RU Boosting BTN revenues (link)
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"This is a great opportunity for the Big Ten to really become the anchor league conference on the East coast," he said. "When ACC raided Big East a second time, taking Syracuse and Pitt from the old Big East, it really created an opening for us…to become the network fans in the New York metro area gravitate to."
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Since Rutgers and Maryland jumped to the Big Ten, BTN's sub count has risen to some 60 million households, up 15% from the 52 million customers it reached at the end of the 2013-14 academic year. But it remains to be seen if BTN can flip the script and begin expanding in the opposite direction. (The westernmost Big Ten school is located in Lincoln, Neb,, which is practically the geographic center of the U.S..)
"We're looking west of Nebraska to make sure people can see the kind of games we can offer," said Mr. Silverman, who notes that BTN is carried on Time Warner Cable in Los Angeles. "But we are very happy with our distribution. We think the Big Ten is the one true national conference. Our alums are everywhere. The SEC is just a regional conference in terms of its alums and where they live. We truly have a platform and a fan base that will allow us to be the leading collegiate sports network."
Since Rutgers and Maryland jumped to the Big Ten, BTN's sub count has risen to some 60 million households, up 15% from the 52 million customers it reached at the end of the 2013-14 academic year. But it remains to be seen if BTN can flip the script and begin expanding in the opposite direction. (The westernmost Big Ten school is located in Lincoln, Neb,, which is practically the geographic center of the U.S..)
"We're looking west of Nebraska to make sure people can see the kind of games we can offer," said Mr. Silverman, who notes that BTN is carried on Time Warner Cable in Los Angeles. "But we are very happy with our distribution. We think the Big Ten is the one true national conference. Our alums are everywhere. The SEC is just a regional conference in terms of its alums and where they live. We truly have a platform and a fan base that will allow us to be the leading collegiate sports network."
Love it.
This is the B1G, through BTN responding to the recent negative press where the theme was "Oh boy, the Big Ten must really regret adding Rutgers".
This is the B1G, through BTN responding to the recent negative press where the theme was "Oh boy, the Big Ten must really regret adding Rutgers".
LOL someone said Rutgers and Maryland would add nothing to The SEC. If you've got a TV Network and you believe RU and MD adds nothing then you simply lack competence.
LOL, whoever said that was right. Rutgers and Maryland do add nothing to the SEC.
Ratings mean money, money means better coaches, money means more on facilities. All that brings wins.
Wow, some of you can't even enjoy or appreciate this. Your lives must be awful.
does that mean RU gets more from the B10 as a % of the BTN profits or is it a set number until we become full members?
Not sure if it was confirmed if we get:
- fixed $ amount (like $10-11 mil)
- fixed % or amount of shares in the BTN (ie. Neb gets 1/2 share, MD / RU get 1/4 share, and the other 11 get a full share)
Not sure if it was confirmed if we get:
- fixed $ amount (like $10-11 mil)
- fixed % or amount of shares in the BTN (ie. Neb gets 1/2 share, MD / RU get 1/4 share, and the other 11 get a full share)
I see what you did there.... The SEC Network had their chance but missed out on 60 million house holds. Big Ten just covered with 2 schools what it'll take 8 to 12 SEC schools to cover.
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