03-26-2013, 01:35 PM
New TV deal for soon-to-be-renamed Big East
03/26/13 at 11:26am by Bill Koch
The soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with long-time partner CBS Sports to telecast men’s basketball games through the 2019-20 season.
The contract includes up to 12 appearances per season. Half of the appearances each season will be conference games. CBS Sports retains the right to have the first selections among conference, non-conference and neutral site games. Financial terms of the agreement were not announced.
This agreement is in addition to the deal with ESPN With this agreement and a previously announced deal with ESPN.
Beginning with the 2014-15 academic year, the conference will consist of Central Florida, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Houston, Memphis, Southern Methodist, South Florida, Temple, and Tulane. East Carolina will be a football-only member. The U.S. Naval Academy will become a football-only member in 2015.
Commissioner Michael Aresco announced last week that the league had entered into a multiyear contract with ESPN to telecast its football, basketball and Olympic sports. Financial terms of the agreement were not announced. The contract will run through 2019-20.
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/uc/2013/03/2...-big-east/
03/26/13 at 11:26am by Bill Koch
The soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with long-time partner CBS Sports to telecast men’s basketball games through the 2019-20 season.
The contract includes up to 12 appearances per season. Half of the appearances each season will be conference games. CBS Sports retains the right to have the first selections among conference, non-conference and neutral site games. Financial terms of the agreement were not announced.
This agreement is in addition to the deal with ESPN With this agreement and a previously announced deal with ESPN.
Beginning with the 2014-15 academic year, the conference will consist of Central Florida, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Houston, Memphis, Southern Methodist, South Florida, Temple, and Tulane. East Carolina will be a football-only member. The U.S. Naval Academy will become a football-only member in 2015.
Commissioner Michael Aresco announced last week that the league had entered into a multiyear contract with ESPN to telecast its football, basketball and Olympic sports. Financial terms of the agreement were not announced. The contract will run through 2019-20.
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/uc/2013/03/2...-big-east/