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The Mtn Sports Network - Going off air in June
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Hawaii, Fresno State and Nevada are coming in. You also missed UNLV. That puts them at 8.
I would expect Utah State and San Jose State to get to 10. That would effectively end the WAC as a football-playing conference.
They didn't get enough viewership to justify the expense of running the network. They aren't going to get any big money from any networks for the rights to the games that the Mtn was carrying. There is a reason these games were on the Mtn. The games that anyone outside of the small fan bases for those schools want to see are already on their other contracts such as CBS Sports. These games are not going to be a revenue source but they may come out a little ahead eliminating the expense of running the Mtn.
The problem for the MWC is that the schools that make up the conference are either secondary schools in the markets they are in (CSU, behind AFA, which is behind CU and of course the Broncos and probably kNU and a few other schools, or Utah State which is at best #3 in Utah, or Fresno which is behind a lot of teams in Calif) or first in markets that are to small to matter like Wyo.
They aren't going to draw big TV dollars when their entire conference has less TV appeal than a school like aTm or Mich State which aren't even first in their own states.
The problem for the MWC is that the schools that make up the conference are either secondary schools in the markets they are in (CSU, behind AFA, which is behind CU and of course the Broncos and probably kNU and a few other schools, or Utah State which is at best #3 in Utah, or Fresno which is behind a lot of teams in Calif) or first in markets that are to small to matter like Wyo.
They aren't going to draw big TV dollars when their entire conference has less TV appeal than a school like aTm or Mich State which aren't even first in their own states.
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BlackNGold
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The desperation on the part of TV networks for content that is not usually recorded (sports) is crazy. I think this may actually be a benefit for the MWC. They have an opportunity to negotiate a deal better than their own network. They are not going to get BCS conference type of money but they will probably be okay.
Very true. I saw a tweet this week that cable lost 1 million subscribers this year and the main thing that kept it from being much worse is live sporting events.
BlackNGold
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At our house we watch almost no live TV....Recorded show (ff through the commercial), streaming, etc. Sports are about it. As bandwidth gets more better tradition delivery is going to be challenged.
Oh. I thought that it actually was scrambled porn out on channel 899 or something on comcast. Although I guess if it actually had been, they might have gotten better ratings...
I would have already shut off our DirecTV if it weren't for college & pro football and the NBA playoffs. Just counting the days until those events can be streamed, then it's gonzo to paying $100+/month for a service that was OTA and free when I was a kid.
I will too, ive had them for 10+ years as well.
It's still over the air and free, if you want 5 channels and to be at the mercy of a broadcast signal and an antenna. Of course, if you want more than 1 game on the air at a time, or to be able to watch something other than the normal network crap, you still have the option of paying extra for it.
Sort of. ABC puts a lot of stuff that would have been on the main network in the past onto ESPN. Fox does the same with Root & FSN.
It's not like you're going to see many Avs, Rockies, Nugs or CU games televised unless you pay for cable. And you'd also miss the Broncos if they're playing on a Monday or Thursday night.