Iowa hoops likely to get national TV spotlight



Gee, does this mean the BTN will actually broadcast some of Iowa's preconference games? It gets pretty old watching their crappy internet feed while they broadcast some other Big Ten team's contest against cannon fodder.
 


MisterLucky said:
Gee, does this mean the BTN will actually broadcast some of Iowa's preconference games? It gets pretty old watching their crappy internet feed while they broadcast some other Big Ten team's contest against cannon fodder.
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Mr, You captured my thoughts exactly!
 


I said last spring the media that dissed us then will be kissing our butts this upcoming season. Also in that article it said starting in 2014 the btt will have games starting on Wednesday you don't want to be one of those teams almost no chance to make it to Sunday.
 


I would not hold my breath on Iowa getting more non-conference dates on BTN.
Listening to BTN president Silverman the other day, a question from Doc of the Gazette was a thinly veiled shot at this issue....and Silverman once again said they are about high ratings,and biggest audiences.
He admitted that they will be severely challenged to cover 14 schools in bb in the non-conference and then pointed to BTN2Go as the answer...in other words...get ready for most Iowa games to always be online,not on their linear network. I was hoping that Doc would followup with a question about alternate channels for bb like they use for fb,but I think he knew the answer would be no...not cost effective.

Silverman gushed about the BTN2Go programming and is pushing it very hard.
That will be where Iowa will be found,going forward.
 


JHHawk said:
I would not hold my breath on Iowa getting more non-conference dates on BTN.
Listening to BTN president Silverman the other day, a question from Doc of the Gazette was a thinly veiled shot at this issue....and Silverman once again said they are about high ratings,and biggest audiences.
He admitted that they will be severely challenged to cover 14 schools in bb in the non-conference and then pointed to BTN2Go as the answer...in other words...get ready for most Iowa games to always be online,not on their linear network. I was hoping that Doc would followup with a question about alternate channels for bb like they use for fb,but I think he knew the answer would be no...not cost effective.

Silverman gushed about the BTN2Go programming and is pushing it very hard.
That will be where Iowa will be found,going forward.
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BTN2go is a joke. You can only get it if you have one of the providers that they have an agreement with such as Directv. Which is the online TV provider in this area that has an agreement with them, zero internet providers offer this option.

I don't get why BTN2Go doesn't offer services by subscription to everyone, it would be more widely accepted among fans that way.
 


If I remember correctly, the first year of the BTN's existence, their streaming video was free. Now it requires a paid subscription. And here I thought I was already paying for the BTN content through my cable company.

And if the sole intention of the network programming is to garner big ratings, how come Nebraska had more preconference games broadcast last year than Iowa did? Are they seriously trying to tell us there is more interest in Cornhusker basketball than there is in the Hawkeyes? I believe for the last two years, Iowa has had the least number of their preconference basketball games televised than any member of the Bit Ten. This is not what Hawkeye fans were promised when the BTN was being touted.
 


MisterLucky said:
If I remember correctly, the first year of the BTN's existence, their streaming video was free. Now it requires a paid subscription. And here I thought I was already paying for the BTN content through my cable company.

And if the sole intention of the network programming is to garner big ratings, how come Nebraska had more preconference games broadcast last year than Iowa did? Are they seriously trying to tell us there is more interest in Cornhusker basketball than there is in the Hawkeyes? I believe for the last two years, Iowa has had the least number of their preconference basketball games televised than any member of the Bit Ten. This is not what Hawkeye fans were promised when the BTN was being touted.
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There is two parts, one you can subscribe via CBS sports for $9.95 for a specific school but only a small number of games from a select number of sports is aired on it (mostly preseason basketball) and it is called Big Ten Digital Network.

BTN2Go, requires that your cable/satellite/internet provider has to have an agreement with them to be able to access it (it's free with paid subcription to Directv, etc.). In this area you have to have Directv, no one else offers this agreement with BTN2Go. When I had Directv, I would log into it with my Directv Username and password and it would then allow me to watch live games on BTN2go or rewatch almost all games that aired live from BTN tv.
 






i think having a good team (and one that doesn't play only cupcakes in the non-con) will drastically help with getting airtime. never will be on par with the top teams in the league, but it will improve. either that, or find pirate streams online... ;)
 


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