Monday, June 16, 2008

Big Ten Network and Comcast Deal Imminent

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Big Ten Network and Comcast have reached an agreement and the announcement will be made official later this week. The BTN did not compromise on it's initial demandthat the channel be made available on the expanded basic cable package. Comcast wanted to put the BTN on their premium sports tier that subscribers would have to subscribe to in order to get the BTN.

Originally, the BTN was asking $1.10 from Comcast per subscriber, but reports are that they will only receive $.70-$.80 in the final deal.

A deal has yet to be reached with Times Warner Cable which is the provider for most of Ohio, including Columbus.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think you can safely call this a compromise by BTN - they wanted full-on expanded basic coverage in Big Ten states but they only agreed to it for less than a year, after that Comcast can move it to digital. According to this article the network would also be available to fans outside the Big Ten states (like me and my family) on either digital service or a sports tier - either way, it's cheaper than a sports pub. Sounds like both sides gave a little ...

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