Todd Splanger
@Twitter will launch "Stadium," an original 24-hour sports channel with live college games, commentary including real-time fan tweets


from Twitter’s press release:

Sports

WNBA: Starting later this month, for the first time the WNBA will live stream a weekly regular-season game on Twitter (20 total per season) during the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons. Twitter will deliver live action of the best in women's basketball and the best in fan conversation about each game all on one screen.

MLBAM: In addition to weekly live MLB games that stream on Twitter this season, a new 3-hour once weekly MLB program will live stream exclusively on Twitter. The whip-around show will feature live MLB game look-ins and highlights, and tap into the power of Twitter by delivering those top moments and discussing MLB storylines as they're trending in real-time. Stay tuned for more information regarding timing and talent.

STADIUM: A new, original, fully programmed, 24/7 linear experience will stream live on Twitter in the coming months. This network will integrate exclusive live collegiate sporting events, extensive highlights, classic games, and daily live studio programming. Combining the production quality and editorial values of TV with the speed, accessibility, conversation and interactivity of Twitter, STADIUM infuses real-time, fan sentiment and feedback into every sports conversation, covering the topics that matter most to sports fans as they happen.

The Players’ Tribune: #Verified, a modern forum for athletes to connect directly with fans, will be a live show, exclusively on Twitter, featuring athletes answering fan questions and sharing their insight, reactions and timely takes on important topics on and off the field. Driven by Twitter and fan-submitted questions, the series will debut in the coming months and will feature regular interviews from some of the most popular players across sports, including Karl-Anthony Towns, A.J. Green and Richard Sherman.

PGA Tour: Building upon the current live stream relationship between Twitter and PGA TOUR LIVE that features more than 70 hours of live competition coverage across 31 tournaments, the PGA TOUR will live stream 360 video of the iconic island 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass during THE PLAYERS Championship (from May 11-14) on Periscope and Twitter.

Like to see the B12 implode and the AAC hand pick two or three teams. Then...

Sign Tier 1 with NBC or Fox
Tier 2 with NBC or Fox and/or Amazon/Youtube/Hulu, or whoever.

Let's get creative....get out of ESPN, get with NBC/Fox and also be a major early player in conference network streaming on an existing platform.

If anybody can do this, it's our ex-tv exec commish Aresco....

The success of FS1 and FS2 is coming

It takes momentum to build the brand and fan base.

I agree with you. NBC and Fox actually sound more "sexy"

i, personally, like the brand of NBC Sports network. It is flashy and big time looking. My question for NBC is actually "how are they going to broadcast games not on TV?"

(05-01-2017 10:08 PM)AGuyIn_Water Wrote:  The success of FS1 and FS2 is coming

It takes momentum to build the brand and fan base.

I agree with you. NBC and Fox actually sound more "sexy"

i, personally, like the brand of NBC Sports network. It is flashy and big time looking. My question for NBC is actually "how are they going to broadcast games not on TV?"

I'm interested in NBC only if they plan on putting on thier big boy pants when the bidding starts. Leave the pants with the little tiny wallet at home.

(05-01-2017 11:16 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(05-01-2017 10:08 PM)AGuyIn_Water Wrote:  The success of FS1 and FS2 is coming

It takes momentum to build the brand and fan base.

I agree with you. NBC and Fox actually sound more "sexy"

i, personally, like the brand of NBC Sports network. It is flashy and big time looking. My question for NBC is actually "how are they going to broadcast games not on TV?"

I'm interested in NBC only if they plan on putting on thier big boy pants when the bidding starts. Leave the pants with the little tiny wallet at home.

Hahahaha...

Lets hope NBC/Fox are interested, and willing to pay. Time will tell.

(05-01-2017 10:00 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Like to see the B12 implode and the AAC hand pick two or three teams. Then...

Sign Tier 1 with NBC or Fox
Tier 2 with NBC or Fox and/or Amazon/Youtube/Hulu, or whoever.

Let's get creative....get out of ESPN, get with NBC/Fox and also be a major early player in conference network streaming on an existing platform.

If anybody can do this, it's our ex-tv exec commish Aresco....

• AAC 2020
  Frigid North
  • UConn
  • Temple
  • Cinci
  • West Virginia
    
  NFC South Lite
  • UCF
  • TB Bucs USF
  • Carolina Panthers ECU
  • New Orleans Saints Tulane
    
  SWC+Navy
  • TCU
  • SMU
  • Houston
  • Navy / WSU
    
  Floor Squeak Division
  • Kansas
  • Memphis
  • Tulsa
  • Iowa State
    

This is under the assumption that TTech, Texas, OSU, and OU head to the PAC12, and we're left with a pool of TCU, WVU, Kansas, KState, Baylor, and Iowa State.

Don't want to touch Baylor with a 50 foot stick, and between Kansas and KState, Kansas is the better add, and 3 programs in that already tiny state is overkill.

(05-02-2017 07:54 AM)Kruciff Wrote:  

(05-01-2017 10:00 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Like to see the B12 implode and the AAC hand pick two or three teams. Then...

Sign Tier 1 with NBC or Fox
Tier 2 with NBC or Fox and/or Amazon/Youtube/Hulu, or whoever.

Let's get creative....get out of ESPN, get with NBC/Fox and also be a major early player in conference network streaming on an existing platform.

If anybody can do this, it's our ex-tv exec commish Aresco....

• AAC 2020
  Frigid North
  • UConn
  • Temple
  • Cinci
  • West Virginia
    
  NFC South Lite
  • UCF
  • TB Bucs USF
  • Carolina Panthers ECU
  • New Orleans Saints Tulane
    
  SWC+Navy
  • TCU
  • SMU
  • Houston
  • Navy / WSU
    
  Floor Squeak Division
  • Kansas
  • Memphis
  • Tulsa
  • Iowa State
    

This is under the assumption that TTech, Texas, OSU, and OU head to the PAC12, and we're left with a pool of TCU, WVU, Kansas, KState, Baylor, and Iowa State.

Don't want to touch Baylor with a 50 foot stick, and between Kansas and KState, Kansas is the better add, and 3 programs in that already tiny state is overkill.

In the farfetched scenario where this happens, I think you scoop up all the B12 remains. The reality is teams like Kstate and Baylor still have pretty large brands and have had pretty solid success on both the gridiron and the court. Let's be honest, we are building a great thing here but those are still some fairly household names, like top 3 in the current AAC. Take them.

(05-02-2017 08:28 AM)2bumsabroad Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 07:54 AM)Kruciff Wrote:  

(05-01-2017 10:00 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Like to see the B12 implode and the AAC hand pick two or three teams. Then...

Sign Tier 1 with NBC or Fox
Tier 2 with NBC or Fox and/or Amazon/Youtube/Hulu, or whoever.

Let's get creative....get out of ESPN, get with NBC/Fox and also be a major early player in conference network streaming on an existing platform.

If anybody can do this, it's our ex-tv exec commish Aresco....

• AAC 2020
  Frigid North
  • UConn
  • Temple
  • Cinci
  • West Virginia
    
  NFC South Lite
  • UCF
  • TB Bucs USF
  • Carolina Panthers ECU
  • New Orleans Saints Tulane
    
  SWC+Navy
  • TCU
  • SMU
  • Houston
  • Navy / WSU
    
  Floor Squeak Division
  • Kansas
  • Memphis
  • Tulsa
  • Iowa State
    

This is under the assumption that TTech, Texas, OSU, and OU head to the PAC12, and we're left with a pool of TCU, WVU, Kansas, KState, Baylor, and Iowa State.

Don't want to touch Baylor with a 50 foot stick, and between Kansas and KState, Kansas is the better add, and 3 programs in that already tiny state is overkill.

In the farfetched scenario where this happens, I think you scoop up all the B12 remains. The reality is teams like Kstate and Baylor still have pretty large brands and have had pretty solid success on both the gridiron and the court. Let's be honest, we are building a great thing here but those are still some fairly household names, like top 3 in the current AAC. Take them.

Is it worth going to 18 in unproven conference territory just to have the volatile Baylor brand, and the oversaturated Kansas state?

If they need a landing place, I'm sure the MWC would take them.

(05-02-2017 09:10 AM)Kruciff Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 08:28 AM)2bumsabroad Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 07:54 AM)Kruciff Wrote:  

(05-01-2017 10:00 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Like to see the B12 implode and the AAC hand pick two or three teams. Then...

Sign Tier 1 with NBC or Fox
Tier 2 with NBC or Fox and/or Amazon/Youtube/Hulu, or whoever.

Let's get creative....get out of ESPN, get with NBC/Fox and also be a major early player in conference network streaming on an existing platform.

If anybody can do this, it's our ex-tv exec commish Aresco....

• AAC 2020
  Frigid North
  • UConn
  • Temple
  • Cinci
  • West Virginia
    
  NFC South Lite
  • UCF
  • TB Bucs USF
  • Carolina Panthers ECU
  • New Orleans Saints Tulane
    
  SWC+Navy
  • TCU
  • SMU
  • Houston
  • Navy / WSU
    
  Floor Squeak Division
  • Kansas
  • Memphis
  • Tulsa
  • Iowa State
    

This is under the assumption that TTech, Texas, OSU, and OU head to the PAC12, and we're left with a pool of TCU, WVU, Kansas, KState, Baylor, and Iowa State.

Don't want to touch Baylor with a 50 foot stick, and between Kansas and KState, Kansas is the better add, and 3 programs in that already tiny state is overkill.

In the farfetched scenario where this happens, I think you scoop up all the B12 remains. The reality is teams like Kstate and Baylor still have pretty large brands and have had pretty solid success on both the gridiron and the court. Let's be honest, we are building a great thing here but those are still some fairly household names, like top 3 in the current AAC. Take them.

Is it worth going to 18 in unproven conference territory just to have the volatile Baylor brand, and the oversaturated Kansas state?

If they need a landing place, I'm sure the MWC would take them.

I totally agree

Agreed...

Q: why do I have a little green dot in the corner where my picture goes ???

(05-02-2017 10:19 AM)Tigersmoke3 Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 09:10 AM)Kruciff Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 08:28 AM)2bumsabroad Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 07:54 AM)Kruciff Wrote:  

(05-01-2017 10:00 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Like to see the B12 implode and the AAC hand pick two or three teams. Then...

Sign Tier 1 with NBC or Fox
Tier 2 with NBC or Fox and/or Amazon/Youtube/Hulu, or whoever.

Let's get creative....get out of ESPN, get with NBC/Fox and also be a major early player in conference network streaming on an existing platform.

If anybody can do this, it's our ex-tv exec commish Aresco....

• AAC 2020
  Frigid North
  • UConn
  • Temple
  • Cinci
  • West Virginia
    
  NFC South Lite
  • UCF
  • TB Bucs USF
  • Carolina Panthers ECU
  • New Orleans Saints Tulane
    
  SWC+Navy
  • TCU
  • SMU
  • Houston
  • Navy / WSU
    
  Floor Squeak Division
  • Kansas
  • Memphis
  • Tulsa
  • Iowa State
    

This is under the assumption that TTech, Texas, OSU, and OU head to the PAC12, and we're left with a pool of TCU, WVU, Kansas, KState, Baylor, and Iowa State.

Don't want to touch Baylor with a 50 foot stick, and between Kansas and KState, Kansas is the better add, and 3 programs in that already tiny state is overkill.

In the farfetched scenario where this happens, I think you scoop up all the B12 remains. The reality is teams like Kstate and Baylor still have pretty large brands and have had pretty solid success on both the gridiron and the court. Let's be honest, we are building a great thing here but those are still some fairly household names, like top 3 in the current AAC. Take them.

Is it worth going to 18 in unproven conference territory just to have the volatile Baylor brand, and the oversaturated Kansas state?

If they need a landing place, I'm sure the MWC would take them.

I totally agree

Seems odd to turn down a team that has made a bowl the last 7 seasons, finished ranked for 4 of them, including 2 new year's bowls . . . has a basketball team that made the tourney 6/8 with while of those off years winning the NIT, and being ranked as high as number 1. One of the few teams in the country that has finished ranked in both football and basketball multiple times in that time period.

No one in our conference has that pedigree as of late

Just my $.02, but I feel like picking up the B12 scraps is a bad look, depending on timing. If they are the last ones standing, us grabbing them up has bad optics. If Oklahoma leaves, for instance, and a couple of programs have the foresight to hedge their bets and join, then that might not look as bad.