Fox Sports 1 - Heats up the competition with ESPN

I could see the Big Ten working with Fox in 2017. But the ESPN networks are on basic tier cable for the most part. The Fox Regionals are not, by and large.
 
Fox Sports will really need to upgrade their quality of, well, everything. From picture quality, to audio, and announcers. Getting good games is one step, but they have a ways to go to not repeat their Bowl experience.
 
JonDMiller said:
I could see the Big Ten working with Fox in 2017. But the ESPN networks are on basic tier cable for the most part. The Fox Regionals are not, by and large.
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Fox Sports 1 is not a Regional and will debut to 90 million households, is this not basic tier? Apparently SPEED channel will be converted to Fox Sports 1. I have to think that 90 M households are more than half of the households in the country.

SPEED is the basic tier in DSM (Family TV) Channel Lineup - Mediacom
 
I found this interesting:

If you know anything about start-up networks, content is key. In the college world, only the Big Ten Network has been successful.
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I love seeing ESPN get some competition, competition means more content and hopefully better.
 
Tvismylif said:
Fox Sports will really need to upgrade their quality of, well, everything. From picture quality, to audio, and announcers. Getting good games is one step, but they have a ways to go to not repeat their Bowl experience.
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That is not how Fox operates. They get the contract first and then work out the kinks--i.e., their viewers suffer through subpar quality for awhile before it gets better.

Not great for the viewer, but it is hard to argue with Fox's success.
 
I remember when ESPN first came to Iowa City via cable TV around circa 1980. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven while watching all-night broadcasts of Australian Rules Football and some of the strangest "sporting events" known to man. I doubt that Fox will start out that crudely and, frankly, ESPN could use the competition.
 
MisterLucky said:
I remember when ESPN first came to Iowa City via cable TV around circa 1980. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven while watching all-night broadcasts of Australian Rules Football and some of the strangest "sporting events" known to man. I doubt that Fox will start out that crudely and, frankly, ESPN could use the competition.
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I loved it when ESPN showed something other than major sports and "X-games". Australian Rules Football was right at the top.
 
I did a google news search on "Fox Sports 1". They are lining up programming pretty rapidly. The Texas vs Texas Tech Thanksgiving night game is going to be televised. Some MLB games are part of the content. The Ultimate Fighting competition is moving there. I would bet that rebroadcast of classic games might be part of the mix.

You can see in the future where FS1 might be showing a Big Ten or PAC 12 game in prime time opposite of ABC/ESPN carrying an ACC or SEC game.
 
It sounds like ESPN might be feeling the squeeze of all these new football contracts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/sports/espn-is-cutting-300-to-400-jobs.html?_r=0

Still, ESPN’s higher advertising and subscriber revenue was offset by the higher cost of college sports programming.

Earlier this month ESPN agreed to create and own 100 percent of a new network for the Southeastern Conference; at the same time, ESPN extended by 10 years its existing contract to televise SEC games for more than the $150 million a year it has been paying.
 
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