept of specific Regional Sports...
Super Bowl XLV: Green Bay 31, Pittsburgh 25, Fox 111,000,000
While Green Bay captured Super Bowl XLV in dramatic fashion 31-25 over Pittsburgh, the Fox broadcast of the game became the most-watched televised program in U.S. history. The telecast of the Packers 13th NFL championship and 4th Super Bowl win averaged 111 million viewers. It broke the record set...
A Blast From The Past: Vic "The Brick" Jacobs
The weather may be frightful in Dallas this week, but that didn't stop the best circus sideshow under a tent from going on. Media Day once again featured a mixture of bored players being asked questions by bored reporters, with the usual assortment of oddballs thrown in for variety. On such oddball...
Time Warner Cable Wants In On UT Channel
Time Warner Cable, already a corporate sponsor with UT Athletics, apparently is willing to give the new UT channel wide distribution in return for as much as a 20% ownership stake in the network. TWC is the major cable distributor in the state, with over 2 million customers. There are almost 8...
Why ESPN Is Willing To Pay UT $300 Million
It’s amazing the amount of dust that can be kicked up when a simple business deal is announced. Sailor wants to know just exactly what will this new UT channel be called. I kinda like BEVO-D on steroids, but I suppose that isn’t politically correct enough. Our soon-to-be-gone neighbor to the...
Bevo TV
As we've all heard, Texas is pretty much totally awesome. The rich get richer. And people wonder why we're so arrogant. This even got Cooper Industrique's attention. The Sooners are also apparently interested in getting their network up and running this year. Will this be a cable access type...
UT, ESPN Reach 20-Year $300 Million Dollar Deal
The Longhorn Network is officially a reality. Texas and ESPN have entered into a 20-year, $300 million agreement for the 24-hour network. A few quick highlights from the deal: * IMG College is part of the agreement getting 17.5% of the guaranteed $300 million to help promote and sell the...
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