BTN Cable Tiers on the East Coast

[H8IAST8]

Just out of curiosity i was looking to see what Cable Tier BTN is securing on the East Coast with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers. Here is what I came up with. BTN typically charges $1 per subscriber per month which would push these deals well over $50+ Million annually. They will be on every cable package in 3 out of the top 4 largest cities.

Washington D.C.
Comcast/Cox: 2nd Tier out of 3 digital tiers
RCN:2nd Tier out of 3 digital tiers
http://espn.go.com/college-football...-comcast-agree-cable-deal-maryland-new-jersey

Baltimore
Comcast 4th Tier out of 4 digital tiers

New York/New Jersey
Comcast 4th Tier out of 4 digital tiers
Time Warner(2.6 M subsribers):2nd Tier out of 3 digital tiers
Cablevision(3.1 M subscribers):
http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/big...ackpot-worth-tens-of-millions-of-dollars.html

 

[uihawk82]

There are a lot of butts in front of TVs out east tuned into football.

If you are an east coast college football fan for years you may have been pulling for penn st as they were the only sectional power.

A few years ago someone posted a , I think, a wall st journal article which measured the top college programs econimcally by their ability to have fans watching games, buying clothing, overall fanbase, etc. The hawks were about # 14 and there were a lot of Big 10 teams in the top 25.

The Big 10 might not be the strongest at playing football but they are still close to #1 in financial and economic might.

 

[GVGiant44]

Good posts. Because make no mistake, the addition of Rutgers and Maryland to the B1G was for the express purpose of adding televisions.

Does this mean that we will start seeing a new round of "public service announcements" from the B1G head coaches encouraging subscribers (esp. in Baltimore) to call their cable companies and ask to put the BTN on the basic cable level like we saw in the Midwest a few years ago?

 

[LG210]

There are a lot of butts in front of TVs out east tuned into football.

If you are an east coast college football fan for years you may have been pulling for penn st as they were the only sectional power.

A few years ago someone posted a , I think, a wall st journal article which measured the top college programs econimcally by their ability to have fans watching games, buying clothing, overall fanbase, etc. The hawks were about # 14 and there were a lot of Big 10 teams in the top 25.

The Big 10 might not be the strongest at playing football but they are still close to #1 in financial and economic might.

This is true for this generation of fans, but if the level of play does not improve, the economics will eventually follow.