(11-10-2015 02:51 PM)ODU_NYG Wrote: ESPN has the best set up for the streaming thing. they put all their cable content online as well as a bunch of extra stuff. if you have a contract with espn you can watch every game on your TV no matter what...what ASN did last year was the next best thing in that if the game wasn't available in your market, it was available online. I'm assuming they just didn't have the resources for that this season, but they screwed us even further because they didn't allow individual schools to stream either (ODU used to stream all of their home games until this year)...I thought ASN was great last year and liked their forward thinking with the live online content, but they really took a couple of steps back this year. no online content; a lot of the games weren't listed (I had to record 9 30-minute shows on one of their channels because they never listed the game on my DVR, but their website said it was on. not sure where the disconnect was though), and a couple of games had some technical difficulties (the WS had the same thing this year so maybe I'm harsh)...
If ASN is a big part of our next TV package I hope they really improve or they end up just being a secondary option. if this season is what we can expect from them I really hope we go in another direction.
Their streaming partner was an issue and they've been working on lining a new one up.
Based on their deals with ESPN3 lately, it leads me to believe that they're going to partner with ESPN3 to provide their streaming. They'll get the OTA rights and the revenue from selling ads and syndication rights and ESPN gets all rights and revenue from online revenue.
Even though I hate ESPN, getting a TV deal with Fox and ESPN is by far the best thing that can happen for us. ESPN will likely pick up and produce some CUSA games. Fox Sports has tons of regional television properties as well as FS1 and FS2 to put CUSA games on. ASN fills the gaps.
I don't want anything to do with CBS or NBC. They don't have much in the way of online streaming and their channel options are pretty much just CBS, CBSSN, NBC, or NBCSN.
Compared to:
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN U, ESPN News, ESPN3 ESPN Gameday, and more
Fox, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, FSN Channels, Fox Sports Go, and more
Throw in all the Sinclair owned ASN stations, and you have a pretty good distribution network with a deal that includes ESPN, Fox, and ASN.